I guess this would be called a total loss. It makes no difference, I would rather the vehicle be totaled anyway.

And no one would survive a melted burned out vehicle, or a plain burned out vehicle.

It is a lot easier to haul away I guess.

 

is there a story behind this? when/where/ cause?

honestly it looks photo-shopped...that (green) grass sure did burn a long way away from the truck with a very defined (straight edge) burn line before the brown field.

 

That's an F150... but you're right. It looks like it might have some fire damage.

 

Other than the fact that it's not a Super Duty I would say it's a total loss.

 

I saw a steel Chevy on the flat bed of a truck yesterday, and other than a crispy shell that was left it didn't fair much better. If you have a fire like that, any vehicle is done for.

 

It's from FaceBook, so it must be true... I really do not think a fire department's page would be photo shopped. It is a F150, not a SuperDuty. I saw it was not pink and I assumed it was a SuperDuty.

 

Is the fire dept's facebook page trying to subtly insult Ford trucks?

They do melt into oblivion, but as others have mentioned...whether the cab stays or melts, nobody inside survives either way.

 

And the point is???

Totaled is totaled. It matters not what remains look like.

 

Hot enough to melt alluminum but not burst a tire? I would have thought a tire would burst and burn easily. The melting point is likely less then good old steal but either way it would be a write off. A side from the bumper. That looks great!

 

melted the cab (thinner aluminum yes) but not that aluminum rear wheel?

 

The rear wheel is likely damaged but it is very unlikely the bed of the truck was the source of the fire unless it was loaded with something flammable. It would not see same heat as the cab and yes it's much thicker.

I would have expected to see at very least deformation of the front rubber wheel but then I am not fire investigator. Just a geek.

 

Melting point of steel is 2,750 degrees fahrenheit.
Melting temperature of aluminum is 1,221 degrees fahrenheit.

I don't know why people are fascinated at seeing an aluminum bodied car melt to the ground. Perhaps they didn't pay attention in their Physics class in school? Do people think that somehow the aluminum causes the fire or otherwise aids it? The temperature of a vehicle fire is obviously above the melting point of aluminum.

Everything else in the vehicle burns at much lower temperatures.

Burning point of:

• Acrylics 560°
• Cellulosics 475°-540°
• Nylons 424°-532°

We all know the temperature at which a book burns: 451.

 

That looks fake.

 

This was a Greyhound bus fire ten years ago on the NJ Turnpike. You guessed it, the roof skin is aluminum... and otherwise gone at the fire point, while the steel framing remains. Not a surprise the aluminum F-series body behaves the same.

 

I am thinking some Turtle Wax and rubbing compound will take care of it