My husband, Mr. Dummy.... (Found this on eBay)

[BobbyW]

Airstream 1969 Overland for Parts Trailer Vehicle Description
Have your Airstream trailers propane system checked regularly or your trailer could look simular to what ours looks like now. Sold to us in complete working & operational order last December we drove to Missouri and picked up it up and prepared for our vacation early this year. My husband Mr. Dummy parked it next to the house and had the 50 amp. cord plugged into the electricity as we were preparing last month for a extended 30-day vacation with the kids. Mr. Dummy had just switched the refrigerator over to propane and lit the pilot so the refrigerator would be operational.... Everything was fine and dandy, it was about 6:00 o'clock and it was getting dark outside when I looked thru our bay window and saw flames shooting out of the outside compartment door behind where the refrigerator was located in the trailer. I yelled the trailer is on fire..! By the time the local Fire Dept. arrived this is all that was left of our $ 5500.00 dream trailer.. Our home owners insurance paid us $ 400.00 for the damage to the house and the balance of $ 600.00 for the travel trailer for a grand total of $ 1000.00 with a $ 500.00 deductable. Needless to say we took a $ 4500.00 loss and Mr. Dummy spent his vacation cleaning the soot off of the brick and repairing the wood eaves of the house that were burned while me and the kids took a short mini vacation to the gulf coast.

The trailer is being sold ASIS WHERE IS WITH A BILL OF SALE.

The manual and all the paperwork, what is left of it, is in a menellow folder. The Missouri title burned up inside the trailer, the previous owner signed off on it yet was never registered in Texas under our name.

The trailer has some good usable aluminum skin left, all of the underskin is useable, a few double insulated windows, 2 axles one with brakes, recent bearings repacked, tows great behind a 1/2 ton suburban, uses a 2.5/16" ball, just dosent meet our needs as a useable travel trailer.

Offering the trailer for $ 1200.00 reserve, first come first served, my loss your gain.





Vehicle Condition
BURNED........

A new axle in Jackson Center, Ohio is $ 895.00 + shipping, backing plates with brakes add another $ 110.00 + shipping.

Aluminum skin cannot be ordered.....

Good parts for someone that could use them....



http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=50063

[ColtSAA45]

I read that ad on Ebay too. Scared me!

[Edie]

Mr. Dummy, Mr. Dummy, Mr. Dummy. I don't see how it was HIS fault any more than it was HERS. She didn't get the propane checked either, and he didn't actually do anything else wrong as far as I can tell.

I think the only dumb thing he's done is marry such a b*tch.

[BobbyW]

Originally Posted by Edie G

I think the only dumb thing he's done is marry such a b*tch.

And one who likes to ridicule in public.

I think there is more to this one. On the website that is listed for more pictures, (which there were no more at the time of my posting), he says he thinks the other Airstream led to the "Divorce". Or he might just be selling it for her and Dummy.

[Rog0525]

At the risk of being rude, I don't think it's much more hazardous than the megaton '73 Sovereign that is currently being advertised as a "travel" trailer.

http://www.vintage-rv.com/Current.htm

[Silvertwinkie]

For once...I'm without words.

This one made my week though......

[InsideOut]

I seem to recall seeing this one about a year ago....guess they haven't found a taker yet?!

Shari

[59toaster]

Mrs Dummy is out of her mind thinking anybody will pay $1200 for that.

He has either not read that ad or he has and she defienatly weraras the pants and not a relationship of equals or the divorce will soon follow.

[davidz71]

Hmmmmm,
A convertible Airstream?

[whistler]

Isn't that the new model complete with an outdoor shower option?

whistler

[BobbyW]

Bidding has ended for this item

Current bid: US $355.00 (Reserve not met)

Ended: Apr-27-04 22:05:46 PDT

Start time:Apr-20-04 22:05:46 PDT

History:5 bids (US $100.00 starting bid)

[bredlo]

I've heard of the old Byam Burner, but this is ridiculous.

[tin can luv]

i finally had to take a look at what this thread was all about....First didn't read that it was from Ebay, I figured we would never hear from Bobby again. Took me a minute to realize....

What a mess. I would take it for, free....I think the back end would be fun as a tool shed in the yard.... I could use the base for the mardi gras float.....Hmmmm....too bad it didn't burn here in MO!!!

[jlawrence]

I need the bumper!

..anyone interested in a teardown party? ...apparently the axles are good.

John.

[overlander63]

Originally Posted by Rog0525

At the risk of being rude, I don't think it's much more hazardous than the megaton '73 Sovereign that is currently being advertised as a "travel" trailer.

http://www.vintage-rv.com/Current.htm

It would take a deuce-and-a-half to pull it, with all the extra hardware it is now sporting.
Terry

[ipso_facto]

OK, translate this for me. What exactly caused the fire?

What does "50 amp. cord plugged into the electricity" mean? The unit's power cord plugged into the shore power? What exactly is the problem with that?

What exactly is the problem with switching the refr. to propane? While it's plugged in to shore power?

Or lighting the pilot light?

Frankly, none of this makes any sense.

I cannot imagine how some combination of events can cause such a catastrophy, perhaps it is a design flaw?


My husband Mr. Dummy parked it next to the house and had the 50 amp. cord plugged into the electricity as we were preparing last month for a extended 30-day vacation with the kids. Mr. Dummy had just switched the refrigerator over to propane and lit the pilot so the refrigerator would be operational.

[thenewkid64]

Originally Posted by ipso_facto

Frankly, none of this makes any sense.

I cannot imagine how some combination of events can cause such a catastrophe, perhaps it is a design flaw?

Here is my best Colombo impression:

Hubby lit the pilot after allowing it to cool on AC. Once the pilot was lit, and the refer warmed a bit the main burner was called on to light. There was some kind of leak or fitting failure in the refer compartment that allowed gas to build and or burn without the "safety valve" shutting off the supply. Once things start to burn they usually don't last long

I am wiling to bet the refer is the culprit here. The next person to lite this refer was bound to burn this trailer down IMHO.

[ipso_facto]

Looks like he did everything properly and the unit burned because of alleged "leak or fitting failure"? Hm.

[TomW]

Originally Posted by thenewkid64

...I am willing to bet the refer is the culprit here...

I will "second" that, but with a different scenario - chimney fire. On my Dometic, the exhaust from the pilot light travels up a metal tube about 1-1/2 inches in diameter, and about three feet tall. If the pilot light is adjusted too rich (yellow flame), soot (non-burned particles) will build up in this pipe. And, after a period of non-use, I would think you could also have spider webs or other debris. Once the refrigerator has been running on propane long enough, this soot can catch fire.

A propane leak is possible, but not my first suspect. Propane is heavier than air, so any leakage will stay close to the floor. Don't know about newer Airstreams, but on my '67, there is a grate on the floor to provide air to the refrigerator. The leaking propane would find this grate, and exit the interior.

Unless Columbo and I are able to interrogate Mr. Dummy, we may never know exactly what happened.

Ben Matlock

[steve O]

Being an insurance adjuster by day, I had a similar claim with a SOB.
It appears that the chimney from the refer was also the home to a honeycomb. When the refer was switched from electric to propane
the heat build up couldn't vent fast enough. It converted the wood
frame to charcoal. Inspection showed the honeycomb covered
approx 85+% of the vent. With all that heat the comb was still
intact... it didn't burn!

The facts are still there search till ya' find the cause....
You'll feel better... Good Luck Steve