8:00 I think it goes by quick enough it could be under appreciated. That is one of the scariest and most dangerous events I’ve seen in 30 years of pulling. That driver is incredibly blessed to not have had their legs ripped off or at the very least seriously destroyed in that event.
For the cost of these machines, I can’t believe they don’t have on board fire suppression systems. Would be a lot cheaper than replacing all the stuff that burns up.
Well.... it started in the US, but has reached into pretty well, many countries around the world, especially in western and eastern Europe as well as some Asian countries.
@@Romans--bo7br Gun powder started in ancient China ;).. Anyways just watched some European pulling, damn dudes were using old airplane engines on those darn things!
The company I work for is very safety oriented. I can hardly stand to see some of these guys in an open top tractor, no helmet, no hearing protection, no eye protection, no roll bar, no on board fire extinguisher, not even gloves on. Very risky and unsafe.
They were trying!!! There is 20 GALLONS of Methanol in that Tank on the Back!! When he Grenaded the Front Motor, some of the Shrapnel cut one of the Fuel Lines and you had Methanol pouring out on Burning pieces of metal on the Track!!! You can see the Heat from a Methanol Fire, not the Flame!! What I don't understand is WHY did it take the Sled Operator SO LONG to back him up!!! You back the Rig up then you can deal with the Fire on the Rig!!!
@@tomcarver1063 And they were COMPLETELY unprepared with those tiny extinguishers. Any event like that should be required to have actual firefighters there with the proper equipment.
That's a "Her" legs if "She" didn't pull them up!!! That was Cammile Shelton!!! They changed the rules after that accident!! The Driveshaft is now inside a Titanium Tube!!! She had some BAD Bruises, but no broken bones Thank God!!!
Tom Carver even with Methonal on 5 V8 hemis ur still gonna get at least 3000 hp per engine. And take 3000 times 5 that’s around 13 thousand hp right there.
0:18 “Holy Macaroni!!! We got some fire, get him Boy’s!!!” The excitement and sheer enthusiasm that is present in the announcer’s voice is incomparable to almost any other announcer heard on just about any sport or any show. I mean I don’t know if he maybe had some fear in there but that more came off as a 3 year old on CHRISTMAS🎄Morning when he got the brand new BumbleBee Power Wheels or something sure tickled his fancy up there in that announcing booth. 😂😂😂 That about made the whole video for me!!!
You know bossman in the red one was probably thinking he's fucked when the fire team came running out with squirt bottle extinguishers 😂😂 fuckin glad some dudes with big boy ones showed up to save him. This shit looks fun as hell I have to find one 🇺🇸🇺🇸
One thing i've noticed is that on s ome of the John Deere tractors, they have kind of WEAK front ends. A couple of bounces and they just fall apart. Why is that?????????????
I'm pretty sure those are intended for protecting the driver, or extinguishing the driver once they are off, not as a means of trying to extinguish a large alcohol fire.
