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lmfao at "No prep foot race"... 
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A special kind of stupid: thawing a valve on a tanker truck....with a torch.
Last edited by CJ; 02-28-2018, 10:31 PM."When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic." -Benjamin Franklin
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Big BOOM....pretty sure they were still smoking when the coworkers came running up to check on them. “YEP, HE DEAD”Comment
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I'm going to take a wild guess the truck was what they would call "empty." You can see the closest vent stack blow first. What a bunch of dumbasses.Originally posted by 1carcrazyguy View Post"When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic." -Benjamin Franklin
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Apparently this is a "common practice." Something tells me it's a dying art.
On the bright side they did get the valve unstuck.
SEMINOLE — A Seminole man was killed Tuesday in an explosion as he used a propane torch to thaw a frozen valve on a tanker truck.
The blast at Tiger Tank Trucks south of Seminole threw Richard Basque about 12 feet, Seminole County Sheriff Shannon Smith said. Smith said Basque, 52, died instantly.
Smith said it is standard practice to use a propane torch to heat frozen truck valves.
"Truck drivers do this all the time, and nothing like this ever happens,” Smith said. "His death was purely accidental, and a fluke.”
The tanker truck was used to haul salt water and crude oil.
Seminole Fire Chief Bryant Baker said the explosion occurred about 9 a.m. and was felt about two miles away at a Walmart SuperCenter. It blew sheet metal off the trucking company, shattered windows in adjacent buildings and damaged at least one rig, he said.
Nicholas Basque said his uncle had been a truck driver most of his life. He had worked for Tiger Tank Trucks for about two years but had been employed with the company on and off since 1978.
Family members described Richard Basque as a hard worker and family man.
Richard Basque and his wife, Jennifer, had been married 31 years. They have two children and four grandchildren.
He was a native of Hawaii and had lived in Seminole for about 25 years. He served nine years in the U.S. Army, family members said.
Smith said his investigation is complete, although Occupational Safety and Health Administration officials were at the trucking company Tuesday conducting their own investigation.
Other employees suffered minor injuries, but none were life-threatening, he said.Last edited by CJ; 02-28-2018, 10:35 PM."When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic." -Benjamin Franklin
"A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury." -Alexander Fraser TytlerComment
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I am not in the business and have never been in the business. However if someone said, “hey use a torch” on anything that has ever held a fuel. I would be the first to say, “yeah, you go first and I will stand back over there and watch”.Comment
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Maybe it is for some people, but I've worked on rigs in north Dakota and dealt with these trucks and situations and I never said," hey get the weed burner".Originally posted by CJ View PostComment
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Only one guy died?Comment
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The whole back-end didn't blow off, just the valve. I'm sure his buddy lost his eyebrows though.
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this is terrifying if you watch Black Mirror and have seen MetalheadOriginally posted by GhostTX View PostComment
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I get the feeling that this article doesn't belong with that video.Originally posted by CJ View PostComment
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