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Comment by Norman E. Flanders on February 16, 2009 at 3:38pm

Congrats on the new Pumper/Tanker. We just bought a used one that holds 1300 gals.

What did you get?

What are the other sizes of the other tankers in your area? Are they all over 2,000 gals?

We find the larger tankers are great for large water needs......but in a tanker shuttle they
need a separate fill site to keep a shuttle moving if the other trucks range from 1,000 to
1,500 gals.

They are also great as a nurse truck for filling the porta-tank in between tanker runs until the
shuttle gets a good rotation and more tankers on the scene.

If we know we have the larger tankers coming we set up a special fill site. Most of the time
its better to have two fill sites going to keep things moving.

There is nothing worse than a bottleneck in filling trucks and the IC's pulling his hair out and asking for water. So to help the IC keep his hair the more portable pumps and/or engines filling the BETTER.

Good luck with the new truck, stay safe, train often and share knowledge.