Fire Extinguisher Converted To Bird-Scaring Air Horn

Fire Extinguisher Converted To Bird-Scaring Air Horn BIRD CONTROL Bird Control Bill Jones Jr had a problem with turkey buzzards and vultures roosting on fence posts and in trees around his property The Montpelier Va man solved the problem by making an extremely loud air horn out of a 2 1/2-gal fire extinguisher I keep the fire extinguisher air horn in the back of my golf cart I ride into the woods where the birds roost about sundown and push down on the fire extinguisher s handle The birds take off right away My neighbors don t mind the noise and are happy to see me chase the birds away says Jones The fire extinguisher builds up to 100 lbs of pressure Jones cut the spray nozzle off the hose and inserted a 3-in long copper tube that hooks up to a pair of air horns off an old fire truck A manifold splits the air to the horns It sounds like the horn on a diesel railroad locomotive You don t want to stand under a tree where the birds are when you set this off because it really scares them says Jones He says he came up with the idea because the birds were causing major damage to his vehicles and buildings The birds have been known to rip the rubber off car windows and windshield wipers Here in Virginia it s illegal to shoot them The best option was to use loud noises to scare them away I m a member of our local historical fire society and have a large collection of antique fire apparatus and equipment so I decided to use some of my collection to build something to do the job Jones says he s working on using the same kind of fire extinguishers to spray weeds around his yard I ll just cut the original nozzle off and replace it with a spray nozzle Then I can put the tank in the golf cart and spray weeds as I go along he notes Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Bill Jones Jr 13165 Fawnborough Road Montpelier Va 23192 ph 804 883-5199; bjfirepro@aol com

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