Topic: The dilemma: Rockcrawler v Expedition

[Jeffy]

For vehicle fires, take a look at a wet extinguisher with a additive called Cold-Fire.
You can juice the extinguisher with a large CO2 cartridge (Think life jacket) and the
cold fire works awesome on oil fires. The other cool part is you can refill them yourself.

Dave

I'll have to check them out.  I HATE dry-chem though.

For the dust at the centrifugal  prefilter of a farm tractor on your Snorkel will fling most of the dust out into a collector bowl help keep the air filter cleaner

Thanks!  Didn't think of that one.  Safari sells a 7" and a 10" prefilter.  Actually that's what I was sort of looking for but never knew what they were called.

Here are their stats;

7" 90 - 200 CFM
10" 200 - 450 CFM

I think I'd have to talk to someone at ARB to see which one is best.  Although, I'm thinking the 10" will help offset any additional restrictions from having a snorkel.

What about other tools?  Tyrepliers?  Or go with the Bead Breaker for the Hi-lift?  http://www.extremeoutback.com/index.cgi?cart_id=1208702.1460&pid=118

[sharpxmen]

7" 90 - 200 CFM
10" 200 - 450 CFM

i'd say go with 10'' as 200cfm is to close to what the 2.5 requires.

there are some spinner ones as well that apparently are the best for spitting out the dust rather than catching it, they are expensive though. the plastic ones get sandblasted inside, not sure if there is a glass version of those

this is all from memory from when i was looking at a cap for my snorkel - i was also considering a sock (the knn type) that goes over the filter but have it over the snorkel cap instead - not sure how that would work though.

[Jeffy]

i'd say go with 10'' as 200cfm is to close to what the 2.5 requires.

there are some spinner ones as well that apparently are the best for spitting out the dust rather than catching it, they are expensive though. the plastic ones get sandblasted inside, not sure if there is a glass version of those

this is all from memory from when i was looking at a cap for my snorkel - i was also considering a sock (the knn type) that goes over the filter but have it over the snorkel cap instead - not sure how that would work though.

I wouldn't want glass.  Even if the plastic gets scratched, it's not really a big deal as long as you can see if it's full.
 The problem with a sock is that you have to clean it still and if it's really dusty, you're cleaning it on the side of the road or in the middle of the trail.  I think the self cleaning pre-filters are teh way to go.  This is what a majority of the Land Rovers and Cruisers are set up with in the UK and AU.  I've seen some that don't use the clear plastic but rather black plastic.  I haven't really looked into those since I didn't know the were pre-filters.