Fire Extingusiher Works Great For Changing Oil

Fire Extingusiher Works Great For Changing Oil FARM SHOP Miscellaneous 27-5-33 Old fire extinguishers work great for adding oil to engines, transmissions and rear ends where there's not enough room for a standard quart oil bottle, says Bill Nickerson, Pennsburg, Penn. Nickerson uses old-style fire extinguishers designed to hold water under pressure, which he buys cheap at sales and salvage yards. He unscrews the top of the fire extinguisher to add oil and then uses an air compressor to fill the tank with air. "I've used this idea for about 15 years on all my equipment, and it works great," says Nickerson. "I have eight different fire extinguishers on my farm. I put a tag on each extinguisher to mark the kind of oil that's in it. Each extinguisher holds about 2 1/2 gal. When filling the extinguisher with air I watch the pressure gauge on top of the extinguisher. I put about 120 lbs. of air in. "I'm usually able to buy the extinguishers for a couple of dollars or even get them free. This idea won't work with newer-style fire extinguishers that use a dry chemical extinguishing agent or with ones that use liquid carbon dioxide, which dispenses as a white cloud that smothers the fire." Nickerson says one example of where this idea is especially handy is on his Bobcat 743 skid steer loader equipped with a diesel engine. "There's not enough room in the engine area to maneuver a quart oil bottle, but there's plenty of room to insert the fire extinguisher hose." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Bill Nickerson, 1263 Red Hill Rd., Pennsburg, Penn. 18073 (ph 215 679-2287).

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