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Re: What it takes to go 122 feet
Posted by: 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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  Re: What it takes to go 122 feet 923 cda 11/27/2017 09:55PM
  Re: What it takes to go 122 feet 914 Fire 11/28/2017 09:20PM
  Re: What it takes to go 122 feet 919 dcarpenter 11/28/2017 10:43PM
  Re: What it takes to go 122 feet 918 Fire 11/29/2017 11:48AM
  Re: What it takes to go 122 feet 989 Chris Bloom, CJBFireConsultant 11/28/2017 02:12PM
  Re: What it takes to go 122 feet 1023 dcarpenter 11/28/2017 04:57PM
  Re: What it takes to go 122 feet 900 Fire 11/28/2017 09:34PM
  Re: What it takes to go 122 feet 950 dcarpenter 11/29/2017 07:52AM
  Re: What it takes to go 122 feet 922 Chris Bloom, CJBFireConsultant 11/30/2017 01:08PM
  Re: What it takes to go 122 feet 943 Fire 12/01/2017 07:56PM


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