I want to get an Extinguisher to keep in the truck.I dont want the small ones from pepboys I will be going to the local graingers supply www.grainger.com
they carry many of them and I dont know what to get.I was thinkin a 10lb ABC unit would work but I want to make sure.Any firefighters want to point me in the rite direction?I want one with some size so it can do some good.

Why,I saw a guy on the side of the road the other day with his truck on fire.The PD and FD were on site.It turns out he had cardboard boxes full of household stuff and a passing car threw a cig out the window and it went into his bed and set it all on fire.It was a fluke I know but a $50 fire extinguisher could have stoped it cold.

 

Excellent idea. ABC means that it will work in electrical, fuel, or general stuff. A 10 lbs. ABC is good protection.

I saved my own 1990 Jeep Grand Wagoneer from total BBQ event. I had the professionals work on the engine, and they routed the high pressure AC hose too close to the exhaust manifold. The exhaust manifold had a tiny leak. One hot Arizona Sunday, doing 80mph with the A/C on and the stereo blasting -- kaboom! The high pressure A/C hose ruptured and the exhaust leak ignited the gases. I pulled over, took out the fire extiguisher, and put out the flames. The car started fine afterwards, and we went home but with no A/C. Needless to say, things could have gone the other way very quickly without the fire extinguisher.

I now have one extinguisher in every vehicle, plus one in the garage, and another in the kitchen. Some fire extiguishers can cost several hundreds -- these put out fires in delicate electronic equipments. Expensive yatchs use halon. The ABC will work as good as the halon, but then ground zero will look a lot like Christmas. Me I use ABCs because I am cheap bastard and don't mind cleaning up the white stuff.

 

I have a Auto/Marine extinguisher in my truck, picked it up at ACE hardware

 

Where do you guys have your extinguishers mounted?

 

Well I was going to mount it to the inside of the rear door on the drivers side.The white and or yellow stuff left behind can be cleaned up correct?Its not going to stain carpet or remove paint is it?

 

Saw an infomercial very late the other night, can't remember the name of the product but it was an extinguisher that was basically a large-sized aeresol can that puts out all types of fires without any residue left behind.

I assume that it's charged with argon, though they didn't say. After all, it's a late night miracle extinguisher.. LOL

I agree that a 10lb CO2 is the best for a verhicle, but this stuff was kinda impressive, at least on their commercial. And the TV wouldn't lie.

 

A 10lb. ABC will be a pretty good size extinguisher. You will more than likely want a dry chemical extinguisher over a CO2 extinguisher because of the size difference of the nozzle and limited reach(3-8'). A CO2 extinguisher has a "conical horn" that is a lot larger than the nozzle on the ABC dry chem one. Also the CO2 extinguisher is rated for class B(flammable liquids) and class C (electrical equipment). An ABC Dry chemical extinguisher will have a reach of 5-20'. The dry chem which is dirtier than a CO2 extinguisher is more user friendly. I wont go into a long fire science class on it but the dry chem ABC wouold be the best in my opinion. I went and measured one of our 10lb. ABC's and i was just shy of 21" tall which might have space limitatons behind the seat of the truck. oh yeah, make sure the pin doesn't come loose in your truck and have that thing go off. I have also saved my own truck with a dry chem extinguisher one time and the chemicals washed off. No problem. i just wouldn't leave them there for a week or two. i'll shut up now.

 

I carry a 5 lb ABC in my truck just so it doesn't take up as much room. I just throw it in the back seat with the rest of my crap.

A guy on our FD cut a hole in the bottom of his toolbox and fabricated a drop pocket that goes all the way down to the bed floor. 10 lb extinguiser stands in it perfectly. Easy to reach yet out of the way.

Ditto on the pin. Make sure it's secure.