Ford Bed Melts in fire

[kmcintyre]

Crazy.... the bed of this Ford (with Alum.) melted during a fire. From the Spirit Lake Fire Dept.

https://www.facebook.com/Spiritlakefire50/?hc_ref=NEWSFEED&fref=nf

 

[Tuff Guy 62]

Holy military grade aluminum fondue Batman!

To the melt-mobile!

 

[Espresso]

Either steel or aluminum bed - this would have been a total loss.

 

[Bad Habit]

Yeah, a little more than the bed too. I'm assuming it was cargo induced or at least propagated. The whole front clip and engine compartment looks relatively unscathed but cab back is completely gone. Will probably turn into a Chevy commercial with real people.

 

[XJINTX]

With "real people" not actors... now that's funny

 

[Idahostat]

Gasoline, I assume and aluminum do not mix under some circumstances, I cannot tell if that is a F150 or not? If it was a diesel perhaps the cargo assisted the conflagration.

 

[JaSAn]

Throw a beer can into your campfire and see what happens. Vehicle fires get a lot hotter than that, just ask a fireman.

Actors aren't real people?

jim

 

[UHAULER]

Either steel or aluminum bed - this would have been a total loss.

Yep, it's not like if the body was still intact it would be fixable.

 

[Bad Habit]

Curious how everything forward of the firewall seems pretty intact. It is an F150 so the fuel tank probably did add to it.

 

[ntsqd]

Timing is how the firewall forward survived. That is when the Fire Dept got it under control.

I agree, just because a steel would still "look" like a bed it wouldn't be any more usable. An old mentor of mine used to build a big bonfire at the start of each circle track race season. He put the car's steel body in the fire. Made it much easier to pull the fenders out of the tires 'cause "rubbin's racin!!"

 

[Squatch]

Curious how everything forward of the firewall seems pretty intact. It is an F150 so the fuel tank probably did add to it.

Ford must be putting their alternators, Ignitions switches, and diesel afterburners under the bed now!

 

[Timothy McGowen]

pretty certain the fire started in the bed of the truck. never seen one quite like that.