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Big hammer · 05-13-2020, 12:32 PM

I stopped a car going down an interstate that was no fire, a trucker stopped and we used his 3-5 lb extinguisher, the fire just got mad and laughed at us. The car burned down to the frame, when the fire got to the gas tank it just got larger then settled down, BUT when the fire got to the tires.....an explosion blew the fenders off!!!!

DENY 411 · 05-13-2020, 01:43 PM

Are none of you in the AACA? They require a fire extinguisher in every car,at their shows.
One judge has the task of checking to make sure each one is ul approved and gauge is in the green.

Tinbasher · 05-13-2020, 03:25 PM

I think it was here. A guy wrapped up a small box with a lid to look like a gift. Then sat it on the parcel shelf. Another Idea I saw was a wooden box with a lid used the same way. Easy to get to and use if you need it ASAP. The box was bolted to the parcelshelf. JP

Rudolph · 05-14-2020, 02:29 PM

I have a dry powder one, it’s better than nothing, when I find another one I will carry 2, I was in the volunteer fire party for over 7 years and often a small one is not enough, I have had to empty 2 or 3 on an engine fire to put it out more than once.

05-13-2020, 12:32 PM	#21
Big hammer Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Land of Lincoln Posts: 3,127	Re: Small Fire Extinguisher to Carry in Car I stopped a car going down an interstate that was no fire, a trucker stopped and we used his 3-5 lb extinguisher, the fire just got mad and laughed at us. The car burned down to the frame, when the fire got to the gas tank it just got larger then settled down, BUT when the fire got to the tires.....an explosion blew the fenders off!!!! __________________ Don't force it with a little hammer tap, tap, tap get a bigger hammer tap done

05-13-2020, 01:43 PM	#22
DENY 411 Junior Member Join Date: May 2019 Location: Roanoke Va. Posts: 28	Re: Small Fire Extinguisher to Carry in Car Are none of you in the AACA? They require a fire extinguisher in every car,at their shows. One judge has the task of checking to make sure each one is ul approved and gauge is in the green.

05-13-2020, 03:25 PM	#23
Tinbasher Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Innisfil, Ontario Canada Posts: 1,174	Re: Small Fire Extinguisher to Carry in Car I think it was here. A guy wrapped up a small box with a lid to look like a gift. Then sat it on the parcel shelf. Another Idea I saw was a wooden box with a lid used the same way. Easy to get to and use if you need it ASAP. The box was bolted to the parcelshelf. JP

05-14-2020, 02:29 PM	#24
Rudolph Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: North island Newzealand. Posts: 272	Re: Small Fire Extinguisher to Carry in Car I have a dry powder one, it’s better than nothing, when I find another one I will carry 2, I was in the volunteer fire party for over 7 years and often a small one is not enough, I have had to empty 2 or 3 on an engine fire to put it out more than once.