Remember to strap it down -- you don't need a flying fire extinguisher in your car.


TRO

( I own 6 extinguishers. Once put out a BIG fire with a small extinguisher. Cheap insurance.)

If you add vinegar to baking soda it release tonnes of CO2 which can smother a flame even without being in contact with the mixture.

I believe that the same thing happens when you burn the baking soda. If you sprinkle a tiny bit on a burning log you will see that it can put the fire out while sprinkling the same amount of sand will do nothing.

-Nim

In the purely for what it's worth department, I have known a lot of ranch people who have had custom bumpers, etc. made for their trucks, and in doing so, incorporated an air bottle. For example, a bumper made out of 6 or 8" casing pipe, and welded up air-tight with a filler and QD hose fittings added on.

Trim it flush. That's what they do in the shop !

When my wife and I bought a Jeep I did a lot of research trying to find the best balance of quality vs. cost in buying equipment for off-pavement travel. The best little air compressor I was able to find was the Interdynamics Truck Air. It's not the most powerful, nor the cheapest. But it is a reliable unit for a reasonable price. I've seen them in local stores (such as K-Mart) for $39.99. The link above is provided as a reference.

Dennis (The Menace)

Here are some old threads on the topic:
Additional Vehicle BOB

Keeping a fire extinguisher in you car

What’s in your car?

Dry chemical fire extinguisher

trunk junk

That's good enough. There were lots more.
[rant on]
Side note: I do not mind experience ETSer's bring up old topics, and I don't mind the new guy's who ask an old question. What I do mind is when newbie’s don't take the advice of the oldbie's. It took about 5sec to find all this info.
All they have to do is click on search type in a few key words i.e. "extinguisher " and boom tons of info. [rant off]

With that said welcome all you newbie’s and I hope you stick around and Use the search feature!!!

Lighten up dude.
Nothing wrong with a refresher course from time to time. If it annoys you, don't read the thread.

Obviously, there's a wealth of information in the archives. But sometimes people don't know to search, sometimes the search doesn't always find stuff, and sometimes it's just nice to discuss the same thing again a year or two later.

This reminds me of the story "Melancholy Elephants" by Spider Robinson. If we're not allowed to forget that we've discussed a topic before, we're going to very quickly run out of things to talk about.

It's happened to me more than once. The forum will be quiet for a day or so, and I'll think "This would be a good time to ask about...naaaa... we talked about that. How 'bout... no, that was last month... uh, what about...".

I can see a future where all posts are simply questions and links to old threads. Yuck.

Sorry if I sounded a little hostel. I love the refresher courses but the comment was directed at a certain new member that I have been keeping my mouth shut about. No matter how much they are advised they obviously do not do any homework by ether "googleing" or searching ETS. Sorry starting to sound like a big old meany head.

Can't really remember what set me off this morning. I think it was just that this forum is great and the members are awesome, willing to go out of their way to help others, and I guess I was gust starting to feel like someone was starting to take advantage of the forum/people.

I did put the rant things on and thought that would take care of any hostel sounding language but I guess it did not. I will try to be more courteous in the future and not let things build up.

As a newbie, I have come to appreciate a combination of more experienced members offering their ideas as well as people providing links. Sometimes ideas evolve or sometimes even if they don't some different perspectives are found in old threads.

I have found that for myself, through teaching both in a class room and in martial arts class that through teaching and explaining things to people, I am constantly examining my own reasons for holding certain beliefs or preferences. The examination either confirms my beliefs, or calls them into question, in which case I take a closer look at them, research if need be and get opinions from others.

I'm getting rather philosophical for the late on a Saturday night, but my point is, as a newbie, I'll probably still ask some of those same old questions, but I'll be using the search engine more too.