Glad your allright! I think you must of punctured the fuel tank or severed the filler tube. Gasoline on hot exhaust will ignite quickly. My father went into a ditch and took a pole down and flipped his 2001 Supercrew and all he did is bruise ribs and broke his nose. The one thing i see with all of these bad wrecks is that everyone is coming out of them in decent shape! This is why i drive a Ford Truck!!! Hey, i might not be happy with the Mpg's, but when it's a safe vehicle, nothing else matters! Good luck in your next purchase, just remember what you just walked away from, the next vehicle may not be built as well as your truck was.

 

First: Holy cow, WOW. That was really bad and I'm glad your OK. I used to live in Pittsford, NY; so I know where you're talking about in Seneca Falls.

Second: Everyone refrain from this "Built Ford Tough" stuff. I mean, you all sound like a bunch of Ford Marketing Bobble-heads. "Jap-truck" wouldn't do that? Fellas, he just said this his truck went up in flames very fast. There is nothing tough about that. If he was unconscious for a couple minutes he'd be dead, plain and simple. The only thing tough about this is the fact that he was tough enough to move around in the cab, kick out the moonroof and squeeze his way out. Sounds like he must me in good shape too. If he was a big guy he wouldn't be posting right now.

Third: Keep us up-to-date on the investigation. I'm interested to see what caused this wreck. I mean, there is an emergency fuel cutoff switch which should have been triggered when the truck either 1. hit something or 2. flipped on it's side.


This is an unreal bad accident and I'm glad you're ok. Be sure to have everything checked out (your body) ASAP as you could have some serious internal injuries.

Duke

 

Buffalo,

Glad to here that you made it out okay

Being a volunteer fireman, I am not suprised at how quick any vehicle that is built today goes up in flames. With all of the plastics, foams and different metals that are in them, it just adds more fuel to the fire and makes it more difficult to extingush them. Try putting an engine fire out in one of these trucks. The radiator support/front header is made from magnesium and if you add water while it is burning, it will look like the 4th of July!!!

Good luck with your search for a replacement vehicle and your medical issues. As the saying goes, vehicles can be replaced, people can not.

 

Those are crazy pics....but hitting a tree at 45, rolling on your side and walking out is pretty impressive. Glad you could make the follow up posts post accident....

Good luck with your new vehicle.

 

i feel ya man....less than two weeks ago i did the same, cept i went flipping at 75 and didnt catch on fire.

 

Wow Buff, thats crazy! Glad to hear you're ok man. I must say I don't agree with a previous post though. That truck took a hell of a hit in the drivers door and it didn't cave in hardly at all. That DOES say a lot for the toughness of the truck. I would be willing to bet that they find the fuel filler neck or inlet hose knocked off on that side of the truck. The fuel inertia shutoff most certainly would have shut off the fuel pump and killed the engine instantly on impact. However fuel must have poured out the tank opening and onto the exhaust to start the fire. Granted that probably shouldn't have happened but I say the strength of the truck allowed you to survive the impact and escape. Not catching fire would have done you no good if the tree came through the door and wiped you out first! God speed man.

 

One thing that i mistakenly left out was the fact that before the truck went ablaze for the second time the truck actually started by itself again... this suprised me, sorry i forgot to post that the first time but the hydrocodones have me a little loopy...

 

Well that's very odd and not good at the same time. Which is probably why it went up in flames completely.

Tree impact looks to be just behind the driver's side door on the suicide door.


From this view, looking at the frame of the rear seat, it looks like it impeaded into the cab quite a bit. If the tree struck midway on the driver's side door I think we'd be seeing quite a different picture as to how much room would have been impeaded for the driver.


Duke

 

Glad you are ok. Man when Ford called it a flare side diden't know they were serious.

 

Glad you are okay.

 

glad your alright man.

 

I think this FORD took one hell of a shot and still maintained cabin integrity. Side impact (aka T-bones) have a high rate of fatality in vehicles without side-impact SRS. This young man is very fortunate to have survived this impact with only minimal injuries. As we all know, Scabs don't have a "B" pillar so to speak. So inherently a Scab has a weaker cabin frame than a Screw or Reg-cab. In addition, the intrusion appears to be concentrated on the weakest point on this door junction. This truck did a great job of protecting the occupant.

As to the re-ignition of the fire, remember that with the key in the start/run position the coil on plugs may be constantly energized. As long as the battery is intact and still connected, the system is able to ignite fuel in the combustion chamber and possibly from a cracked/dislocated fuel rail. Just a thought.

Glad you are ok Buffalo, would hate to see you facing extinction

Ox

 

I agree.

 

Again, I agree. Built Ford Tough.

 

I do think that this truck protected me pretty well in what does seem to be a weak point in the truck. This being said i still don't understand why my truck would start again by itself and go up in flames like it did after the flames were put out once already. I don't think it should have no matter where the keys were in the ignition. You would think that in like most major accidents such as this one the occupants are usually not in the shape or right mind to take them out. I am not a mechanic just trying to look at it logically and what should and should not happen in my opinion. Thanks again to all of you for your kind words and support. My insurance is upsetting me now too. My dr says i need an MRI done but should have it preauthorized by my auto insurance through no fault. My insurance is telling me they are not going to guarantee payment. I called my dr's office back, they said they would get it taken care of and tell me where to go for MRI. When 4:00 came around and i didn't hear back from them yet i called and got a message that they were closed until monday I dont appreciate the run around when back injuries run in the family and mine is not feeling good either. I bet if it was their family they would put more effort into getting things taken care of and not blowing it off all wekend sorry for the long post, needed to vent...