Ouch!

[Halmfamily]

Stopped at the Pilot to fuel up in the truck lane today apparently the driver before spilled some diesel on the ground and it was raining. Filled my tank and went to get into my truck and the next thing I know I'm laying on the ground. Diesel and water on the bottom of your shoes makes for a dangerous combination on running boards. Slippery than ice. Luckily only my pride was hurt. Be careful around those pumps.

[noe-place]

You're making an assumption just like the child did that the pump would stop aren't you?

[Jarlaxle]

noe-place wrote:
What would have changed with you standing by a defective pump instead of the boy? The pump was still defective and would have splashed you as well.

Like me, he more than likely knows to stand to one side, so that DOESN'T happen!

[Handbasket]

I feel for you, Halm! There's not much that's slicker than diesel & water. I spent about 9 months as JP-5 'king' on my ship in the Navy. JP-5 is diesel, for all intents & purposes. We carried 40,000 gallons of it for our 2 helos, 6 ship's boats, and the emergency generator. I had to sound 4 tanks daily, strip the day tanks, and run the pumps at flight quarters.

One other duty... I got to do the JP-5 hose hook-up when refueling at sea from an oiler. Once, when making the connection, I found out the hard way that the oiler hadn't back-suctioned the hose to drain it. With the 4" hose looped a good 10' over my head, I took the end cap off... and gravity caused the whole mess to drain down quickly onto the bulkhead right behind our connection point, and splash back on me. I was literally soaked from head to foot and dripping with JP-5. Since our shop was short-handed, I had to stay for the whole refueling, and slipped and slid all over with oily shoes and wet, oily deck. Good thing the Navy is very strict about the smoking lamp being out when refueling. I tossed the clothes over the side, than showered & scrubbed & scrubbed some more! It was at least 2 days before I got the stank out of my nostrils, and I had rash in 'awkward' places. I've never owned a diesel, and *never* will.

Jim, "Mo' coffee!"

[noe-place]

What would have changed with you standing by a defective pump instead of the boy? The pump was still defective and would have splashed you as well.

[grandpalarry]

I let my 10 year old grandson pump the diesel and he was splashed because the pump handle didn't shut off.
We stripped him down right in the lane and threw all his clothes in the trash, then hosed him down with the water from the rig.
He had to go home with one of my sets of clothes.
Had to shower in cold water in the RV twice.
Still smelled him the rest of the trip, I think he sat down on some part of the furniture.
Lesson Learned: Never send a boy to do a mans job.

[path1]

Slippery than ice. Luckily only my pride was hurt. Be careful around those pumps.

Yes and walk like your on ice and wear gloves. Toss in trash before getting back in. Stuff gives me a head ache with hands in front of you going down the road.

[fj12ryder]

I watched a friend navigating a round-a-bout in Spain on a bike hit the ground instantly when he crossed a bit of spilled diesel fuel when the road was wet. I was very lucky that he was running in front or it could have been me. Very slick stuff, just like ice.

[IAMICHABOD]

Been there done that, even more fun when you slide all the way down the side of a Freightliner. We always had paper towels ready to wipe off b4 climbing in.

[Grillmeister]

:E Thanks for the heads up. Glad you were not hurt.

[missourijan]

Ooh, that could have broken something! You're lucky