![]() |
Register or Log In To remove these advertisements. |
|
|
![]() |
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
|
![]() |
#1 |
Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: West Virginia
Posts: 6,421
|
Where do you have your fire extinguisher mounted?
I want to carry an extinguisher but where do I mount it? I was thinking the trans hump as I have a column shifter and it would be easier to reach there than over on the right side by the door.....
What do you guys do? |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#2 |
Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Ruskin Florida
Posts: 4,560
|
Re: Where do you have your fire extinguisher mounted?
I have mine in the kitchen. Guess I better get it into the truck. I'm thinking just under the seat within reach while in driver seat or door open. Hope we all never need one.
__________________
70 swb 4x4 406sbc 700r4 203/205 d60/14blt locker yadda yadda http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...88#post6935688 Yeller 72 Blazer 2wd conversion project "No Daggum Money" http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=550804 LS1-T56 3.73 LSD super budget build Blanco-2014 Sierra SWB https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...d.php?t=810350 |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#3 |
Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Bay St Louis, Mississippi
Posts: 70
|
Re: Where do you have your fire extinguisher mounted?
Mine is mounted between the driver side window and the back window. Just behind my head. Is located there, for that is where my dad mounted it in
1970. Could never move it.
__________________
1970 Custom Camper/20 1959 Morris Minor 1000 1953 Dodge B-4-KA 1953 Fruehauf 30' Lowboy 1928 Cat 30 1939 TORO Bullet Tractor |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#4 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Round Rock, Texas
Posts: 858
|
Re: Where do you have your fire extinguisher mounted?
Mine is mounted under the seat on the driver's side with a small bungee cord holding it to the seat bracket.
__________________
Hook'em |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#5 |
Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Modesto, CA
Posts: 2,188
|
Re: Where do you have your fire extinguisher mounted?
It's important to remember that anything not secured tight becomes a projectile in an accident, and the accident doesn't need to be serious to sustain additional injuries from objects in the cab. I've seen many mounts that would not hold a fire extinguisher in even a 25mph accident.
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#6 |
Old Duffer
![]() Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Maine
Posts: 1,821
|
Re: Where do you have your fire extinguisher mounted?
On the hump between the shift lever and the seat. My thought being it's easy to reach and use if I come on an accident, and it's just below my right arm if I am the accident.
Mounted on the kick panel won't do much good if the door is jammed, and hard to reach if you're stuck in the driver's seat. Under the seat could be hard to reach in some circumstances. Not trying to be too gruesome, but thinking through several scenario's I'd like to think I could protect myself as well as someone else. Seems like there was an earlier thread on this as well......
__________________
'68 Short C20 Flatbed Dually w/ 292 4bbl, Langdon cast headers, and WC T5 trans. '81 G10 Shorty Van "Good judgement comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgement." Will Rogers "Under promise, then over achieve." |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#7 |
Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: Coast
Posts: 180
|
Re: Where do you have your fire extinguisher mounted?
I went gung-ho on the heater box mount but I'm starting to have second thoughts about it now...
I'll probably never use my heater but something about "heater box" and "do not keep in high temperatures" in the same sentence sounds kinda funny to me, in a not so funny way. I'm also wondering about the weight of the fire extinguisher on the box, if that will end up wearing on the box mount and make things sloppy. Has anybody had any issues with mounting on the heater box? Here's mine:
__________________
-Jim 71 Chevrolet C20 94 GMC Yukon 4x4 ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#8 |
Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: West Virginia
Posts: 6,421
|
Re: Where do you have your fire extinguisher mounted?
Wow I like that! I don't think you'd have any problems with the heater box. If the box was that hot, it would melt your truck. Perhaps you could fashion up some insulator material (foam?) to go between the canister and the heater box.
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#9 |
Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Redmond, WA
Posts: 6,332
|
Re: Where do you have your fire extinguisher mounted?
I always thought the area where the jack goes, beside the tank, would be a good spot. No one has a mount there I can copy? Don't make me innovate, people, I just want to copy!
I actually assumed that's where most would have it!
__________________
1970 GMC Sierra Grande Custom Camper - Built, not Bought 1969 Pontiac 2+2 427/390 4-speed Coupe 1969 Pontiac 2+2 427/390 4-speed Convertible |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#10 |
Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: West Virginia
Posts: 6,421
|
Re: Where do you have your fire extinguisher mounted?
It might fit well there, but would not be easy to get to. Seconds count.
I came across a flipped over car that was on fire about 3 months ago. However, I was late to the party: traffic was extremely backed up, 5 police officers were on scene, but apparently not a single one had an extinguisher. The fire truck was just arriving also. Now had I been 5 or 10 minutes earlier, I might could have had some impact as I carry two extinguishers in the back of my daily driver. |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#11 |
Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Redmond, WA
Posts: 6,332
|
Re: Where do you have your fire extinguisher mounted?
I saw a bad "semi not paying attention, crashes into stopped traffic" conflagration on the news last week. One vehicle burst into flames immediately, but something like 5 different people had extinguishers on the scene and they got it out.
__________________
1970 GMC Sierra Grande Custom Camper - Built, not Bought 1969 Pontiac 2+2 427/390 4-speed Coupe 1969 Pontiac 2+2 427/390 4-speed Convertible |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#12 |
Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: West Virginia
Posts: 6,421
|
Re: Where do you have your fire extinguisher mounted?
Very rare that so many people were both prepared and aggressive. Two things overcome adversity: being prepared and being aggressive.
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#13 |
Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Redmond, WA
Posts: 6,332
|
Re: Where do you have your fire extinguisher mounted?
Well that -was- five our of maybe 100 involved. It was a big incident, and on a major freeway.
__________________
1970 GMC Sierra Grande Custom Camper - Built, not Bought 1969 Pontiac 2+2 427/390 4-speed Coupe 1969 Pontiac 2+2 427/390 4-speed Convertible |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#14 |
Registered User
![]() Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Dallas Texas
Posts: 1,380
|
Re: Where do you have your fire extinguisher mounted?
so...not to hijack, but what type extinguisher do y'all carry?
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#15 |
Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: @
Posts: 890
|
Re: Where do you have your fire extinguisher mounted?
I got the tall mega shifter so I'm thinking on the front of the shifter housing plenty of room right next to my hand all the time
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#16 |
Senior Member
![]() Join Date: May 2012
Location: Scottsdale, AZ
Posts: 1,906
|
Re: Where do you have your fire extinguisher mounted?
__________________
White K20 |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#17 | ||||
Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Long Island NY
Posts: 598
|
Re: Where do you have your fire extinguisher mounted?
Quote:
Btw your mount is one of the best styles of mount available for that size of fire extinguisher. Unfortunately Amerex is the only one I know of with a dual strap mount like that. Quote:
So you want an ABC, BC or Purple K (has BC rating) that holds at least 2.5lbs of chemical, I'd recommend a 5lb though. There's plenty of room under or behind the seat for a 5lb but it's a little harder to get a good vehicle bracket for one. Amerex is the only one I know of with a dual strap vehicle bracket for 5lb extinguishers. Avoid CO2 fire extinguishers, they're great for under the hood when inside the shop but outside the wind renders them basically useless. Also avoid any liquid/foam fire extinguishers, they're gimmicks and often aren't UL listed/rated and if they advertise they are they're lying. The only liquid/foam extinguishers that are decent are the 2.5 gallon ones with the stainless steel shell Fire Fighters use, not something you want to carry around. Quote:
Quote:
Last edited by Overdriven; 09-04-2016 at 04:03 PM. |
||||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#18 | |
Senior Member
![]() Join Date: May 2012
Location: Scottsdale, AZ
Posts: 1,906
|
Re: Where do you have your fire extinguisher mounted?
Quote:
Never buy a new car.... LOTS OF PLASTIC ![]()
__________________
White K20 |
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#19 | |
Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: California
Posts: 971
|
Re: Where do you have your fire extinguisher mounted?
Quote:
__________________
--------------------------------------------------------- I'm not crazy, I'm chosen, there's a difference. ---------------------------- '72 K10 SWB, 350, sm465/np205 ---- ---- |
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#20 | |
Senior Member
![]() Join Date: May 2012
Location: Scottsdale, AZ
Posts: 1,906
|
Re: Where do you have your fire extinguisher mounted?
Quote:
No it's the original 205 stick in the original position. Plus check out my knob. I had a blank engraved at things remembered at the mall. Came out great! Don't think I ever posted pics of it completed, took me a couple passes to get the paint filled in the engraving. Came out great though. Here I looked up my old thread on the knob. Never posted a pic with the paint completed. Anyhow you all may get a laugh out the engravers misspelling! http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=662501
__________________
White K20 Last edited by jeffahart; 09-12-2016 at 10:22 AM. |
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#21 |
Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: alvin, texas
Posts: 622
|
Re: Where do you have your fire extinguisher mounted?
I have them in all of my vehicles, in my 67 its located on the floorboard at the edge of the seat on the driver side.
__________________
1967 C10 lwb two tone, 305 & rat fink style floor shifted 700r4, 20" steelies 2004 2500HD utility bed aka Brutus |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#22 |
Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Athens, AL
Posts: 80
|
Re: Where do you have your fire extinguisher mounted?
Good for all of you guys! I've been in a car, riding down the interstate, when it burst into flames. Not fun, and it makes you appreciate having a fire extinguisher on hand (I didn't).
I build Race cars for a living, specifically drag cars. I only bring this up because when it comes to safety equipment of any kind, the questions I always ask myself when mounting things like fire extinguishers or activation handles, parachute handles, emergency shutdown switches, etc. are: 1. Will the driver be able to use this easily in an emergency situation? 2. If the driver is partially incapacitated, will they be able to find it and use it without being able to visually locate it? 3. If the car is in a wreck, what happens to this piece of equipment and its mount? Does it pose a hazard if the car goes into a roll? Now, I know this sounds like overkill, but consider that these extinguishers can weigh 7 or 8 pounds when fully charged.....in a bad, bad wreck, these things flying around in the cab can kill you in an instant. To echo what others have said: keep an extinguisher where you or others can get to it, and mount it as securely as possible without impeding its use. |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#23 | |
Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: West Virginia
Posts: 6,421
|
Re: Where do you have your fire extinguisher mounted?
Quote:
I taped one of those spring-loaded window shattering punches to the ceiling arm grab thingie in my daily driver. I put it up in such a way that it will come off easily. It's out of the way, won't move around anywhere, and I can get to it even in total darkness. I practice emergency escapes out of my car from time to time and losing those 20 pounds will help with that. ![]() Talking about cheap-o's, buy the best you can and go on. If that best has a plastic nozzle, well that's fine, those work too. |
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#24 |
Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Gardnerville Nv No Mo Cali!!
Posts: 869
|
Re: Where do you have your fire extinguisher mounted?
I removed my stock glove box and made an oversize one. That's now where I keep my extinguisher.
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#25 |
Special Order
![]() ![]() Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Mt Airy, MD
Posts: 85,859
|
Re: Where do you have your fire extinguisher mounted?
I mount to the trans hump in my 4wds or passenger kick panel in my 2wd trucks. The '72 4wd already had one mounted to the kick panel, so that's fine
__________________
"BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~ |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Bookmarks |
|
|