FRIENDS SHOP BURNED

[ZANE]

I posted last week about my friends shop burning. I went into the rubble yesterday and looked at things. The fron't tires on his 600 are burned nearly completely off. The radiator is melted. The wires are melted. The right rear tire is burned through and flat. The left rear looks to be salvagable.

Lying on the floor just beneath the tractor was the completel valve and bowl assembly. Lying beside that was what was left of the drop light socket and two strands of burned copper wire. Apparently he wasn't thinking about what he was doing and with about four gallons of gas in the tank he removed the bowl and valve assembly completly from the tank. The gas hit the drop light bulb and of course it flased up and was being fueled by a stream big as your finger. He jumped back on his two recently replaced knees, fell to the floor in the flames and then crawled away from the fire burning both his arms, his neck and face and both hands. Second degree burns. If the neighbor hadn't been just walking up to visit it might have been lots worse but he rolled him around on the ground and finally got the fire out. He had on insulated underwear and that saved his legs from being burned. It put butter flies in my stomach just looking at the results. All the roof trusses will have to be repalced and lots of the wall studs etc and the electrical wires are a mess of charred wires with no insulation.

Be careful with gas in building or outside for that matter!

Zane

 

[Anonymous-0]

some people are just born stupid.

 

[John730D]

And motrack you apparently stayed that way. That remark was cruel and stupid.

Zane, I hope your buddy is going to be OK.. Sorry to hear that he got burned. Wish him well from all of us, and we will put him on our prayer list.

 

[Greg 2N (TX)]

From what I heard the man was in his upper 70's.
He may have been tired or on medication.

Words can cut like a knife.
Please be careful.

 

[Jim in Western MI]

My best to your friend, as well; and as far as the comment..., all of us that do things, if we do enough of them and do them long enough, will match or exceed that one. While working in Venice, Louisiana, many years ago we had a big wharf rat that ran across the kitchen every night. Too big to catch and/or too smart for traps, I hit with ether spray from a quick start can one night, and followed him with a steady stream until he passed out..., then looked over at the stove and its four pilot lights burning, and the kitchen filled with ether fumes. The explosion would have leveled the building! I was lucky, but since that day have remembered about fumes and closed spaces. I've used up most of my nine lives after 59 years; maybe two or three left...

 

[Anonymous-0]

FU john730D.....

 

[John730D]

I was right!!! You stayed that way.

 

[souNdguy]

he likely already knows this, but he needs to keep an eye on those burns.. they take a long time to heal and get infected easilly. If he is an older gentleman.. that makes it even harder.

good luck to him.

soundguy

 

[Anonymous-0]

is that the best you have?

 

[heybusdriver]

I don't know of anyone that hasn't made an error, including you writing such a statement. Just take look at yourself before ridiculing someone you don't even know. No-one is perfect , me included, we all make mistakes , some are just luxckier than others wthout injuring themselves or others.
Stan
1949 8N146710
1949 8N179555
1949 8N197904
1950 8N254079
1951 8N362039

& a 1950 parts tractor
In a pear tree

 

[jimNCal]

He who is without sin, let him cast the first stone......good to meet you Jesus.....(sarcasm there).....what a jerk you are mo(troll)......made any lifelong friends lately?

 

[Anonymous-0]

If he made it to his mid70's he might know a lot more than you think.

 

[Bruce (VA)]

The mistake that caused this tragic accident wasn't stupid. Posting a derogatory comment like that on a moderated forum that clearly shows your IP address.......well, that's just plain stupid.

 

[jimNCal]

Proof positive that John730D was correct.....

 

[jimNCal]

That's ALL that's needed......what a small person you must be to make such comments on a public forum. I'll bet you dream about pulling the wings off of flies.....

jim

 

[r geiger(oR)]

Thank you for posting this. Our prayers are with your friend. We all need reminders once in while to keep it safe.

 

[davis123]

And you were one of the stupid ones.

 

[Dunk]

Bless his heart, Zane.

Hopefully we can ignore the idiot here.

 

[LeoinMI]

I doubt anyone intentionally trys to get burned.Accidents happen to everyone,..this was very unfortunate and he is indeed lucky it wasn't worse. Hopefully he recovers fully. It will take a long time and at his age will be difficult. Our prayers are with him.

 

[Tom Jubilee]

motrack (AKA-mental midget)...I couldn't agree more with you...some folks are stupid...as in your parents offspring

 

[ken benfield]

Sorry for your friend,will pray that he overcomes this time in his life.

 

[Bob Harvey]

LOTS of guys have better, but you ain't worth it.

 

[Colin King]

Aiyee, Zane, it really sounds like he's lucky to be alive at all.

Colin, MN

 

[wickedsix]

Very sorry to hear what happened, hope everything goes ok.

 

[CJ in Michigan]

Sorry about your friend,Zane, hope he makes a full recovery.

Folks,never wrestle with a pig. You just get dirty and the pig enjoys it...

 

[Blaine K]

Motrack, nice of you to kick a guy into the ground when he's already in a bad way. Prayers for your friend Zane. And prayers for Motrack as well, I think he has a long taxing road ahead of him as well.

 

[HCooke]

Zane, Sorry to hear about your friend. Hope he recovers completely.

 

[Zion Ute]

Hey Dunk - do you like Mark Twain comments? Here's one that comes to mind...

"Of all the creatures that were made, man is the most detestable. Of the entire brood he is the only one--the solitary one--that possesses malice. That is the basest of all instincts, passions, vices--the most hateful. He is the only creature that has pain for sport, knowing it to be pain. Also--in all the list he is the only creature that has a nasty mind."

 

[Anonymous-0]

All gasoline work should be done outside.The light is better and a flash light is best if you need more light.Many service garages have been lost here because of drop lights and gasoline.There are fluorescent and LED lights available that are safer to use.Ive replaced 2 sets of gas tanks straps in the past year.My wife car needed a gas tank,it was done at a shop outdoors.Check your gas tank straps in warm weather.I was headed north on a straight stretch of hiway.An old chevy car was headed south.We were about 200 feet apart when his gas tank hit the road.It was on fire as it slid along the road at 50 mph.Lucky for me it slid straight by me.I was ready to go off the road into a field.The chevy came to a stop and the tank slid close to the car.It was still burning.I have had 2 55 chevys lose ball joints while I was following one and the other was coming at me.The one coming at me crossed the road in front of me and went into the ditch.I was far enough down the hill to avoid a head on crash on that one.Both cars lost a ball joint on the drivers side.

 

[lha]

If a person makes it to his 70's and has'nt made mistakes here&there,he hasn't done much.Criticizing a person for making a mistake is pitiful---lha

 

[Mr. Bob]

Will mention your friend in prayers, Zane. Also as for the crass ignorance shown here by "motrack": simply ignore it. A smart man once told me that you can"t out grunt a hog, nor outstink a polecat.

 

[ZANE]

Thank all of you for your concerns for my friend.

This man is one of the smartest men I have ever known. In the past six or seven years he has completely restored a 57 Chev, a 53 Chev and a 29 Model A coupe. All of them look better than when they came off the production line. He is a master machinest and can fix anything that has ever been made by a man with a machine or he can remanufacture it to exact specifications. Just a couple of months ago he fix a part on my 1935 Walker floor jack that is no longer in production and it got my favorite floor jack back in operation on the same day I took the part to him. He took it out of my hand, chucked in his lathe, reached and got a boring bar he had made himself years before and proceeded to rethread a packing nut that I had buggered up taking the jack apart. This to him is just another days work and nothing unusual. Most people who are over 79 years old are either already dead or in the nursing home and he is working his hands and brain every day.
He certainly is not stupid. Not in a million years!

Zane

 

[Jubilee85 (VA)]

Zane,

I too am sorry to hear about your friend. As a classroom teacher I tell my high school kids all the time "talk to your grandfather, or great uncle, you dont get old being no fool. My point is that old people have LEARNED stuff .....and they have LIVED through it ......I look at these kids and they think the INVENTED things.....I wish I had a "mechanical" person to follow. My kids think that I am smart because I can do this or that .....I tell some of them.....I learned it from someone else.....older and smarter. I hope these kids can "SEE" what they are missing in school! I hope your friend can get back to what he loves to do.

 

[Anonymous-0]

Just got a chance to look at last week end paper.Photo of a big garage on fire .Housed 2 businesses plus an apartment.Fellow in the apartment had to jump out a window.Fellow was working oa vans gas tank. some thing ignited the fumes.He was badly burned on back and arms and was taken by helicopter to a Boston hospital.10 fire departments and 100 firefighters.The metal building was gutted.I refuse to work on gasoline problems in side a building.Fumes dissapate out doors.

 

[Davy Fireball]

i just wanted you to know that i will take this time to pray for your friend please belive me it just wasnt a coincidence that the neighbor just didnt happen along GOD helped him then- HE will help him now. i will also pray for the miss guided.

 

[gahorN]

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