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Looks like it was pulled off the net?

 

There are sites with pics of the burning. Ford switched to aluminum body panels didn't they? Aluminum has a pretty low melting point compared to steel. One of the side effects will be complete meltdown of the body panels in a fire. If Ford had not considered that, they will now. Wasn't this truck pulling a trailer full of water? Maybe next time they could include a pump with the water.

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1) It appears to be Death Valley in the background, I did not find where it was, apparently Found On Road Dead could not be more appropriate in this instance. ... Went through Death valley in a 2014 Suburban in April, and by the time we were getting to the top of the mountains on the way out, the trans temp was up to 212°F Fortunately we were at the apex so I trudged on.

 

2) The Total Melt down is amazing, I would have expected more to be left over, say an engine... The Fire extinguisher apparently survived however.

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