[AT] Gas can rant

[Cecil R Bearden]

I had some brush that was very hard to get to burn.  I put 1/2 gallon of 
gas in 4 or 5 old plastic water bottles and set them deep in the brush 
pile before burning.   Then I started a fire around the edge with 
Diesel.  I figured the fire would melt the jugs, but I was amazed at how 
slow the fire was burning.   Went to the truck and got my 12 gauge pump 
with 00 Buckshot and had some target practice with the jugs!!!   It was 
a blast  literally!!!

Typical Redneck fun-----  Firearms, gasoline, and fire.....   No alcohol 
was involved in the making it though......

Cecil in OKla



On 7/22/2015 2:22 PM, Thomas Mehrkam wrote:
> I will relate an experience I had with my dad.
> We were clearing brush using an International H tractor and a log chain.
> We would clear out an area, stack the brush then make a fire.
> This was August in Texas about 100 degree in the shade.   Dad had a coffee can full of gas. He was hot and dehydrated and not thinking straight.  I was on the tractor watching him.  He poured the gas on the brush pile then knelt down and struck a match on the bottom of the can.
>
> There was a bug whoosh and he stood up missing his eye brows and mustache.   I few first degree burns but other damage.
> He could not believe he did that.
>  From then own we used Diesel or used motor oil.
>
>        From: charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
>   To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>   Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2015 1:38 PM
>   Subject: Re: [AT] Gas can rant
>     
> Brad I just wrote my experience with that before I saw your message.
> Apparently it's quite dramatic.
>
> Charlie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gunnells, Bradley R
> Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2015 12:04 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Gas can rant
>
> That there sounds like a You Tube video in the making.  :-)
>
> Brad
>
>
> On Jul 22, 2015, at 10:44 AM, Mike
> <meulenms at gmx.com<mailto:meulenms at gmx.com>> wrote:
>
> That just went on my bucket list, Alan.
>
> Mike M
>
>
> On 7/22/2015 10:44 AM, Alan Nadeau wrote:
>
>
> OTOH, I have heard it is great sport to suck fumes, maybe even liquid
> gasoline, through a discarded household vacuum equipped with a very long
> extension cord(so you can plug in the turned on vacuum from afar).  I've
> always wanted to try that.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Indiana Robinson"
> <robinson46176 at gmail.com<mailto:robinson46176 at gmail.com>>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com<mailto:at at lists.antique-tractor.com>>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2015 9:57 AM
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>
>
> When I mentioned a hand drill I was thinking about a used can. An electric
> drill would be fine for a brand new can but if a used can had a teaspoon
> of
> gasoline in it and someone absently picked up a power drill the carbon
> brush arcing could make it interesting. Not that any of us would ever do
> something absently...
> :-)
>
> .
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