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Brush Trucks?
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Posted 4 months ago Our Fire Department is getting ready to place in service a new brush unit. our old unit is to antiquated! What is everyone's feelings and what works best for nozzle applications, or sprayers on the front of the unit to drive and wet down large areas? Short of putting e step gun on the roof, LOL |
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| Posted 4 months ago From talking to those that have sprayers, they're a waste of time. They just don't flow enough to put out the fire. What most in this area are going to is a gated walkway, in between the cab and tank, with short jump lines. You still have to have a firefighter there, but it beats riding all the way at the back.
That said, if you have the budget, a bumper mounted remote turret such as the Akron FireFox, is the way to go.
We've discussed specs for our next brush unit, and the FireFox and CAFS are two things that will be on it. |
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| Posted 4 months ago I like the bumper mounted remote turret idea but I don't believe the fire co budget will feel the same way. NO we're not a poor co, just a lot of tight members. The unit itself is a 1 ton pickup with a 200 gallon poly skid unit. |
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| Posted 4 months ago we have 300 gallon skids, 2 1 3/4 hose with i believe chief nozzles on them. |
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| Posted 4 months ago reyman2610 said: What size chassis do you have that riding on? |
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| Posted 4 months ago stanley0566 said: Ill get the info on it today, have a little bit of things to do up there. ill post it back in here, one is an old 300 gallon skid unit and we just bought a new one with a honda motor for like 15k? ill let ya know today. |
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| Posted 4 months ago stanley0566 said: they are on F-350 flat-bed reg. cab trucks. i have photos of one of them on here. |
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| Posted 4 months ago yeah, thats all i know, i was at the station but been with fred all day helping someone move. so tired. lol i still dont know the skid unit name i know it was made in canada. |
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| Posted 4 months ago The sprayers that do flow enough water, will use up your supply quickly. Back up north we used “Stump Jumpers” which were converted duce and half’s. We could carry 500 – 1000 gals. We had sprayer that would cover well and we had the water to do it and fight the fire. Omnis Cedo Domus |
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| Posted 4 months ago Usually we do the knock with a booster line and forestry hose(1"), rakes and pack tanks. then we go for a mop up, and on open fields we shove a person on the tail end with the booster line and one drives and one gets a ruff ride |
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| Posted 4 months ago Our last brush truck is a 2007 F-550, and it ran just over $100K. It has a 400 gallon poly, 18hp CAFS, 25 gallon foam, whip lines on each side, reel on the right rear side with that crappy lightweight line, and a remote Sidewinder on the front bumper. It is awesome and works great, but again, was over $100K. Jeff Draper
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| Posted 3 months ago We got 2 2003 F-350s with lines in the front and on the back. Along with booster hoses on top of it. |
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| Posted 2 months ago
Brush 105 - 1970 AMC/FD - 200gpm/1000gal Here's a shot of our brush rig. We have bumper nozzels in the front, in the rear is a booster line for 2 more guys. Not to bad for a volunteer dept. We ended up basically winning this one from DNR. Some kind of deal with them to where if a state forest ever catches on fire, this truck rolls out. A tad overkill for your everyday grass fire but always nice to be over prepared than under. |
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| Posted 2 months ago We had 2 4x4 1 tons, 1 Dodge, 1 Ford. Both had 250gpm aux powered pumps with 1" x 6' jump lines & standard variable pattern nozzles. Each carried 300gal poly tanks, the Ford (E1) had a 25gal foam tank. That unit was also our primary rescue/initial attack structure. The Dodge was a local design/manufacture unit specifically for grass/brush, but could back up the Ford in its role. These units could surprise you by what they could do. As far as bumper nozzles go, they're not much use in heavy fuel loads & could cause you some serious traction problems if not properly flow regulated. They are good for laying wet lines, though I would suggest checking out water trucks from construction companies for this. For example, my company has a freightliner FL70 with a 3500gal tank, PTO pump (not sure of GPM) & spray bars on all 4 corners of the truck. For reasons stated above, we rarely use the front sprayers. But boy will it soak the ground! And we have used it to control grass fires. Working in the oilfield, we are often a loooong way from a Fire Dept. |
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| Posted 2 months ago CTFD148 says ...
I LIKE IT!!!!! |
