RV Gas Explosion

Caveman Charlie wrote:
I'm glad no one was hurt.

For all of you that always tell members that you need a bigger truck to pull just about any trailer, I think this guy has you covered.

The truck is way overkill.

The furnace is all self contained. The gas line may have broken going to the furnace but, the furnace can not fill the TT with gas unless the plenum has a crack in it.

Maybe the truck was so bag the rough ride it was giving the trailer caused a line to crack.

The stove getting accidently turned on is another possibility. RV stoves always looked unsafe to me. I can't believe that they still allow a gas stove without so much as a thermocouple and a pilot light. Stoves like the ones in our RV's were outlawed in houses in the 40's for heavens sake. It's time they got rid of them in RV's too. Unfortunately that will probably not happen until a lot of people get killed and it makes the news.

I'm not trying to start a argument here I'm just saying that RV stoves are unsafe.

Glad no one was hurt and have a nice day.

I think Caveman has it pretty well!
The stove is always the weakest link, no safety inter lock. the rest of the gas appliances, require heat from a flame to continuing getting gas!

I have lived in all gas house and it is all about maintenance. I keep the gas on all the time even between trips, no different than an all gas house.

There is no reason they can't come up with a DSI range top!

Getting a hamburger...

I have to question what they were doing across the street when the truck was parked in a yellow zone in front of a fire hydrant?

I'm glad no one was hurt.

For all of you that always tell members that you need a bigger truck to pull just about any trailer, I think this guy has you covered.

The truck is way overkill.

The furnace is all self contained. The gas line may have broken going to the furnace but, the furnace can not fill the TT with gas unless the plenum has a crack in it.

Maybe the truck was so bag the rough ride it was giving the trailer caused a line to crack.

The stove getting accidently turned on is another possibility. RV stoves always looked unsafe to me. I can't believe that they still allow a gas stove without so much as a thermocouple and a pilot light. Stoves like the ones in our RV's were outlawed in houses in the 40's for heavens sake. It's time they got rid of them in RV's too. Unfortunately that will probably not happen until a lot of people get killed and it makes the news.

I'm not trying to start a argument here I'm just saying that RV stoves are unsafe.

Glad no one was hurt and have a nice day.

Looks like the tires came out of it okay.

TucsonJim wrote:
We had three different rigs do that after the last chili cookoff. Seriously, that must have been very scary. I'm glad no one was hurt.

If no one else got it, I did. Good one

I was wondering how many travel out there with their refrigerator on? I'm one but I might have to rethink that...

Big Katuna wrote:
Why would you run your furnace going down the road?

One reason is to keep the water tanks from freezing.

Why would you run your furnace going down the road?

I bumped the stove knob on a TT that I had. It's actually pretty easy to do. I was recently hauling a bulky gift in my fifth wheel and it fell against the frig door and gouged it a little. It reminded me of my mistake in the TT and is now on my check list.