I am debating picking up some hot asphalt from the local plant to repair pot holes in my driveway. My trailer is dual axle and I have solid metal sides I added, but the floor is pressure treated wood. I plan to lay some metal siding from over the floor that I had left from my pole barn garage.

Could the hot asphalt ignite the wood floor?

On 7/19/2016 9:26 AM, wrote:
I am debating picking up some hot asphalt from the local plant to repair pot holes in my driveway. My trailer is dual axle and I have solid metal sides I added, but the floor is pressure treated wood. I plan to lay some metal siding from over the floor that I had left from my pole barn garage.

Could the hot asphalt ignite the wood floor?


If the hot asphalt is on fire, the wood will
most likely burn, also.

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On Tuesday, July 19, 2016 at 9:26:28 AM UTC-4, wrote:
I am debating picking up some hot asphalt from the local plant to repair pot holes in my driveway. My trailer is dual axle and I have solid metal sides I added, but the floor is pressure treated wood. I plan to lay some metal siding from over the floor that I had left from my pole barn garage.

Could the hot asphalt ignite the wood floor?

Stolen without permission from:

http://www.eapa.org/asphalt.php?c=78

"The average production temperature of hot mix asphalt is between 150°C and 190°C..."

Stolen without permission from:

https://www.reference.com/science/te...1fcab3a521fe3a

"The minimum temperature needed to ignite wood is 180°C...The amount of
time of exposure varies due to the type of wood. Long-leaf wood has the
fastest ignition time at this temperature, taking about 14 minutes to
ignite."

Odds are that the asphalt will be below 180°C by the time it hits your
trailer. With the addition of the metal siding, I'd say that the chance
of the wood actually igniting is pretty slim.

As a extra layer of safety, you might want to consider wetting the trailer
down before loading the asphalt.

(P.S. I'd verify this with the company you are buying the asphalt from.
I'm sure that they know the temperature of their asphalt at loading time.)

On Tue, 19 Jul 2016 06:26:21 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

Could the hot asphalt ignite the wood floor?

You mean like spontaneous combustion?

On Tuesday, July 19, 2016 at 2:04:17 PM UTC-4, Oren wrote:
On Tue, 19 Jul 2016 06:26:21 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

Could the hot asphalt ignite the wood floor?

You mean like spontaneous combustion?

If it did ignite it wouldn't be "spontaneous". It would be more like "cause and effect".

On Tue, 19 Jul 2016 06:26:21 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

I am debating picking up some hot asphalt from the local plant to repair pot holes in my driveway. My trailer is dual axle and I have solid metal sides I added, but the floor is pressure treated wood. I plan to lay some metal siding from over the floor that I had left from my pole barn garage.

Could the hot asphalt ignite the wood floor?
Not a chance. Not hot enough

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I am debating picking up some hot asphalt from the local plant
to repair pot holes in my driveway. My trailer is dual axle and
I have solid metal sides I added, but the floor is pressure
treated wood. I plan to lay some metal siding from over the
floor that I had left from my pole barn garage.

Could the hot asphalt ignite the wood floor?

You first posted about this, what, three weeks ago? You were worried that the asphalt might
cool off before you got it home, IIRC, and now you're worried that it might set your trailer on fire!

Just have it delivered. Sheesh.