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Skid loader fire risk - Paranoid newbie
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<blockquote data-quote="Dave1234" data-source="post: 130367" data-attributes="member: 23099"><p>I have also noted that way too many burned up skidsteers show up at salvage yards. I suspect the main problem is the development of small leaks that make a spray of hyd oil onto the exhaust manifold, but that is just a guess. I hadn't heard of apparent spontaneous combustion. Fire extinguishers are great if you are there to use them and keep your head, but...</p><p></p><p>I was considering mounting a throw type fire extinguisher device in the engine compartment. Ace sells them, and no doubt others--something that explodes and sprays extinguisher chemicals if it gets too hot. The target use is to throw them through a window into your burning house, but it seems like they would help with an engine or other location fire if permanently mounted in the appropriate areas of a skid steer.</p><p></p><p>And obviously, as others have noted, if there is no build-up of combustibles, any fire can't do much.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave1234, post: 130367, member: 23099"] I have also noted that way too many burned up skidsteers show up at salvage yards. I suspect the main problem is the development of small leaks that make a spray of hyd oil onto the exhaust manifold, but that is just a guess. I hadn't heard of apparent spontaneous combustion. Fire extinguishers are great if you are there to use them and keep your head, but... I was considering mounting a throw type fire extinguisher device in the engine compartment. Ace sells them, and no doubt others--something that explodes and sprays extinguisher chemicals if it gets too hot. The target use is to throw them through a window into your burning house, but it seems like they would help with an engine or other location fire if permanently mounted in the appropriate areas of a skid steer. And obviously, as others have noted, if there is no build-up of combustibles, any fire can't do much. [/QUOTE]
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