TransportFool » fire http://transportfool.com Watching the pulse of the auto transport industry Mon, 21 May 2012 20:43:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Axle fire in Florida http://transportfool.com/auto-transport/axle-fire-in-florida/ http://transportfool.com/auto-transport/axle-fire-in-florida/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 13:26:28 +0000 Dave Campbell http://transportfool.com/?p=2392 Continue reading →]]> Jax4News is reporting an Axle fire on I-95:

The semi was carrying seven new Volkswagen Jettas when the driver saw that the right rear brake of the trailer had caught fire.

The driver pulled over onto the shoulder near mile marker 319, not far from the St. Augustine Outlet Mall and tried to extinguish the fire, but was unsuccessful.

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Join the forum discussion on this post]]> http://transportfool.com/auto-transport/axle-fire-in-florida/feed/ 0 Fully engulfed car hauler on TV http://transportfool.com/auto-transport/fully-engulfed-car-hauler-on-tv/ http://transportfool.com/auto-transport/fully-engulfed-car-hauler-on-tv/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:46:28 +0000 Dave Campbell http://transportfool.com/?p=2383 This is off of ABC TV

Join the forum discussion on this post]]> http://transportfool.com/auto-transport/fully-engulfed-car-hauler-on-tv/feed/ 0 Up in black smoke. http://transportfool.com/auto-transport/up-in-black-smoke/ http://transportfool.com/auto-transport/up-in-black-smoke/#comments Thu, 01 Mar 2012 01:39:39 +0000 Dave Campbell http://transportfool.com/?p=2350 I have had this happen and know what a bummer it can be to watch your car hauler go up in smoke. This one happened in Mankato Mn.

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Join the forum discussion on this post]]> http://transportfool.com/auto-transport/up-in-black-smoke/feed/ 0 Auto transporter catches fire in Kentucky http://transportfool.com/auto-transport/auto-transporter-catches-fire-in-kentucky/ http://transportfool.com/auto-transport/auto-transporter-catches-fire-in-kentucky/#comments Wed, 28 Dec 2011 00:12:07 +0000 Dave Campbell http://transportfool.com/?p=2253 Continue reading →]]> Jack cooper auto transport kentucky I-71 fireThis happened early this morning I-71 North was shut down at the 57 mile marker

Judging by the color it looks like its a Jack cooper rig? Really looks like it started on the trailer axles. Maybe meritor?

 

Join the forum discussion on this post]]> http://transportfool.com/auto-transport/auto-transporter-catches-fire-in-kentucky/feed/ 0 A great job by all saves a car hauler http://transportfool.com/auto-transport/a-great-job-by-all-saves-a-car-hauler/ http://transportfool.com/auto-transport/a-great-job-by-all-saves-a-car-hauler/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 13:22:37 +0000 Dave Campbell http://transportfool.com/?p=2093 Continue reading →]]> The Montoursville fire dept got a call to respond to an apparent axle fire on a car hauler. car carrier fire caught in timeWhen they arrived the driver already had the two cars over the trailer axes off loaded allowing the fire dept to put the fire out. Some quick work by the driver in combination with a quick response by the fire crew saved this truck and the cars on it.

“Thu, Oct 27th, 2011 11:13 am – About midday the 20 house was alerted to a fire
reported from a truck hauling cars in the area of Fairfield Road on I-180. First arriving car hauler car carrier fire caught in timeunits found smoke from the rear
axle and the operator of the hauler offloading new cars. The Rescue-Engine stretched the bumper line
and was able to keep the problem contained to the area of origin.”

Join the forum discussion on this post]]> http://transportfool.com/auto-transport/a-great-job-by-all-saves-a-car-hauler/feed/ 0 Car hauler rolls and then burns in Toledo http://transportfool.com/auto-transport/car-hauler-rolls-and-then-burns-in-toledo/ http://transportfool.com/auto-transport/car-hauler-rolls-and-then-burns-in-toledo/#comments Fri, 28 Oct 2011 02:05:43 +0000 Dave Campbell http://transportfool.com/?p=2087 Continue reading →]]> The Toledo Blade is reporting a car carrier has rolled and then burned on the turnpike. The driver suffered only minor injuries. The truck looks to be reduced to scrap metal but that is what insurance is for I guess.

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Join the forum discussion on this post]]> http://transportfool.com/auto-transport/car-hauler-rolls-and-then-burns-in-toledo/feed/ 0 Was the Jacksonville fire another axle bearing? http://transportfool.com/auto-transport/was-the-jacksonville-fire-another-axle-bearing/ http://transportfool.com/auto-transport/was-the-jacksonville-fire-another-axle-bearing/#comments Wed, 12 Oct 2011 14:07:25 +0000 Dave Campbell http://transportfool.com/?p=2026 jacksonville auto transport fireWas the Jacksonville fire another axle bearing? Who’s truck was it? Obviously I have more questions than I have answers.

]]> http://transportfool.com/auto-transport/was-the-jacksonville-fire-another-axle-bearing/feed/ 0 AutoLogic fire http://transportfool.com/auto-transport/autologic-fire/ http://transportfool.com/auto-transport/autologic-fire/#comments Mon, 26 Sep 2011 20:45:58 +0000 Dave Campbell http://transportfool.com/?p=1995 Continue reading →]]> The advertiser is reporting an AutoLogic fire:autologic auto transport car carrier fire

FIREFIGHTERS fought to control a blaze at the side of the road yesterday afternoon after a car transporter went up in flames on the A19. The driver steered the vehicle to the side of the southbound carriageway, near the slip road for Easington, east Durham, shortly after 4pm, before escaping unhurt. The road was reopened within 30 minutes after firefighters extinguished the blaze. Keith Taylor, who captured the dramatic image, said: “We arrived just after the vehicle had burst into flames. The driver got out safely, but he looked visibly shocked. “I was really concerned it was going to blow up.”

Join the forum discussion on this post]]> http://transportfool.com/auto-transport/autologic-fire/feed/ 0 Fire destroys new car load in Canada http://transportfool.com/auto-transport/fire-destroys-new-car-load-in-canada/ http://transportfool.com/auto-transport/fire-destroys-new-car-load-in-canada/#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2011 20:32:50 +0000 Dave Campbell http://transportfool.com/?p=1961 Continue reading →]]> I wonder if this is another Meritor axle on the recall list? The story on Metro News CANADIAN CAR HAULER FIREspecifically states the investigators are blaming an overheated wheel bearing as the cause. I happened in a remote area so the fire crew could not save the load. Speedloader sent in a link to another article about the same fire. Apparently these two trucks left a bit ahead of him out of the same terminal.

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Join the forum discussion on this post]]> http://transportfool.com/auto-transport/fire-destroys-new-car-load-in-canada/feed/ 0 AXLE FIRE http://transportfool.com/auto-transport/axle-fire/ http://transportfool.com/auto-transport/axle-fire/#comments Fri, 26 Aug 2011 16:53:20 +0000 Dave Campbell http://transportfool.com/?p=1906 This was loaded up on you tube by a passing car, so I don’t have any more info. Maybe a Meritor axle?

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