Wow! what a nightmare. Like everyone else said and I'm sure you know, its a lot easier to replace a trailer than a trailer + 2 cars! Hopefully you'll end up on the better end of the deal.
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We've always had a fire extinguisher in our trailers for the thought of something like this happening. But after seeing this and thinking that there might be a chance a car was in there, I'd think about adding a good set of shears to cut the straps off a car in a hurry instead of crawling on the ground to unhook it. Good thing it was onthe way home and not to the show.
Glad you and your truck are okay.
Sorry to hear about this. This happened to one of our construction trailers years ago. Tons of equipment damaged.
Pete you might want to take in consideration what I did to some of our trailers for work and my car hauler. We installed small generator type fire surpression systems they only weigh about 2lbs and can be mounted in the corners of the trailer. We wired them to a control panel which is outside the trailer in a lockable storage tongue box. Check out PERIPHERAL MANUFACTURING INC. Priced reasonably considering what your hauling. There main use is for commercial residential computer rms. The suppression does not corrode steel or aluminum like Halon and others.
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We use these Benchmade Rescue Hooks to cut straps and seat belts to get folks out of burning vehicles. This hook may not be big enough for vehicle tie downs, but they offer a few models of various sizes. It's just an idea.
This is a horrible thing to happen, at least you guys are all ok and no cars were damaged.
Note to all with batteries not in stock locations!
Put a circut breaker on all battery cables right off the battery and if you have multiple batteries put one right off each one so there is no way this can happen. Very easy to do and a good one runs about $40-50 bucks and its worth every penny as you can see.
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Fesler Built - Scottsdale, AZ
We use these Benchmade Rescue Hooks to cut straps and seat belts to get folks out of burning vehicles. This hook may not be big enough for vehicle tie downs, but they offer a few models of various sizes. It's just an idea.
thats a good idea and you can always just keep a really sharp box knife in the trailer right were you go in so its easy to get too. They will cut the straps in no time so you can push the car out.
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Fesler Built - Scottsdale, AZ
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I'm glad to hear everyone is ok.
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