DIYbanter - View Single Post - Transporting 20 gallons of gas in your trunk and storing in your back yard in the open air question

Steve Barker[_6_]

On 7/21/2010 10:55 AM, wrote:
On Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:28:44 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

On Jul 21, 6:41 am, Caesar wrote:
On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:30:14 -0700, "Steve B"
wrote Re Transporting 20 gallons of
gas in your trunk and storing in your back yard in the open air
question:

I wouldn't want my neighbor to put twenty gallons along my fence.
Especially if it is within 100 feet of any structures of mine. **it does
happen. He may be a royal PITA, but he does have somewhat of a point. And
you have to live next door to him. I also personally wouldn't carry that
much gas in the trunk. Too many idiots on the road, and if they rear-end
you, it's going to be nasty. Or there's just a spark from the lights

+1 on that.

-1 on that.

It's been PROVEN time and again that those "gasoline explosions" you
see in movies are not realistic. They are staged using pyrotechnics.

The expose of Dateline NBC's "expose" of the 73-87 GM truck tanks is a
classic example.

In a collision that breaches the fuel tank, the fuel dribbles out on
the ground and nothing happens. The fumes are too concentrated to
ignite, and they quickly dissipate to where there aren't enough fumes
to ignite.

I once witnessed a 36 foot cabin cruiser with twin gasoline inboard
engines, blow up and burn completely to the waterline in a matter of
about 10 minutes from start to finish. It exploded in a fireball
worthy of any James Bond movie.

it did not explode. Not with just gasoline. You may have witnessed a
rapid burning, but not an explosion.

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Steve Barker
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