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10-25-2004, 03:06 PM
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Rivet Master 
2005 28' International CCD
Pagosa Springs
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Join Date: Aug 2003
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Big Bang
Pics of MH that blew up last week in SLC.
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10-25-2004, 03:16 PM
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Rivet Master 
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Did it blow up, or just fall apart?
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10-25-2004, 03:47 PM
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Rivet Master
Join Date: Sep 2003
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Wow I am surprise the SOB held up as well as it did!
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10-25-2004, 03:52 PM
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Rivet Master
1956 22' Flying Cloud
Durango
, Colorado
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: 1975 25' Tradewind
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Does not look like it was on fire - did someone run into it? Plane fly through it?
Ken
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Albuquerque National Balloon Fiesta
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10-25-2004, 05:48 PM
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Rivet Master
1993 30' Excella
whitewater
, north of cheddar curtain
Join Date: Jun 2003
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still, another case for abstaining from frijoles.......
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beauty is in the eye of the beerholder-cosmo fishhawk
if something is too good to be true, its usually gone before i get there-mister boffo
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10-25-2004, 06:23 PM
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Rivet Master
1956 22' Flying Cloud
Durango
, Colorado
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: 1975 25' Tradewind
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Thats funny! Still LOL
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Founder :
Four Corners Unit
Albuquerque National Balloon Fiesta
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Vintage Trailer Academy - Formerly the original
restoration rally
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10-25-2004, 06:28 PM
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Just a member
1978 28' Argosy 28
Lutz
, Florida
Join Date: Mar 2002
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Looks to me like it was overloaded and exploded from the sheer internal pressure of stuff  I wonder if it was called the "cram it inn" 
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10-25-2004, 06:35 PM
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Vintage Alum. Enthusiast
1959 24' Tradewind
Phoenix
, Arizona
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: I currently do not own a 2nd Airstream
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An advertisement for Bean-O perhaps?
FF
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10-25-2004, 06:44 PM
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3 Rivet Member 
Join Date: Apr 2002
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A water heater explosion is capable of that. Long time ago, I saw a demonstration of one on TV. They put a mobile home in a field, hot wired the water heater, plugged the pop-offs and got back several hundred yards. When it blew it leveled it to the frame.
Neal
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10-25-2004, 06:44 PM
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4 Rivet Member 
2004 25' Safari
Join Date: Jan 2003
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Could have been something he said like "honey grab me another beer" that really upset  her.
Best,
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10-25-2004, 08:16 PM
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3 Rivet Member
El Paso
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Join Date: Aug 2003
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Was anybody hurt?
What caused it and what brand was the RV?
Ernie
'58 Traveler 18ft.
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10-25-2004, 08:26 PM
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2 Rivet Member 
1973 25' Tradewind
1964 19' Globetrotter
Centerville
, Utah
Join Date: Aug 2003
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Originally Posted by A.E. Milliman
Could have been something he said like "honey grab me another beer" that really upset her.
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Milliman....in SLC...'grab me another beer'....don't think so. It was probably more like 'honey, it's the other wife's turn in the motor home.' Just kidding! I love this place!
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10-26-2004, 08:29 AM
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Rivet Master Commercial Member
1977 20' Argosy 20
Charleston
, West Virginia
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 1,226
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The next time someone asks me why they should buy a Classic Airstream Motorhome, I will be sending them a link to those photos! Whoa! That would never happen with the frame of an Airstream MH. That would have blown all the windows out of an AS but at least the frame would be intact.
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10-26-2004, 09:37 AM
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3 Rivet Member
Join Date: Apr 2002
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It was a propane explosion. Two people inside, one injured. The disintergration of the coach probably helped to dissipate the energy of the explosion and keep them from being injured worse. If you store gunpowder you are required to use a container that will rupture if it explodes or catches fire.
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Neal
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10-26-2004, 09:55 AM
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Rivet Master
1966 26' Overlander
Woodstock
, Georgia
Join Date: Feb 2002
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(Sorry to hear about the injury)
from the photos I thought the staples had come loose.
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10-26-2004, 10:04 AM
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4 Rivet Member
1978 31' Excella 500
Palm Bay
, Florida
Join Date: Oct 2002
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This is a prime example of what Douglas Adams called non-linear catastrophic structural exasperation. The motorhome simply became fed-up with being a motorhome and decided to rearrange its many parts into something a little more interesting.
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10-26-2004, 10:22 AM
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Rivet Master
1956 22' Flying Cloud
Durango
, Colorado
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: 1975 25' Tradewind
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I knew there was a reason I turned off the propane each night.
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Founder :
Four Corners Unit
Albuquerque National Balloon Fiesta
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10-26-2004, 10:46 AM
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3 Rivet Member
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Originally Posted by Ken J
I knew there was a reason I turned off the propane each night.
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It apparently blew when the lady was fixing breakfast. The article said the propane tank blew up, but I don't see how that could be the case. A motorhome uses a large heavy-walled horozontal tank, it would be hard to get air and ignition inside of one. If it ruptured, there would be quite a fire unless it was almost empty. And then there wouldn't be any reason for it to rupture. Most likely there was a leak in the stove that accumulated fumes in the oven or somewhere and it blew when she lit the pilot.
Neal
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10-26-2004, 11:06 AM
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1972 31' Sovereign
High Springs
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Join Date: May 2002
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Looks like they were in a Wal-Mart parking lot. Maybe they wore out their welcome............ 
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10-26-2004, 11:34 AM
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Rivet Master
1956 22' Flying Cloud
Durango
, Colorado
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: 1975 25' Tradewind
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Seems to me to get that big of an explosion, seems to me that gas would have to accumulating for a while - and I'm amazed they did not smell it.
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Founder :
Four Corners Unit
Albuquerque National Balloon Fiesta
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restoration rally
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