How do you fill your tanker?

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Permalink Reply by Paul Montpetit on June 15, 2009 at 10:50am

We have 2 tankers...one is 2400 gals and the other is 5000 gals...in house we have a water main with a 2 1/2" that we hook to them to fill them....on site we use an engine to draft and fill them that way...Paul

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Permalink Reply by John Sees on June 15, 2009 at 11:02am

On site what size hose and how many do you use?

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Permalink Reply by LVVFD622 on June 15, 2009 at 12:51pm

We have a 2200 gal. tanker with a 1250 g.p.m. We generally fill tankers with a 2.5 from the fill site in the rural area. In the village it's done off the hydrant with 2.5, or 4".

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Permalink Reply by paul michael komandt on June 15, 2009 at 12:58pm

We use two 3" lines on two direct tank fills. All water is from draft by and engine.

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Permalink Reply by Benji Manley on June 15, 2009 at 1:30pm

We have two 4000 gal. tankers and the pump is ran off of a pto but we usually fill our tankers fron hydrants with a 2.5" line.

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Permalink Reply by WhiteLightning on June 15, 2009 at 8:31pm

we have two 2500 gal vacuum water masters that we fill mostly with 5 in LDH if hooking to a hydrant or 6 in hard suction if hooked to a dry hydrant. We also have a 2000 gal Kodiac that fills with 2 1/2's (up to three at a time)

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Permalink Reply by John Sees on June 16, 2009 at 8:21pm

I take it that since you have 2 water masters your company likes them. We like ours and I wish we
could afford another one. What is your fill time when using the 6" and the vacuum pump? We can
do it around 2 1/2 minutes I think.

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Permalink Reply by WhiteLightning on June 16, 2009 at 10:13pm

Yeah,2 1/2 to 3 min......and you are good to go. I'm pushing to trade our old Kodiac in for a 3rd one.

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Permalink Reply by John Sees on June 16, 2009 at 11:58pm

Good luck on the trade in. If it will help throw my vote in for the 3rd one.

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Permalink Reply by Dustin J. Millis on June 15, 2009 at 8:39pm

Well we fill ours with water!!! lol...

We have a 4500 gallon tanker and a 2250 gallon as well. On calls we usually find a hydrant to fill from using a 5" hose. Both tankers have pumps on them so drafting from any water source is an option. Back at the station is the same thing... we fill from the hydrant we have right by our parking lot

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Permalink Reply by Barry on June 15, 2009 at 8:40pm

5" from hydrant or 2 1/2" inch from the station.

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Permalink Reply by Paul on June 15, 2009 at 8:42pm

with water

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