Platinum Contributing Member steve from amherst Posted February 7, 2021 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted February 7, 2021 Landmark covered bridge collapses from fire damage (wcax.com) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Rigid1 Posted February 7, 2021 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted February 7, 2021 Dang, what are the chances of that!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member Stephen Hawking Posted February 7, 2021 Gold Member Share Posted February 7, 2021 Wonder what kind of sled caught fire in it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ez ryder Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 Man hope he had the trippel platinum insurance policy . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 2 hours ago, Stephen Hawking said: Wonder what kind of sled caught fire in it? A super duper clutched turbo sled!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Shifty Posted February 7, 2021 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted February 7, 2021 Uhg that sucks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 Welcome to Vermont. Population: that guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zambroski Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 Once again, sledders find themselves on the wrong side of public opinion. SUPER DUPER! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sael Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 32 minutes ago, Zambroski said: Once again, sledders find themselves on the wrong side of public opinion. SUPER DUPER! Yup, and there are two covered bridges that we use in my area of Vermont. One of them gets heavy snowmobile traffic, if the town were to decide to shut it down it would cripple our local trail system. As has been said, what are the odds of someone’s sled catching on fire in the middle of 100 year old covered bridge? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. Jackson Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 Yeah, the fire chief said on their website that no negative posts will be tolerated concerning the snowmobiler. Big concern is that no one got hurt. Well, I've crossed that bridge many times and it's pretty hard to go more than 10 mph or so on it so the bailing off at speed is out the window. There is some decent sized fields on either side so the owner of the sled should have known something wasn't quite right with the sled. Hot smell, noises or performance issue. My guess is that it was an inexperienced rider who panicked. I would think that if there wasn't anyone in front of the rider the option would have been get off and mash the throttle and hope it made it out. Either way it sucks as I spent summers at my grandparents farm 100 yards away from it fishing and climbing on it. I remember that when the sun shined just so you could see huge suckers underneath it swimming around. A shame for sure. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frostynuts Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 Is the sledder related to the fire chief, or police chief, or mayor, or the local doctor etc ??? Kinda makes a difference, if they will be tarred and feathered, or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 30 minutes ago, J. Jackson said: Yeah, the fire chief said on their website that no negative posts will be tolerated concerning the snowmobiler. Big concern is that no one got hurt. Well, I've crossed that bridge many times and it's pretty hard to go more than 10 mph or so on it so the bailing off at speed is out the window. There is some decent sized fields on either side so the owner of the sled should have known something wasn't quite right with the sled. Hot smell, noises or performance issue. My guess is that it was an inexperienced rider who panicked. I would think that if there wasn't anyone in front of the rider the option would have been get off and mash the throttle and hope it made it out. Either way it sucks as I spent summers at my grandparents farm 100 yards away from it fishing and climbing on it. I remember that when the sun shined just so you could see huge suckers underneath it swimming around. A shame for sure. Or even drag it off the bridge backwards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry 976 Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Shifty Posted February 7, 2021 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted February 7, 2021 Once they start going. It’s a bitch to get them out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frostynuts Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 25 minutes ago, Shifty said: Once they start going. It’s a bitch to get them out. Yup, might better just let it go and call up insurance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member BOHICA Posted February 7, 2021 Gold Member Share Posted February 7, 2021 As big of pieces of shit snowmobiles have become and all the ones that light on fire every year it should be required for each one to carry a 5 or 10 lb fire extinguisher on the tunnel. If each sled had a fire extinguisher that were in this group the irreplaceable historic bridge would still be standing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doomxz600 Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 11 minutes ago, BOHICA said: As big of pieces of shit snowmobiles have become and all the ones that light on fire every year it should be required for each one to carry a 5 or 10 lb fire extinguisher on the tunnel. If each sled had a fire extinguisher that were in this group the irreplaceable historic bridge would still be standing. or a rope 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayward Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 29 minutes ago, BOHICA said: As big of pieces of shit snowmobiles have become and all the ones that light on fire every year it should be required for each one to carry a 5 or 10 lb fire extinguisher on the tunnel. If each sled had a fire extinguisher that were in this group the irreplaceable historic bridge would still be standing. That ain't gonna work. Do you realize how big a 5lb extinguisher is? They do however make real small ones that are about the size of a small thermos, but till someone realizes their sleds on fire and gets the hood off, I don't think a little piss-cat extinguisher is gonna do a whole hell of a lot. Another thing no one has brought up yet, what if these were older people, say in thier 60's or 70's? Certainly not very capable of rushing around trying to figure out how to get the damn thing out of the bridge in a hurry. Just a real unfortunate thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. Jackson Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 52 minutes ago, hayward said: That ain't gonna work. Do you realize how big a 5lb extinguisher is? They do however make real small ones that are about the size of a small thermos, but till someone realizes their sleds on fire and gets the hood off, I don't think a little piss-cat extinguisher is gonna do a whole hell of a lot. Another thing no one has brought up yet, what if these were older people, say in thier 60's or 70's? Certainly not very capable of rushing around trying to figure out how to get the damn thing out of the bridge in a hurry. Just a real unfortunate thing. Actually, more than likely, they're the people that would have figured it out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayward Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 1 hour ago, J. Jackson said: Actually, more than likely, they're the people that would have figured it out. no denying that. but, could they move fast enough? MC's about that age, no? I wonder if he'd had figured it out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fireball 440 Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 12 hours ago, hayward said: no denying that. but, could they move fast enough? MC's about that age, no? I wonder if he'd had figured it out? MC would die in the bridge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member 800renegaderider Posted February 8, 2021 Gold Member Share Posted February 8, 2021 Haha the reaction of the guy at the other pump. Runs in terror oh shit my sled runs back over peeling outta there as fast as possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old indy Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 18 hours ago, Jerry 976 said: That is ALL on the sled owner. he should pay attention to what hes doing not counting pennies. A mOron 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member steve from amherst Posted February 21, 2021 Author Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted February 21, 2021 weird , another sled burned on the trail in this same town. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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