Your Biggest Tanker?

So my department has a 4500 gallon tri-axle monster of a tanker that we have given the nickname "the whale." I want to know if anyone has anything bigger. I dont know how to upload a photo from a differant computer but if you check out my page there is a pix of it somewhere. You will notice it (the big white truck) LOL

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Permalink Reply by Brett Bailey on December 5, 2008 at 1:37pm

yea my department has a 5000 gallons tanker usally just rolls for major structure fires and barn fires i got a pic on my profile

brett

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Permalink Reply by Just Plain Craig Moyer on December 5, 2008 at 11:36pm

Gentlemen, One thing I tell my wife and something you young men should learn. Size doesn't matter. It's all about skill and useage....unless it's really big. I'm talking about tankers or tenders.

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Permalink Reply by Michael McCormick aka Dent on December 5, 2008 at 11:39pm

Well dustin i am fan of tankers!! the bigger the better!! And not from a "dam that is big " perspective, but a fighting a rural house fire. Not many do know who are the TRUE HEAT takers, i do and i used be one of them. i dont miss being the first line in either. got side tracked there, i meant form a engineer perspective w/ a dump tanks going, you know what i'm talking about. If you ever get the chance like i did, dude, you need to take a road trip to the Pennsylvania. Why? you ask? Cause they have an ISO rating that NONE of the larger depts. can't ever touch, and they only have tankers with dump tanks in rural Penn. i got to go with a dept i was on along time ago and it was an eye opening experience. It did and has changed my personal methods as an engineer....it always about big water all the time. My dept tanker is only 2200, we also rely on others around us to help with tankers too. we do more nurse tanker ops, than true dump tank ops. just droppin ya line type back can and stay safe put there. Mike

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Permalink Reply by Michael Bates on December 6, 2008 at 5:13pm

we have a 3000 gallon tandem S&S eliptical on a Peterbilt chasis, it's the largest around here, it's a real nice lookin truck, plus the air horns are off a train engine. Yeah they're loud....real loud

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Permalink Reply by RES67CUE on December 7, 2008 at 2:31am

OUR COMPANY HASA 2006 KME SQURT TANKER ENGINE QRS ALL ROLLED INTO 1 ITS KNOWN SA THE SQUANKER FOR SQURT/TANKER OR THE ULTRAWAGON l_9dc658cce12d50ef9266cc0675c276ef.jpg

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Permalink Reply by Clark Hummel on December 7, 2008 at 9:44am

We dont use the monster tanks but I have food for thought on the seasonal road limits. The average apparatus exceeds the posted seasonal limits due to number of axles versus vehicle weight. I do agree the 2500 to 3500 is the way to go for manuverability and and safety reasons. We have 2 2000 gallon single axle tenders. I have driven a 3500 gallon tandem axle and prefer the smaller units anyday.

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Permalink Reply by Ed Cornish on December 7, 2008 at 10:29am

We have a 5,000 gallon tanker that really only has 4,000 due to DOT regs. It was an old military fuel truck on a 1976 Dodge B700 chassis with a Cummins diesel. Our new 3,000 gallon tanker is currently on the assembly line in Gerogia. That will be our primary and the 5,000 will go to back up.

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Permalink Reply by Michael McCormick aka Dent on December 8, 2008 at 11:29am

i love it.....SQUANKER!! that is awesome, send a pic of to me if ya dont mind! Mike

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Permalink Reply by Chris on December 10, 2008 at 5:49pm

Oh sexy Mack. How's the Mack working out for you? I always hear good things about the cab over Macks.

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Permalink Reply by Chris on December 10, 2008 at 5:57pm

I would just like to throw a question out there about tanker/tenders. What does it mean when it's a "wet side" or "dry side?"

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Permalink Reply by Jonathan on December 10, 2008 at 6:29pm

lets see we have 4 pumper/tankers and 2 tankers our 4 pumper/tankers are all 1200 gallon tanks we have a 3500 gallon tanker and a 1500 gallon tanker so usually we have the water. Our department covers around 100 miles mostly rural areas with plugs few and far between. Unless we are in our city limits then we have them pretty decent.

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Permalink Reply by Asst. Chief Bigshow on January 1, 2009 at 12:27am

The county I live in has 7 2008 Internationals with 2500 gal tanks with a Darley front mounted pump. 5' intake for drafting and a 5' rear discharge that will empty the tank in about 20 seconds. We carry a 3000 gal porta-tank. Also have a front and rear 2.5' hook up so we can be filled from another truck as well. When we empty the tank we can set up a draft and refill with in a couple of minutes. Off the top of my head I can't remember the gpm they pump. They are some real nice trucks though.