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Old 09-22-2017, 08:42 PM
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Old 09-22-2017, 08:46 PM
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I have 6 fire extinguishers in my shop. To loose everything to a backfire and burning cardboard is pretty lame.
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Old 09-23-2017, 08:12 PM
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That's pretty sad for sure!
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Old 09-24-2017, 08:58 AM
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Somehow I think we missed the part about the can of gas that he was pouring into the carb while cranking it over.


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probably not the smartest thing he could have done.
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Originally Posted by Randy G.
I have 6 fire extinguishers in my shop. To loose everything to a backfire and burning cardboard is pretty lame.
Good point. It takes valuable seconds for a fire to get out of hand and engulf the structure and it's contents.
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