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Re: What it takes to go 122 feet
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dcarpenter (IP Logged)
Date: November 29, 2017 07:52AM
Not so much the type of fuel in this case as the volume of flammable fuel/air mixture. Yes, gasoline vapors can do it, as well as, propane vapors. But there are some limits (e.g. too much or too little).
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