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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 Brent Dohlman on
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we have two 5000 gallon tankers and one 2000 gallon our dept has been nicknamed the rolling water tower i will grant to those that big tankers are clumsy but when you figure it out even being slow you still get 5 times as much water to the scene faster than a smaller faster tanker can get 2 loads there they are set up with automatic transmissions so vertually anyone can drive you just gotta keep your head on and take your time they also have a single 10 inch dump on the rear so unload is fast and they are plumbed to fill off the steamer port on a hydrant so filling dont take long either will post pics on my page soon
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Permalink Reply by nathan mcnatt on
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yeah thata big when we call for water then they get on scene you have more than enough
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Permalink Reply by josh tompkins on
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sweet
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here's big country- we deal with lots of snow every winter and steep roads.
Big Country (Engine 38) was designed with several tasks in mind:
Be able to carry a large amount of water to the fire.
Have a enough pump capacity to fight the fire once on scene. (Most tankers are designed with minimal pump capacity so as to haul as much water as possible.)
Carry hydraulic rescue tools.
Be able to reach most of our first due in almost any weather conditions.
To meet the above objectives, we asked Central States Fire Apparatus to build it with a 2500 gallon tank with rear 10" dump and side dump capabilities. It carries a 3000 portable dump tank. The pump is a 1500 GPM Darley that can feed the 1000' of 5" Large Diameter Hose (LDH), the two 1 1/2" pre-connect attack lines or the 2 1/2" pre-connect with the Vindicator nozzle. There is also an Extenda-Gun top-side that converts to a ground-set monitor for high water flow situations.
The truck chassis is a Freightliner with a 415 HP Caterpillar and a 10 speed Road Ranger transmission. It has a live front axle and the rear tandems can ALL be locked-in at once. It is a tank.
A truck this big presents its own challenges. It doesn't maneuver as well as most and it requires considerable skill and training just to drive. - Attachments:
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Permalink Reply by matt on
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hahahaha smaller is not better you guys are always running your heads off at big calls your calling in a million different depts and your dumping and gone as soon as you get there ours is 4000 gallons and the smallest around us is 3000 and we do not have any problems running those around and we have some pretty tight roads
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Permalink Reply by Brad Anderson on
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my department in central Nebraska has 2 rural pumpers with 1000 gal ea, and we have 3 tankers 1800,2000, and 3500. The 1800 gal is a 94 GMC topkick with a 6" rear dump with irrigation pipe that can be used to make 90 degree bends so it can off load on either side, also carries a 2000 gal dump tank. The 2000 gal tanker is a 99 Freightliner built by Toyne, 2000 gal tank, 250gpm pump, 3 dumps and 2000 gal dump tank. The last is an 2005 Sterling water master with a 3500 gal tank, 250 gpm pto pump and a large vacuum pump, and a 3500 gal dump tank. During training we self filled the 3500 gpm truck in 66 seconds with the vacuum pump using 3 water sources. The truck will empty itself almost as fast using a pressure dump, but the water sprays quite a ways away from the truck. This truck is a dream to drive with the 325hp detroit/mercedes engine and an allison auto, locking tandems, hendrix suspension, and air ride seats.
Most of our trucks will work on our gravel/dirt roads and slightly off road. A neighboring department has a 6000 gal semi tanker, but it is limited on where it can go, and who can drive the truck. My department has found that by using smaller trucks we can move more water than the larger semi can.
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Permalink Reply by Doug Dyche on
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We don't have anything that big. Our big tender is a custom job. Our Chief has a borther that drives truck for Winco Foods, Every 4 years they cycle out their tractors. Winco donated a tractor to our dept, we had the sleeper removed, added a light bar, siren, etc. We then mounted a 2800 gallon tank onto the chassis( paid 2500 for the tank)Ended up with a nice 'new' tender for less than $10,000. Not bad for a small rural dept. The best part is that Winco has donated a 2nd tractor to our dept and we are in the process of getting it set up as another tender.
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Permalink Reply by Dustin J. Millis on
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Sounds like some real nice equipment
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Thursday night during training we were able to exceed 250gpm on a 4 mile round robin for 2hrs.
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Permalink Reply by Oldman on
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New Delivery: 4000 gal vacuum tanker. Built on 2009 Freightliner M2. Hale 1000 gpm PTO fire pump. Can vacuum water and pump at the same time and is pump and role capable. 4000 gal portable tank on electric lift. Able to sustain 250 gpm/hr ISO test by itself. This is replacing the 24 year old overweight 2000 gal.
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Permalink Reply by Greg Gilman on
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thats one hell of nice truck
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