Carry a Fire Extinguisher: A cautionary tale.

[MinnesotaEric]

Ten days ago my RZR came to a dead stop after it caught on fire when I was heading back home making a beer run for guests who were coming over to my house later that evening. I had nothing to put out the engine fire except beer until a Good Samaritan stopped by with a 5-gallon pail. After I winged a full six-gallon fuel can that was also on fire, I then created a small grass fire.

I ended up replacing the entire wiring harness, the tail light wiring harness, both tail lights, installing a seat safety bypass while was there, replacing the crank position sensor, the entire intake manifold from the airbox to the engine's intake on the head, the throttle body, intake manifold sensor, the coil pack, spark plug wires, the fuel rail because the pressure regulator is now suspect, and finally, the rotary gear position switch. In order to do the work, I basically had to strip the entire machine down to the frame.

This is the fire extinguisher kit that I just purchased after this incident.

Tusk UTV Fire Extinguisher Kit | Parts & Accessories | Rocky Mountain ATV/MC

From this

To this

 

[MinnesotaEric]

Anyway, here is what I had to do get my firebug RZR running again.

 

[Industrial Toys]

That really sucks! So much stuff is made from Thermo Plastic.

My fear is that you often can't get to the source of the fire and might use up your extinguisher before you put out the actual fire.

 

[Cataclysm]

Eric, I am glad your O.K. and sorry about the RZR.

Please tell me you weren't hauling gas in the back.

Yes I watched the video.

 

[dieselcrawler]

Fire extinguisher in each vehicle, and the ROPS if the tractor. Been that way for years.

 

[Doofy]

That is one stupidly expensive fire extinguisher. The cost would have been worth every penny, if you would of had one. I'm getting extinguishers ordered for all my vehicles now!

 

[ericm979]

The price isn't bad with the mount included.

I've been carrying a 5lb extinguisher in my Pioneer but it's just in a toolbag that sits on the floorboards. I haven't gotten around to making a mount for it.
Where did you mount the Tusk extinguisher?

 

[ruffdog]

ERIC....thanks for the heads-up on the fire wake-up call. When I was a teen, my dad decided to pull the fuel line off of a hot mower to check for flow. The mower was out in a field and the fuel ignited. He did not have a beer, pail, or water available to him and the mower never ran again. We should all ask ourselves, how would we stop a fire from destroying the equipment?

 

[orezok]

You might want to consider Element - Fire Extinguishers as its small enough to carry on an ATV and has 5 times the output of the typical extinguisher. Not cheap but neither was the repair.

 

[shooterdon]

You might want to consider Element - Fire Extinguishers as its small enough to carry on an ATV and has 5 times the output of the typical extinguisher. Not cheap but neither was the repair.

Now that is an interesting alternative. I have a few regular extinguishers in the house, garage and shop; and have never had to use one. These things are more expensive but seem a better way to go. Not sure how well they would work outdoors with a bit of wind.