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Posted: 11/20/2010 12:18:31 PM EDT
What the dealio?
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People were drinking FourLoko and going crazy with roadflares.
Thousands of babies died. |
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I thought the red phosphorus in them was used in meth. Either way, I just some last week for my road kit.
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I don't know how "controlled" they are. But I can tell you that if you call Orion and try to order 6 cases, they give you all kinds of runaround.
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Quoted: I don't know how "controlled" they are. But I can tell you that if you call Orion and try to order 6 cases, they give you all kinds of runaround. ![]() Do you a fleet??? |
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http://www.chiefsupply.com/Traffic_Safety/Traffic_Control/Safety_Flares/FLARES
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I went to the local fire supply/rescue supply shop a few months ago and bought a dozen. No problems, no red tape.
Pav |
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I don't know how "controlled" they are. But I can tell you that if you call Orion and try to order 6 cases, they give you all kinds of runaround. ![]() Tell em you are a wildland firefighter, they are used for lighting backfires, as they are lighter and easier to carry a few then a driptorch.... but driptorchs are much easier to use. Its incredibly fun to walk along flinging burning fuel ![]() well as long as the piles/ brush isnt big enough you are having to run to keep ahead of the flames ![]() |
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I don't know how "controlled" they are. But I can tell you that if you call Orion and try to order 6 cases, they give you all kinds of runaround. ![]() Do you a fleet??? You wouldn't belive how cheap they are by the case. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I don't know how "controlled" they are. But I can tell you that if you call Orion and try to order 6 cases, they give you all kinds of runaround. ![]() Do you a fleet??? You wouldn't belive how cheap they are by the case. Ah. |
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I've seen the 15min ones at Pilot. Petro has the longer 30min flares. Most truck stops have them.
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Quoted: Quoted: I don't know how "controlled" they are. But I can tell you that if you call Orion and try to order 6 cases, they give you all kinds of runaround. ![]() Do you a fleet??? The whole fleet? |
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4-5 years ago I bought mine at autozone or checker. Do they go bad? I've had a few sitting in an ammo can in my jeep for a long time.
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I don't know how "controlled" they are. But I can tell you that if you call Orion and try to order 6 cases, they give you all kinds of runaround. ![]() Do you a fleet??? The whole fleet? He's Admiral Awesome, he accidentally the whole fleet. |
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Tractor Supply sells them too.
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Quoted: How our road flares formed? It frigths the babby. They need find way instain road flares in Arrrrrrrr. Think of the chrilden! |
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Quoted: 4-5 years ago I bought mine at autozone or checker. Do they go bad? I've had a few sitting in an ammo can in my jeep for a long time. I recently tested a box that I bought in '92. Half wouldn't light for anything. YMMV |
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Quoted: Quoted: 4-5 years ago I bought mine at autozone or checker. Do they go bad? I've had a few sitting in an ammo can in my jeep for a long time. I recently tested a box that I bought in '92. Half wouldn't light for anything. YMMV Did you try fire? |
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Quoted: Quoted: 4-5 years ago I bought mine at autozone or checker. Do they go bad? I've had a few sitting in an ammo can in my jeep for a long time. I recently tested a box that I bought in '92. Half wouldn't light for anything. YMMV So did you keep the good ones for use later? ![]() ![]() |
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Walmart doesn't sell them Quoted:
Walmart they sell emergency kits that have them and the nautical flare kits are on the rack in the fiching supplies |
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Quoted: Quoted: Walmart doesn't sell them Quoted: Walmart they sell emergency kits that have them and the nautical flare kits are on the rack in the fiching supplies |
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course i wonder why people still use road flares much better choices out there for signaling nowdays.
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Maybe they just haven't got them back in stock after everyone dressed up as suicide bombers for Halloween.
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course i wonder why people still use road flares much better choices out there for signaling nowdays. But are those choices as good at setting things on fire? |
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Walmart they sell emergency kits that have them and the nautical flare kits are on the rack in the fiching supplies now you know ![]() |
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I see them at truck stops all the time. I bet you do. ![]() ![]() |
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course i wonder why people still use road flares much better choices out there for signaling nowdays. People are more reluctant to drive over fire than a plastic reflector. |
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i saw a case of them at the local army navy store the other day.
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course i wonder why people still use road flares much better choices out there for signaling nowdays. People are more reluctant to drive over fire than a plastic reflector. anyone hitting a signaling devices has there head up their ass and won't see either one. fire has nothing to do with it. |
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You can still buy them, but you have to let some obese black dude run his hands over your junk first.
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course i wonder why people still use road flares much better choices out there for signaling nowdays. Up until just a few years ago, Illinois still required truck drivers to carry either reflective triangles or flares in their vehicle. This also applied to light trucks, but that has since changed. |
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the only real benifit i can see is in snow prone areas as the snow cover them up.
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Walmart they sell emergency kits that have them and the nautical flare kits are on the rack in the fiching supplies Thats racist. |
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ARE road flares controlled?No.
OUR road flares controlled?Not mine,you can still buy them. ![]() |
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Are they controlled? I hadn't even thought of it, still got some in my truck.
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our roadflares? You mean are roadflares right? all you're rode flairs are belong to us! |
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Quoted: Quoted: our roadflares? You mean are roadflares right? all you're rode flairs are belong to us! ![]() |
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It was a contrail made up of bunches of road flares, my friend. |
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I had a hard time finding the 30-min. flares.
Truckers Inn had them but they were pricey. |
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I don't know how "controlled" they are. But I can tell you that if you call Orion and try to order 6 cases, they give you all kinds of runaround. ![]() Do you a fleet??? Our you angry to verbs? |
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