Today's State safety inspection find .

[fastfredracing]

It's not often that I actually find things that are truly " unsafe" Sure, I find some loose tie rod ends, here and there, worn out brakes, or maybe a tire showing cords that an owner was not aware of , but every once in a while , I get a whopper .
This tree branch punctured the metal shield , protecting the fuel tank, and was jammed into the tank very hard. It put a nice sized dent in the tank. How it didnt pierce the tank, i have no idea.
To make matters worse, it was jammed up super tight against the exhaust pipe, and muffler , and definitely getting hot enough to make one think .
I had to pound it out with a large whammer hammer .
I seriously doubt it would have ignited, but its noteworthy anyhow !!

[Zeke]

That must have made a thud. You wonder about people sometimes.

[oldE]

I cracked the fuel tank on my diesel Rabbit with a piece of exhaust pipe I ran over. ( The car ahead swerved around it. I didn't have that option as a car was merging beside me.)
I didn't realize it was leaking until I got to the ferry terminal. When I reported it to the loadmaster, he told me it was no problem and had a crewman seal the crack by rubbing Ivory soap on it. He said they did it all the time for transport trucks. That fix lasted until a new tank arrived three weeks later.
Still, you gotta wonder what they were doing to impale their vehicle with a chunk of tree.

[masraum]

Wow, crazy!

I'm sure that you've seen some of the INSANE "customer states" videos.

Your particular story brought this to mind. OW! He's really got the gift of communication, both verbal and non-verbal. LOL

[onewhippedpuppy]

Love the customer states videos. They make a burning stick wedged into a gas tank look tame!