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Had an oil tank blow about three miles from the house tonight. It rattled the windows in the house. Turns out the tank was used and mostly empty, just the sludge on the bottom and sides. A couple of guys were replacing a valve and decided to heat it with a torch to remove it. They heard it sucking air and started running. Minor burns on one guys arm were the only known injuries. The top of the tank landed about 300 yards away. Lucky bastards.
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Campfire Ranger
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Had an oil tank blow about three miles from the house tonight. It rattled the windows in the house. Turns out the tank was used and mostly empty, just the sludge on the bottom and sides. A couple of guys were replacing a valve and decided to heat it with a torch to remove it. They heard it sucking air and started running. Minor burns on one guys arm were the only known injuries. The top of the tank landed about 300 yards away. Lucky DUMB bastards.
These are my opinions, feel free to disagree.
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Campfire Ranger
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Never underestimate the power of a roughneck to phuuck stuff up.
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I'm a big fan of the courtesy flush.
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Had an oil tank blow about three miles from the house tonight. It rattled the windows in the house. Turns out the tank was used and mostly empty, just the sludge on the bottom and sides. A couple of guys were replacing a valve and decided to heat it with a torch to remove it. They heard it sucking air and started running. Minor burns on one guys arm were the only known injuries. The top of the tank landed about 300 yards away. Lucky DUMB bastards. guess mabey they just learned about oil -gas - chem residues in metal tanks, should be part of their training. norm
There is not enough darkness in all the world to put out the light of even one small candle----Robert Alden .
If it wern't entertaining, I wouldn't keep coming back.------the BigSky
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Never underestimate the power of a roughneck to phuuck stuff up. I know I shouldn't be surprised by some of the stupidity in the oilfield but usually once a week I am.
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High volume......Low tolerance.
I would not buy something that runs on any kind of primer given the possibility of primer shortages and even regulations. In fact, why not buy a flintlock? Really. Rocks aren't going away anytime soon.
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