Fire extinguishers use on farm???

[ray66v]

Thats why I like the CO2 extinguishers, because they have a huge cooling effect, and why they are best for a fire with supplied O2 (like an O/A torch), because they bring it below ingition temprature.

Yes, they are great. They do tend to be kind of heavy. I tried to use one on a roof to kill hornets once. After I sprayed them, they would fall out of the air, land on the roof, thaw out, and come back for more. They won, I ran out of gas before they did. :laughing:

I also liked the old H2O extinguishers, we used them a lot in the body shop.

You don't need to use a lot of halon to put out a fire. I can't remember the numbers I was told, but you only have to lower the oxygen level slightly, and the fire will go out. I can attest from the tests we did, there is still plenty of oxygen to breath, provided you do it correctly. I could not tell the halon was in the air, although some are probably very sensitive to it. Once the fire is out, you will need to either leave, or ventilate the area anyway, because of the smoke.

 

[Soundguy]

Finally, how many have considered carrying a shovel and water with them in the woods/fields (in addition to an extinguisher)? As was mentioned by an earlier poster, it is required in commercial operations in the woods, but seldom thought of on farms until after an event. !

when out on my farm property, I have one of them stubby short shovels with the good hand grip at the top, with me.

soundguy

 

[deereman75]

Yes, they are great. They do tend to be kind of heavy. I tried to use one on a roof to kill hornets once. After I sprayed them, they would fall out of the air, land on the roof, thaw out, and come back for more. They won, I ran out of gas before they did. :laughing:

One guy I know told me that brake cleaner is the best wasp/hornet killer, with the store bought wasp killer, they can still fly around and sting you for a bit, the brake cleaner kills them instantly.

 

[Soundguy]

you can for sure get 'instant drop' wasp and hornet spray... it's out there.

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soundguy

 

[jonyyuma]

When they roofed my house, i ran out of wasp spray, and gave them windshield deicer,brake cleaner and spray carb cleaner..they had to replace several plywood panels and I have alum. siding to hide the red devils.

 

[dodge man]

I can think of at least 3 cases where there were major fires on farm equipment in my area in the last few years. One farmer received some major, but not life threatening burns. His combine caught fire and he was trying to drive it up to a house to put it out.

 

[ray66v]

One guy I know told me that brake cleaner is the best wasp/hornet killer, with the store bought wasp killer, they can still fly around and sting you for a bit, the brake cleaner kills them instantly.

The problem with brake cleaner is it shoots in a stream, so it's hard to hit them, (especially when there is more than one). And, all we had was a bunch of old fire extinguishers. It sure seemed like a good plan at the time.

The junkyards around here, use a pump garden sprayer with gasoline in it.

 

[creekbend]

RE# BRANCHCHIPPER---When I posted this thread, it was my intention to perhaps make us all as tractor owners, more aware of ways that we could lesson the possibility of an fire in the field due to the operation of our farm machinery and in our farm buildings. That is why I carry two extinguishers on my ROPS. Your reply, along with all the other members replies have hopefully assisted all of in our constant awareness of the ways that will help us to make our SEAT TIME safer. Keep it up fellow members. Happy tractoring from Creekbend.:tractor::tractor:

 

[toxicjeeper]

Excellent Thread! I just order a fire extinguisher to mount in my tractor tonight..Safety first..:thumbsup:

 

[Deere9986]

we have 2 ext. on each piece of harvest equip. 1- 10 pound halon and 1- 20 pound rechargable water and soap mix. the best wasp killer i've ever used was hot soapy water in my sons super soaker water gun. it kills them instantly because they can't breathe the soap mixture