Bed storage cubby box fits a small fire extinguisher

[imboden013]

I have an XL it came with no storage box. I bought two boxes and installed them one on each side. They are the same part number; my understanding is these boxes are all the same size. There is a plastic shelf (that looks like the bottom) slide it out and it is deep!

I’ll have to look and see if I can make it deeper by just removing a shelf.

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[Indianahamiltons]

I’ve a lariat and only have one cubby on passenger side and it’s not deep like one in the pics.

have a Lariat; bottom of cubby can be removed easily just pull up. Reveals larger cubby.

 

[imboden013]

have a Lariat; bottom of cubby can be removed easily just pull up. Reveals larger cubby.

Thanks I’ll try that once it gets warmer here.

 

[Marcusgtzg81]

Pull the plastic. It's a false floor.

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[NJBob]

Rear drivers side door

Nice. Have a link or any info?

 

[LSchicago]

have a Lariat; bottom of cubby can be removed easily just pull up. Reveals larger cubby.

Yes, a 2 liter bottle fits very easy in there.

 

[Hansolo]

Nice. Have a link or any info?

First alert model number FE10G

 

[Panther City Outdoors]

I’ve a lariat and only have one cubby on passenger side and it’s not deep like one in the pics

It has a small cover you have to lift off, exposing the cavity below

 

[Hot Runr Guy]

Just a PSA, I would fold up a towel or add a piece of foam to the bottom of the cubby, a heavy item like a FE could bounce up & down and punch the bottom out,,,,,,

HRG

 

[NJBob]

First alert model number FE10G

Thank you very much going to get one.

 

[NJBob]

First alert model number FE10G

Not sure that model is available. They have a garage 10 model. But I like how the top of yours is. Nice and compact.

 

[svogt302]

That's another great spot for one. They also fit great in the door bottle holders.

Do you clamp it on the opener? Pic?

 

[FamousAmos]

FYI the truck bed storage box makes a good place to store a small fire extinguisher. I purchased a small UL rated 5-B:C extinguisher from Amazon. It fits great in the box with lots of room to spare.

I thought of putting it in the bed cubby, but that location is not "handy" in an emergency. I ended up putting it in the box behind the front seats, with some other stuff to keep it stationary, which is not perfect. I tried the door bottle holder, but my extinguisher won't fit. I may end up buying one that fits the door, like the shown First Alert.

 

[notfast]

FYI the truck bed storage box makes a good place to store a small fire extinguisher. I purchased a small UL rated 5-B:C extinguisher from Amazon. It fits great in the box with lots of room to spare.

Although better than nothing in a, well, "better than nothing" sense, I would suggest keeping an extinguisher or a fiberglass fire blanket in a more easily-accessible area. Perhaps mounted on the bed rail or bed sidewall. It takes two minutes for a fire to go from "able to be put out with a two-pounder" to "total loss of vehicle", so having to remove the cubby door (and possibly move whatever is in the bed to get to the cubby) may make the difference.

Rear drivers side door

Again, definitely better than nothing, but I'd suggest halon or halotron if it's going to be stored inside the vehicle. They are expensive, but if you're only buying one extinguisher for a personal vehicle, that would be the option I go with. Either that or a fiberglass fire blanket. Dry powder extinguishers are inexpensive, but they make a huge mess, especially if you have an accidental or uncontained discharge inside the vehicle.

We had an uncontained discharge in a work van and the dry powder was nearly impossible to clean up. Fortunately the county fire department maintenance yard is across the street, so we removed the carpet from the van and asked kindly if they could blast the carpet clean with a fire truck. That did the trick.

Halon or halotron results in virtually zero cleanup. Halotron discharges as a clear liquid that evaporates rather quickly, whereas dry chemical extinguishers discharge as a fine, dry, white powder.

Personally, I have cheap residential fire spray in my front door bottle holder, a 5lb halotron extinguisher mounted on the driver's seat rails, and a large fiberglass fire blanket hanging from a mount inside my topper.

Weird question. I live in Texas where the heat is ridiculous during the late spring/summer/mid fall. Could the high heat impact the pressure of the fire extinguisher?

Not really. Dry chemical extinguishers are pressurized with compressed air.

 

[710-oil-614]

Thanks I’ll try that once it gets warmer here.

Was about to rib you about it "getting warm" there then I looked at your temps and I would have thought Arkansas would be like 65 degrees right now.

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