maybe propane should be kept outside :)

[euromodder]

That reminds me ... I got two 250bar / 3600psi tanks in the up!

[redneck]

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It looks like the spare tire exploded to me...

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[Xist]

My dad had me join him and my autistic brother for a father's and son's campout--little brother has a history of climbing trees and other things. They brought out gas grills because why should Boy Scouts build fires? The guy that brought the two five-gallon propane tanks talked about how scared he was to drive over.

I hauled 2,500 gallons of jet fuel through Afghanistan. My truck was armored, but I doubt that would do much good.

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Originally Posted by euromodder

That reminds me ... I got two 250bar / 3600psi tanks in the up!

CNG is usually not as dangerous as LPG. The tanks are kinda overbuilt and have more safety depressuring valves that are not fitted to an LPG tank.

[euromodder]

Originally Posted by Xist

I hauled 2,500 gallons of jet fuel through Afghanistan. My truck was armored, but I doubt that would do much good.

You get to realise what's happening, however briefly ?

Not the kind of load you'd want to combine with explosives.

[Cobb]

Depends on where the armor is and where the explosion mixes with the fuel. Many of the early tanks had the powder magazine inside the crew area behind the armor. One right hit and it went off killing all the crew.

[Xist]

Originally Posted by euromodder

You get to realise what's happening, however briefly ?

Not the kind of load you'd want to combine with explosives.

My Spider Sense is so slow, I doubt that it would even tingle.

Originally Posted by Cobb

Depends on where the armor is and where the explosion mixes with the fuel. Many of the early tanks had the powder magazine inside the crew area behind the armor. One right hit and it went off killing all the crew.

I never specifically checked to see if the back of the cabin was armored, but there are about eight or ten feet of engine, transmission, and other truck stuff between the cab and the tank, flatbed, bridge, or whatever that specific truck had on the back, so I sure hope the whole thing was armored!

Surprisingly, the flash point of JP-8 is 100° F, so I wonder how the military can even use this in Arizona or foreign deserts. However, I have been told time and again that you can drop a cigarette or match in a drip pan with fuel in it and the flame goes out. Of course, it is the vapor and not the liquid that ignites. My understanding is that if someone shoots a hole in your fuel tank, you just lose fuel, despite what television teaches you, but if you hit an IED, someone shoots an RPG at you, or whatever, just hope that everyone else is a safe distance.

However, our call sign was always "Fireball One."