Linking a Rovers North thread showing why one should always carry a fire extinguisher.
http://www.roversnorth.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10804
http://www.roversnorth.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10804
Fire on the trail
- Thread starter bmohan55
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I posted in a thread (or posted a thread) about fire extinguishers. I pulled up on a VW Bus as the engine started on fire. No one around had an extinguisher, took 2-3 minutes (from memory) for a shuttle bus driver to run over with one. I went out and bought a small one for my g/f's car and a big foam one for the Rover. Just bought the same size foam one for my trailer for around the camp site.
My ins co. just paid $475.00 for the rear quarter glass that blew out (due to close encounter with a tree) at Rausch Creek.(Rover on the rocks)Full coverage with no deductable is worth every penny.
i have 2 extinguishers in my trail truck.
i am going to replace both of the tomorrow.
i have no idea how old they are and 1 has no gauge or any way to tell if it is charged or not.
i am going to replace both of the tomorrow.
i have no idea how old they are and 1 has no gauge or any way to tell if it is charged or not.
If your going to take the time to buy and install a fire exinguisher, at least put one in that is actually large enough to do something. I wouldn't have anything less than a 10 lb unit with a UL rating around 4A:80B:C and you'll either have to much or just a fighting chance with the fire in the video. this along with some type of tool that you can punch a hole in the top of the hood will kill most fires like this or at least get them where you can knock it down underneath. Stuff the nozzle in the top of the hood and give it a good shot and step back and start hitting the bottom.
This will be a hard lesson for many, but this could have been a just crappy tow bill home and some repairs.
For $120 bucks it will pay off more than any other mod you will buy for your truck. I keep a 10 lb in every vehicle we own.
http://www.fire-extinguisher101.com/
This will be a hard lesson for many, but this could have been a just crappy tow bill home and some repairs.
For $120 bucks it will pay off more than any other mod you will buy for your truck. I keep a 10 lb in every vehicle we own.
http://www.fire-extinguisher101.com/
I was working part-time as a firefighter when I bought my first rover in high school. Carried an extinguisher with me then, and it has been habit ever since. Since then, I've gone through three, all used on road-side car fires.
Just mounted a new one the other day.
Just mounted a new one the other day.
It is illegal not to carry one, by the way, at least in Oregon.
You are supposed to carry a full sized shovel as well, for fires.
And if this guy had not had an extinguisher, caught fire, started a forest fire, he certainly would have had a major fine on his hands, if not jail time.
Yeah, carry a fire extinguisher.
You are supposed to carry a full sized shovel as well, for fires.
And if this guy had not had an extinguisher, caught fire, started a forest fire, he certainly would have had a major fine on his hands, if not jail time.
Yeah, carry a fire extinguisher.
I was out working last night when I heard a deputy call in a car fire on Rt. 29. He sounded like the world was ending and I couldn't figure out why until later. It turns out the car that was burning was a 60's model corvette that had just been fully restored. They guy had picked it up from the paint shop and was trying to sneak it home with no tags and unfortunately no insurance. I heard he walked away crying. The car burned itself into the asphault. The deputy was a classic car nut so he was a little upset to roll up on the fire.
ptschram
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RBBailey said:
I came upon a campsite in the Tillamook where some horsey folks had been and the fire they left was huge by the time I got there, it was all I could do to extinguish it. Fortunately, it was spring and not as dry as if it had been later in the year, but bad all the same.
I too have had to extinguish car fires, I've also accidentally set several on fire. Like too many things, once ignited, cars can be VERY difficult, if not damned near impossible to extinguish. Back about 1980 or '81 I caught an Impala on fire cutting the floor out of it. It burned for weeks, every once in awhile, I'd get a call that it was burning again and would I go spray some more water on it.
I'd hate to think what might happen were I wheeling in the UP in the fall and have a car catch fire, it could become deadly very quickly.
Holy Shit batman! I always carry a fire extinguisher in my DII trail truck but have just been reminded to get one in the Classic too, hell all our cars for that matter. I was thinking of putting a DI tranny pan with dipstick on the DII but I think not now!
PT do you still make oil cooler lines? My wife's Classic is classically wet. Time to get those fixed. BTW PT its a '95 RRC SWB.
Cheers,
Mike
PT do you still make oil cooler lines? My wife's Classic is classically wet. Time to get those fixed. BTW PT its a '95 RRC SWB.
Cheers,
Mike
ptschram
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ptschram
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brake fluid can also ignite.
I always carry one in my D2. took it in the other car on trips too.
I always carry one in my D2. took it in the other car on trips too.
KevinNY said:
Yet this is like rocket science to so many people. I've seen more than one person carrying class A extinguishers in their vehicle. They look baffled when I tell them that their extinguisher will likely do more damage to their vehicle, or that of someone else, rather than good.
Oil or tranny fluid catches on fire and is spreading quickly. Let's grab a water extinguisher and spread it around!
ptschram
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I've extinguished several gasoline fires with water. If you have plenty of water, it is possible-worst case clearly, but it's better than watching something valuable burn.
As for firing through the grill, I'd be worried about dispersion through the grill and blowing out the bottom. Yes, I know there's a danger when opening the hood, but it gives direct access to what's on fire.
As for firing through the grill, I'd be worried about dispersion through the grill and blowing out the bottom. Yes, I know there's a danger when opening the hood, but it gives direct access to what's on fire.