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kmsavage1
Explorer
Apr 04, 2015

Burned Diesel Pusher

I followed a Diesel Pusher on a Flat Bed Trailer on US-60 from Sun City to Phoenix AZ this afternoon. The whole left side and the front were VERY badly burned. It looked as if it might have started in the area of the Refrigerator. It was licensed in one of the SD counties that cater to FT RVers. I certainly hope no one was injured or worse.
  • Ivylog's avatar
    Ivylog
    Explorer III
    After many hours and years frigging with my NoCold 1200 I'm going the home refer route... much like Dennis I put in a auto fires system and a Amish cooling unit but last week in our snowbird park two more NoCold's caught on fire while on electric. That makes 4 in four years. One burned through the roof and the other was caught in time that it smoked the unit and blistered the jell coat.
  • Here's mine on a flatbed in Canada awaiting a 200 km trip to Winnepeg courtesy of Coachnet
  • we broke down in 2012
    thats how they towed us to Flagstaff (Safari diesel)
    on a flat bed trailer
  • John&Joey wrote:
    I spent some time in Colaws salvage yard, and was amazed at how many DP'ers were there due to fire. The burn area was either the kitchen or engine bay. It was about 5 to every one gasser. The very opposite of what I would have thought.


    That's because of the DPs value. The gassers burn completely up and are put in the dumpster....:W:W......Dennis
  • I spent some time in Colaws salvage yard, and was amazed at how many DP'ers were there due to fire. The burn area was either the kitchen or engine bay. It was about 5 to every one gasser. The very opposite of what I would have thought.
  • RV daytrader wrote:
    On a flatbed??...how high would that end up being?


    Usually looks something like this. Substitute an A for a 5er.
  • I also hope no one was injured, if it was on the left side I bet it was another Not-So-Cold. That is the main reason I ditch mine.
    JR