Issue with Rear Glass Installation after Fire Repair - pic on pg. 3

just wonderful...guess a piece of trash got caught between my cab and my bed and was resting on top of my exhaust.

luckily i got it out before it caused too much damage.

 

I had a bag burn on my exhaust once and it scared me with the smell. Took me forever to figure out what was going on....

Glad you caught it before anything serious happened!

 

saw big flames like a campfire in my rear view mirror and thought i was hallucinating at first

 

Damn , glad it wasn't worse.

 

That’s just nuts!!

Glad you took the fire out.
Did you have an extinguisher on you?

 

Whoa... Crazy! Glad it happened when it did instead of you parking and coming back to a charred taco. Seems like there should be a guard to prevent that from happening but good save!

 

no, but i definitely will in the future

 

Holy chit

 

the flames were over the roof of the cab...i'm surprised there's not more damage

 

Glad you got out okay. Do you have an Air Dam or not? Just wondering about air turbulence under the truck that caused trash to get wedged between the cab and bed.

 

Fking-A... gas thieves, window smashers, now fires....

 

I carry a fire extinguisher, takes up some space but I follow the time proven saying of “its better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it”.

 

Damn!
If you can find the F’er that threw his trash out on the highway, I’ll hold his ass down while you make him eat what’s left of the burnt debris. I can’t stand when people litter.

 

Precisely why I chose a black truck vs white. You wouldn't be able to see the charred remains.

 

I am in the habit of glancing in the mirrors after driving around or over swirling debris to make sure I can see it after passing. It is a shame to have to have this mindset about litter.

 

My students were just asking me yesterday while we were moving furniture why I have a small extinguisher handy in the truck. This is exactly why. There’s no way you can predict stuff like this! Glad you and your truck are ok OP.

 

I always look back when I drive over a bag, knock on wood they've all been back there.

 

Thats a puckering experience as i have been thru 2 vehicle fires. Put one out on a grain truck by throwing gravel and dirt into the carb and the second was a suburban that starting leaking fuel externally on a Oklahoma interstate - HP closed both sides of the Interstate and we all stood and watched it burn down to a skeleton (kinda pretty actually)

 

Here in Arizona, on the 17 up around BumbleBee Arizona, there are notices to turn off your A/C whilst climbing the hills.
People being people ignore it of course, and on any given day, especially Fri/Sat/Sun you will slow down to a crawl as people drive
by some car on fire. Happens all the time.

 

i did have my a/c on full blast and it was over 90 degrees out.