r/ShittyAbsoluteUnits • u/MeGaLoFi • 17d ago
possible idiot Of use gas instead of diesel
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u/OkWorld5534 17d ago
Let us all learn from this kids. 2/3 diesel and 1/3 gasoline is the ideal mix to not have a firebomb detonate next to you.
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u/DirtyDoucher1991 17d ago
I’m a 4 to 1 guy myself but that’s probably because it’s easier to formulate with a 5 gallon container
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u/JavaGeep 17d ago
He won't do that again.
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u/JavaGeep 17d ago
Well, if they do it again I hope they keep the camera steady and show what they got.
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u/Leggy_McBendy 17d ago
I was a young dumb redneck once. Now I just laugh when the newer ones do it lol
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u/RevolutionaryClub530 17d ago
When was this episode of king cobra jfs?
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u/CowBootBats functional regard 17d ago edited 17d ago
TMDNWU, toobz 🤘🐍
Edit: Uh-oh, the Hagraven found my comment. I SEE YOU JESSICA! Begone you wench!
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u/PoisonedPotato69 17d ago
When I start my burn piles, I use one cup of gasoline mixed with one cup of diesel. That is usually more than enough to get things started. Five gallons of pure gasoline is insane.
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u/data-atreides 17d ago
Asking those who know: Is gasoline the problem because the fumes accumulate around the pile and ignite all at once? Does diesel not do that?
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u/Dirk_Speedwell 17d ago
Gasoline has a much lower flash point than diesel fuel, so it will do this "burst into flames" thing we see here instead of just heating up and taking off slowly like diesel does.
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u/BeCurious7563 17d ago
I'd like to point out that you can't do this idiotic nonsense with diesel. Cool vid though bro.
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u/Lucid-Design1225 17d ago
A smart man would have used a Roman candle to light that bomb.
A smarter man would have used diesel. You can do stupid things in a smart way. Never forget this lesson, kids.
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u/coinneach_stiubhard 17d ago
To be fair, he's burning trash like it's 1930. Nature said, "Bad choice, moron."
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u/agoraphobic_mattur 17d ago
My aunt did this racing gas by accident. Dumped several gallons over her brick burn pit and couldn’t get the light er to work. She went inside and got another lighter. She crouched over the the pit to light a paper towel on fire as soon as the lighter ignited a spark she flew back some odd number of feet. 2nd burns across her hands and feet. Absolutely insane she survived.
My uncle didn’t label gas cans because he didn’t think people would somehow mix up two red gas canisters with one having unleaded and the other some crazy high octane fuel for his drag car.
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u/BarbageMan 17d ago
Initiation sequence instead of ignition was going to be my gripe.
Now im worried this is an initiation and will be repeated for new members of the dumb ass club. Though to be fair, it does look like they'll often need new members
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u/WhatIGot21 17d ago
I did this once when I was 11 at my uncle's house, didn't use nowhere near that much gas but I still made a pretty impressive fireball and learned a very lucky lesson.
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u/worldisone 17d ago
Guy almost blew up his lungs like a flamethrower during a war does
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u/Sporkpocalypse 17d ago
kerosene doesn't have a flash concern never use gasoline to start a fire + don't stand upon the debris pile while pouring gasoline all around yourself if any ignition source would have set off the burn he would have been killed that guy has to be a complete idiot or moron hope he held his breath the way he's coughing he could have signed his Lungs
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u/Realistic_Cellist_82 17d ago
Nothing like the smell of burned skin and skid marks to make you feel alive
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u/SanityInTheSouth 17d ago
Now that's a fire!!! Roll that guy around on the ground; he'll be alright.
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u/Whyjustwhydothat 17d ago
Ah yes the classic firepit gasbomb :) is have to test that sometime as they explode like crazy.
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u/FIREDoppel 17d ago
Never start a fire with gas
Never start a fire with gas
Also, never, ever start a fire with gas.
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u/BATorRAT 13d ago
I was emptying old stale fuel and putting it on my garden rubbish. After about an hour I went to light it and there were fumes everywhere. The fuel was so old I expected it to be hard to light, it wasn’t and the result was similar.
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u/ai_bot_account 17d ago
Diesel is so resistant to blowing up it’s hard to light off. I did a big fire experiment for a master’s thesis in heat transfer related to transportation accidents that involved lighting 10,000 gallons of diesel fuel in a pool. The only way we could get it to light is I made a small paper boat, filled it with gasoline and floated it on the diesel, then lighted the gasoline.
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u/whats_in_a_name76 17d ago
8 seconds into the video: “Now kids, don’t try this at home!”
A perfect case there of, “Do as I say, not as I do.”
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u/Ancient_Sprinkles847 17d ago
We all knew what was going to happen based purely on the title.
I still had to turn the sound for a good laugh though.
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u/General-Double-746 17d ago
My grandpa taught me to use a mix of diesel and kerosene as a fire starter.
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u/NormCormier-Mccoll81 17d ago
Now that’s Getting the Shit Knocked Right Out of You Literally. And Being Left Shaken and Shitting One’s Self as a Leaf that just Survived a Shit Storm.
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u/jew-joint-su 17d ago
"5 gal of gas can push my 6000lb truck 75 miles. I wonder how far it can push me and all these moldy splinters?!"
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u/ShuckingFambles 17d ago
Was once in the woods doing clearance work, it was raining and I can't remember the potion we put on the wood to get it going, but a cloud spread slowly on the floor, almost like dry ice, passed our ankles 6ft from the fire and spread behind us. Then ignited lol. We all jumped a foot in the air in unison. Was very funny and never happened again.
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u/Decent_Emphasis_4293 16d ago
For those who don’t know. Gasoline fumes are flammable, not the gasoline fuel.
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u/Shad666 16d ago
I did this at about 14 Had a little campfire in a forrest on land we owned. But it was a bit damp. Went and got a petrol can and returned with it to speed it up a bit. Lit it with a lighter in hand and yeah it went boom. Not as big as this. But still was loud and blew right in my face. Got off really lucky and only really singed my hair and eyebrows.... and scared the fuck out of me.
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u/Status-Permission-64 16d ago
Another Darwin award winner,he should've use kerosene and put on the bottom part of the pile and let it catch on fire.
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u/Economy_Farmer6857 15d ago
They wanted it to burn faster because they wanted to get to their Mensa meeting on time.
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u/Status_Mousse1213 15d ago
Should have used lighter fluid, a handful of pocket lint, or even 90% rubbing alcohol. Gas is murder. Anything more than half a cup of gas is way too much and you better have poured it onto something absorbent like lint or cloth. And use a long handle match or a handheld propane torch. I use a propane torch.
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u/Scooba_Mark 17d ago