I lit one off before Thanksgiving when my utility trailer had a flat near the S curves on 290 at Holy Cross. If I had 3 of them in the car, I would have lit all of them off!
I think I got them at Ocean State Job Lot, and I need to get a half dozen more. Thanks for the reminder. Oh, you should have seen my son when I put it in the glovebox. "Hey, could you hand me that dynomite"?![ROFL [rofl] [rofl]](/xen/styles/default/xenforo/smilies.vb/013.gif)
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When I lit mine, I was wishing it had a little spike thing, but then thought the same as you. I just tossed it on the side of the road. When done, I kicked it away from the road a little more, and just left it burning.
Picture the crook sticking the flare up your butt.
Just burn them up during the year. I know Lake Manchaug does a "boat parade" on July 4, and every camp around the pond puts road flares along the water. Kind of cool.
That, or just toss in a bonfire or something.
If I had 10 the evening (or even if it was day!) I changed that flat, I would have used them.
I think I got them at Ocean State Job Lot, and I need to get a half dozen more. Thanks for the reminder. Oh, you should have seen my son when I put it in the glovebox. "Hey, could you hand me that dynomite"?
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...Bad thing is that all the ones we used had a spike or metal stand and that debris on the roadway is another road hazard (punctures tires easily)! There is no good solution, if the officer pushes it off the road while burning we have a forest fire in the making.
When I lit mine, I was wishing it had a little spike thing, but then thought the same as you. I just tossed it on the side of the road. When done, I kicked it away from the road a little more, and just left it burning.
^^^^This!
If someone attacks you, by the time you get the damn flare lit they will have had their time with you and have left. They aren't instantaneous or easy to light off. Try one and see what I mean before you consider using one for self-defense.
Picture the crook sticking the flare up your butt.
One thing you have to look out for is long term storage.As they get old they start to break down,and leak corrosive shit everywhere.
Just burn them up during the year. I know Lake Manchaug does a "boat parade" on July 4, and every camp around the pond puts road flares along the water. Kind of cool.
That, or just toss in a bonfire or something.
I went looking for them last year and had a heck of time finding them. I could find triangles and electric strobes. Essentially people don't advocate you use them anymore in case there is a fuel leak that you don't realize. I heard this from 4 different truck/trailer supply places.
If I had 10 the evening (or even if it was day!) I changed that flat, I would have used them.
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