Combine fire extinguisher

Clodbuster · Oct 11, 2011

Combine fire extinguisher

I'm figuring out what to mix with some water in a two gallon sprayer to hang on the combine for fire control and I don't want it to freeze. RV antifreeze has alcohol in it so I may use some regular antifreeze. What does everyone else use???

We do have a couple of regular ones, but I want to carry some water, too.

ohiojim · Oct 11, 2011

here's a novel idea,..buy a fire extinguisher

Goose · Oct 11, 2011

Why bother?

I once owned a combine I said I made two mistakes with. The first mistake was when I bought it, the second was when it got on fire I put the fire out.

Clodbuster · Oct 11, 2011

Hey dumazz, read what I wrote.

I have regular ones, I want to carry some water, also. If you hit some burning fluff with high pressure, it can move all around and keep right on burning. I have been through that before too.

Clodbuster · Oct 11, 2011

Yes, I hear that, but I have too much time and labor in this one to let it burn. I agree if they get too far they are hard to ever fix. I'm talking about small fires. I just want to get better prepared.

The old joke is rush to the house, brew a pot of coffee, drink it, then call the fire dept.!

Too many fires here lately with low humidity and high winds. Had two inches of rain to help out now. Those new green ones like to get hot.

FBH44 · Oct 11, 2011

Sometimes the local fire drpartments will get rid of the old pressureized-water extinguishers. They are about 3' tall, big chrome jobs, and they hold several gallons, and I think they pressurize to about 100#. I have one for my fireplace. Got it free. I keep it indoors, but I suppose you could purt some environmental anti-freeze in there, so it wouldn't contaminate the ground.

elmersooner · Oct 11, 2011

the antifreeze will probly work, if you can find a surfactant like kinetic it will make the water work more better. dawn dish soap is cheaper and will work in a pinch. we put it in our pump sprayers at the FD.

Earl Gray · Oct 11, 2011

No wonder my insurance premiums are so high!

BushogPapa · Oct 11, 2011

Halite or Dry Powder are best and should not freeze...
Harvesting season here usually means Freezing temps..Water would sure be handy then, wouldn't it..??

Ron..

Michael Soldan · Oct 11, 2011

Buy several boxes of baking soda and keep them in the cab along with your extinguisher.

buickanddeere · Oct 11, 2011

Ain't so.
Applying small amounts class B or C extinguishing agents onto a deep seated class A fire is a waste of time and effort.
If caught in time. A Class A pressurized 2-1/2 gallon with AFFF added is the best bet for class A,B and C fires on a combine.
A heavy dose of liquid dish soap added to the water does rather well.

showcrop · Oct 11, 2011

All the 2.5 cans that the FD had as well as my own were loaded with AFFF and Fire Out. Any sort of foaming detergent would fall under AFFF (aqueous film forming foam), and the same detergent gives it the penetrating ability that the Fire Out gives water. It will not lower these freeze point much but it makes the water something like three time more effective. Virtually all fire trucks have foam tanks and injectors for adding the foam to the stream.

elmersooner · Oct 11, 2011

surfactants work by interfering with the chemical bond that gives water surface tension thereby allowing it to penetrate--why your hands get clean using soap---and why it works so well on fires---why your insurance premiums aren't higher. firemen that know what they are doing.

oj · Oct 11, 2011

I've got a presurised water extinguisher, holds 2 and a half gallons (i think), pressured to 100psi. Works good, and you can refil it for free at home, so i don't worry about using it for anything minor (and you can use it more than once before recharge so long as there is water/pressure left). Anyway, left it on the combine all winter a couple of years ago.. it's still works (pressure gauge gave out), but it survived -40.

John_PA · Oct 11, 2011

put a "T" in one of your cab heater hoses, a gate valve, then attach 10-15 foot of flat garden hose with a garden nozzle on it. If something catches fire, leave the combine running, and use the antifreeze to put the fire out.

LOL

That sounds so stinking crazy... and I haven't been smoking any of that "funny" tobacco, either...

EDIT: use a ball valve, not a gate valve. It will be a lot quicker.

Chip812 · Oct 11, 2011

(quoted from post at 20:04:27 10/11/11) I've got a presurised water extinguisher, holds 2 and a half gallons (i think), pressured to 100psi. Works good, and you can refil it for free at home, so i don't worry about using it for anything minor (and you can use it more than once before recharge so long as there is water/pressure left). Anyway, left it on the combine all winter a couple of years ago.. it's still works (pressure gauge gave out), but it survived -40.

Water under pressure has a lower freezing point... Not sure the exact equation...
8)

Clodbuster · Oct 12, 2011

Thanks for all of the good advice!

Anonymous-0 · Oct 12, 2011

Beet juice

CWL · Oct 12, 2011

"Ain't so.
Applying small amounts class B or C extinguishing agents onto a deep seated class A fire is a waste of time and effort.
If caught in time. A Class A pressurized 2-1/2 gallon with AFFF added is the best bet for class A,B and C fires on a combine.
A heavy dose of liquid dish soap added to the water does rather well"

B&C just displace the oxygen for a short time.....right?

O2 comes back, embers glow then flames.

Damn.....another fire!

elmersooner · Oct 13, 2011

(reply to post at 01:32:37 10/13/11)

that is the point of time firefighters do a procedue called mop up and overhaul-----separating embers from fuel (why firefighters have pike poles, rakes etc...). water still works best for class A fires.

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