Thanks for such a good video. I'm a full time firefighter also and really love to see folks like yourself being proactive and prepairing for such things. Prepping means so much more than just storing ammo and food!!!
I wanted to share a story with you. A few weeks ago, on a hot day in August, I was heading towards Oklahoma City on I-44 from Tulsa. There was a vehicle on the shoulder of the road so I started to change lanes to give them room. That's when I noticed someone standing beside the vehicle looking back down the road towards me. An instant later I saw what had his attention. Smoke was just starting to rise from the grass at the edge of the road. For a split second I considered driving on then knew what you had said, "that stopping them when they are small is key". So I veered towards the shoulder slammed on the brakes. I stopped about 100 feet past the smoldering grass. I stepped out and took a couple of steps before realizing I had nothing to fight the fire with. I needed something, so I stepped back to my van and grabbed the floor mat. As I ran towards the fire I could see how it had flamed up in earnest and was about the size of a car. I started swatting it with my floor mat. It worked effectively and after a minute or so I thought I had it out. Then I heard the flame crackling behind me, it had a little more fight in it. I worked that last flame out with the floor mat then proceeded to shuffle around with my flip flops snuffing all the life out of it. I stood by for a couple minutes to make sure it was good and out before leaving. Of the hundred other cars that drove by no one else stopped to help which surprised me, I guess they figured I had it under control. Afterwards, I hopped back in my van with my smoky floor mat and soot covered lower legs and drove the 100 yards down the shoulder to check on the vehicle that had sparked the blaze. A woman moving from NJ to AZ was driving the rental truck. Her car was being towed on a trailer which originally had four tires but now was down to three tires a one sparkler. She was presently on the phone with AAA. Her teenaged son was the figure I saw at the beginning that made me take notice of the smoke. I guess he figured it was best for him to stay near his mom than investigate some lunatic working himself into a lather swatting the ground with a worn out floor mat. Thanks for all your great videos and trying to teach people about the right way to live and how to be considerate of one another. On that day you influenced me to act, perhaps it wasn't much, but I'm glad I did.
Great setup to safely do prescribed burns. I always liked the forestry nozzles with the garden hose fitting so you can hook to a home supply. I've seen a muskrat get sucked into a pump, good move with the strainer.
We have tons of fires going on here in the northern part of California, they are evacuating a few small towns not too far from me, constant smokey haze lingers over the city I'm in. Bad bad stuff, I pray things stay safe for you Cody.
Good Pump No Doubt My friend made his own skid for his CAT tractor. Pulk a flatbed trialer. Have 2 3" NorthernTool/NorthStar pumps. They made a 2" and 3" pump off the honda line. Great pumps. The 3" does 175gpm at 125psi if recall. We have 2 of the 3" pumps and the discharge is necked down to 2.5" with a 2.5" gates wye to 1.5" hoses. Can have 4 people on 4 1.5" hoses. The trialer has a 5000 gal water tank and a 330 gal tote for foam if needed. These pumps, like yours like NorthStars will KICK ASS. He has thought about a 300 to 500 gpm monitor and having the 2 3" pumps have an option flr Monitor action. If he does that we will be upgrading the trailer to a triple axle 15ton axle each, and a 8000 to 10, 000 gal tank. His tractor can easily pull it. Stay safe Kosukifire
I would also highly recommend a check valve just above your intake screen so you don't lose your prime I have one on my pump and it helps a lot. I've also seen an inexpensive floating intake screen which would be nice for keeping mud and sand out of the pump.
Where I grew up one of the neighbors had a irrigation pump skid he could drop by a pond with his tractor. The skid on the forks and the trailer of pipe and sprinklers behind him. He had Bent a couple of 'double backs' which were U shaped pipes with a ball valve. He and his sons were good at moving that irrigation pipe around, doing it almost daily for their vegetable farm. I watched them drop the skid and suction hose and have one run of pipe going along one side of their property in about an hour. The double back valve was closed and the sprinklers turned on. They laid the second while getting soaked in water, The sprinklers were off set in the second run so there were no thin spots in coverage. Those sprinklers could have the ground saturated with water so it would run off like in a downpour. That was his fire plan.
Unless you're in a cement jungle, a wildfire can reach you. Here in So Ga, there was a fire in Waycross near the Okefenokee Swamp, that started on a farm by a lightening strike. The fire burned through the west side of the city. Every house on both sides of the highway going into town were saved by some vary valiant fire fighters.
Take into consideration that the 1 1/2 hose will hold about 9.2 gallons of water per 100 feet. Just some info that others might want??? Great vid and you are really making me feel like I am not at all ready for anything!!! You are so well prepared, keep up the great work!!!
That pump is more than enough for what you are doing with it. Those little Honda fire pumps are common with no problems. You buy any pump other than a Honda it will never run, Honda is the most reliable small gas engine in the world. What I seen of scow pumps where the salt water has rusted pull cord cover off the engine it still starts 1 pull. Interesting to see what you come up with for a slip in unit for your pickup.
fog nozzles can be run at less pressure than 100 psi, to get a portable pump that runs at that kind of pressure is quite expensive here in Canad they are about $5,000 a piece. Mind you these pumps can pump up to 1 mile with 1 1/2" forestry hose (the weeping type).
About a year ago I watched a vid of your wife starting and running a fire system that may have been sitting on a trailer. I can not find that vid now. I just did one of my wife with our new 13hp pump yesterday and wanted to show her yours. Ric near Monroe Wa.
Great video.....I was thinking you might should make a additional video.. Ive seen way too many trucks turned over with shifting water weight, someone might get over confident with a 1,000 gallon tank and ...opps! Secondly maybe you should teach a little about suppression methods both water, and hand tools. Great video, praying for ya'll Oh and I am a forestry and structural firefighter too.... and I have seen skid units save lives and houses
Hope you weren't at Storm King Mt in 1994. My kids knew some of those kids on the Prineville Hotshot Crew. Another way to build a fast response fire truck is to watch state surplus property sales and equipment trader adds for ones that are already set up. Don't run ethanol fuel in the water pump or at the very least, shut the fuel off and run the carb dry if you do use it. I hate the stuff but at least in Oregon you can buy non-ethanol at some gas stations.
I don't think that fire suppression gets enough attention as it should. I too am a structural firefighter ( metropolitan ) & people are always surprised when I advise them on things they should put in their homes. They are even more surprised when they hear about someones home burning to the ground that they didn't see local news coverage of. Just because the news didn't show what happened yesterday doesn't mean it didn't happen or can't happen to you. Great vid & kit hope to see it in action!
very interesting im looking at buying roughly 25 acres and it backs on to state forest which is logged and replanted but fires have swept through before and was considering running fire sprinkler pipe with heads every few metres(got a few good friends in the sprinkler fitter trade) around the perimeter and drawing from the dam with a large electric pump but might need to make it a petrol or diesel pump.
Mr.Cody, you have a real good water pump ( Hondas are known for reliability in most of their ventures) and I know you appreciate good American made and European made products; my question is have you ever come across forestry equipment or tools (axes or saws i'm particularly interested in) from Japan that you are happy with?
+0Sirk0 I live in Japan, and while I don't live in the countryside, I do see some top notch axes and saws in Tokyo DIY stores. Japan is known for its steel manufacturing and it is no slouch at all in producing excellent tools.
It would be really interesting to see a video on percautions taken around the yard, I know you have cleared the foliage away. Has any other measures been taken? God Bless
No bale on the nozzle? Very cool setup I wonder if you could pump gas from a storage tank with it. Anyways single stage centrifugal is the way to go lol
Cody, thanks for the informative video. I have ordered the Honda pump, but am having a tough time finding all the other parts. Any chance you can make a parts list with links to purchase? Thanks!!
Please be aware that 'self priming' is a very misleading term used by the industry to sell pumps. To my knowledge NO centrifugal pump is truly self-priming; it cannot create enough reduced pressure on the intake side to lift water any appreciable distance. To quote Honda, "All self priming pumps require water to be added to the pump casing to start the priming process" !!! What does that mean in the real world, not in the world of advertising? Centrifugal pumps MUST be pre-filled with water before starting. ALWAYS. Ignore the promotional BS.
hey highcountrytimber, can you PM me pls and tel me a little more on your foam system. i have a type VI with an eductor on it. but dont like cuz you have to run 30 gpms. thank you
Thanks for such a good video. I'm a full time firefighter also and really love to see folks like yourself being proactive and prepairing for such things. Prepping means so much more than just storing ammo and food!!!
I'm always learning something when watching your channel. People often hoard knowledge rather than sharing it. Thanks brother, God bless
I wanted to share a story with you. A few weeks ago, on a hot day in August, I was heading towards Oklahoma City on I-44 from Tulsa. There was a vehicle on the shoulder of the road so I started to change lanes to give them room. That's when I noticed someone standing beside the vehicle looking back down the road towards me. An instant later I saw what had his attention. Smoke was just starting to rise from the grass at the edge of the road. For a split second I considered driving on then knew what you had said, "that stopping them when they are small is key". So I veered towards the shoulder slammed on the brakes. I stopped about 100 feet past the smoldering grass. I stepped out and took a couple of steps before realizing I had nothing to fight the fire with. I needed something, so I stepped back to my van and grabbed the floor mat. As I ran towards the fire I could see how it had flamed up in earnest and was about the size of a car. I started swatting it with my floor mat. It worked effectively and after a minute or so I thought I had it out. Then I heard the flame crackling behind me, it had a little more fight in it. I worked that last flame out with the floor mat then proceeded to shuffle around with my flip flops snuffing all the life out of it. I stood by for a couple minutes to make sure it was good and out before leaving. Of the hundred other cars that drove by no one else stopped to help which surprised me, I guess they figured I had it under control.
Afterwards, I hopped back in my van with my smoky floor mat and soot covered lower legs and drove the 100 yards down the shoulder to check on the vehicle that had sparked the blaze. A woman moving from NJ to AZ was driving the rental truck. Her car was being towed on a trailer which originally had four tires but now was down to three tires a one sparkler. She was presently on the phone with AAA. Her teenaged son was the figure I saw at the beginning that made me take notice of the smoke. I guess he figured it was best for him to stay near his mom than investigate some lunatic working himself into a lather swatting the ground with a worn out floor mat.
Thanks for all your great videos and trying to teach people about the right way to live and how to be considerate of one another.
On that day you influenced me to act, perhaps it wasn't much, but I'm glad I did.
earthbiker I love you. I would have done the same thing. You are a hero!
What a great story
This is what scares me about living by a forested area. Great to see a defensive measure that can be done to try and mitigate the fire problem.
Great setup to safely do prescribed burns. I always liked the forestry nozzles with the garden hose fitting so you can hook to a home supply.
I've seen a muskrat get sucked into a pump, good move with the strainer.
Great looking kit. We have an older military water bowl with a Honda trash pump mounted on it. We have 200 feet of line. Always pays to be prepared!
We have tons of fires going on here in the northern part of California, they are evacuating a few small towns not too far from me, constant smokey haze lingers over the city I'm in. Bad bad stuff, I pray things stay safe for you Cody.
yes the pump comes with an ultra fine screen. Honda prices are very consistent. I got min at Coastal farm and ranch.
Good Pump No Doubt
My friend made his own skid for his CAT tractor. Pulk a flatbed trialer. Have 2 3" NorthernTool/NorthStar pumps. They made a 2" and 3" pump off the honda line. Great pumps. The 3" does 175gpm at 125psi if recall. We have 2 of the 3" pumps and the discharge is necked down to 2.5" with a 2.5" gates wye to 1.5" hoses. Can have 4 people on 4 1.5" hoses. The trialer has a 5000 gal water tank and a 330 gal tote for foam if needed. These pumps, like yours like NorthStars will KICK ASS. He has thought about a 300 to 500 gpm monitor and having the 2 3" pumps have an option flr Monitor action. If he does that we will be upgrading the trailer to a triple axle 15ton axle each, and a 8000 to 10, 000 gal tank. His tractor can easily pull it.
Stay safe
Kosukifire
I would also highly recommend a check valve just above your intake screen so you don't lose your prime I have one on my pump and it helps a lot. I've also seen an inexpensive floating intake screen which would be nice for keeping mud and sand out of the pump.
Where I grew up one of the neighbors had a irrigation pump skid he could drop by a pond with his tractor. The skid on the forks and the trailer of pipe and sprinklers behind him. He had Bent a couple of 'double backs' which were U shaped pipes with a ball valve. He and his sons were good at moving that irrigation pipe around, doing it almost daily for their vegetable farm.
I watched them drop the skid and suction hose and have one run of pipe going along one side of their property in about an hour. The double back valve was closed and the sprinklers turned on. They laid the second while getting soaked in water, The sprinklers were off set in the second run so there were no thin spots in coverage.
Those sprinklers could have the ground saturated with water so it would run off like in a downpour. That was his fire plan.
Unless you're in a cement jungle, a wildfire can reach you. Here in So Ga, there was a fire in Waycross near the Okefenokee Swamp, that started on a farm by a lightening strike. The fire burned through the west side of the city. Every house on both sides of the highway going into town were saved by some vary valiant fire fighters.
Take into consideration that the 1 1/2 hose will hold about 9.2 gallons of water per 100 feet. Just some info that others might want??? Great vid and you are really making me feel like I am not at all ready for anything!!! You are so well prepared, keep up the great work!!!
Would enjoy seeing the entire setup in action when you get it on the skid. Great video as alsways.
You bet its bad fire hazard right now! Eastern Washington State is burning alive! Good fitting video for the times! Well done Cody!
Like the video! I'm a volunteer firefighter in northern NY up near canada not near NYC keep up the good work.
That pump is more than enough for what you are doing with it. Those little Honda fire pumps are common with no problems. You buy any pump other than a Honda it will never run, Honda is the most reliable small gas engine in the world. What I seen of scow pumps where the salt water has rusted pull cord cover off the engine it still starts 1 pull. Interesting to see what you come up with for a slip in unit for your pickup.
This is great. Thank you for taking the time to make good instructional videos.
Great suppression system you have there Sir!
Pump may be helpful also in the areas where flood may cause problems. Electric pumps are common, but it doesn't help much if power is down.
Great video. I'd be interested to see the assembly, final product and a performance test.
very clever Cody
fog nozzles can be run at less pressure than 100 psi, to get a portable pump that runs at that kind of pressure is quite expensive here in Canad they are about $5,000 a piece. Mind you these pumps can pump up to 1 mile with 1 1/2" forestry hose (the weeping type).
About a year ago I watched a vid of your wife starting and running a fire system that may have been sitting on a trailer. I can not find that vid now. I just did one of my wife with our new 13hp pump yesterday and wanted to show her yours. Ric near Monroe Wa.
Great video.....I was thinking you might should make a additional video.. Ive seen way too many trucks turned over with shifting water weight, someone might get over confident with a 1,000 gallon tank and ...opps! Secondly maybe you should teach a little about suppression methods both water, and hand tools. Great video, praying for ya'll Oh and I am a forestry and structural firefighter too.... and I have seen skid units save lives and houses
Hope you weren't at Storm King Mt in 1994. My kids knew some of those kids on the Prineville Hotshot Crew.
Another way to build a fast response fire truck is to watch state surplus property sales and equipment trader adds for ones that are already set up.
Don't run ethanol fuel in the water pump or at the very least, shut the fuel off and run the carb dry if you do use it. I hate the stuff but at least in Oregon you can buy non-ethanol at some gas stations.
I don't think that fire suppression gets enough attention as it should. I too am a structural firefighter ( metropolitan ) & people are always surprised when I advise them on things they should put in their homes. They are even more surprised when they hear about someones home burning to the ground that they didn't see local news coverage of. Just because the news didn't show what happened yesterday doesn't mean it didn't happen or can't happen to you. Great vid & kit hope to see it in action!
Awesome vids. You are a true man...
Very good.
very interesting im looking at buying roughly 25 acres and it backs on to state forest which is logged and replanted but fires have swept through before and was considering running fire sprinkler pipe with heads every few metres(got a few good friends in the sprinkler fitter trade) around the perimeter and drawing from the dam with a large electric pump but might need to make it a petrol or diesel pump.
This is a good idea.
nice setup,be careful
we dont get wildfire here really but im gonna invest in a kit
nice!
They also make a 3inch by NorthStar.
Mr.Cody, you have a real good water pump ( Hondas are known for reliability in most of their ventures) and I know you appreciate good American made and European made products; my question is have you ever come across forestry equipment or tools (axes or saws i'm particularly interested in) from Japan that you are happy with?
+0Sirk0 I live in Japan, and while I don't live in the countryside, I do see some top notch axes and saws in Tokyo DIY stores. Japan is known for its steel manufacturing and it is no slouch at all in producing excellent tools.
It would be really interesting to see a video on percautions taken around the yard, I know you have cleared the foliage away. Has any other measures been taken? God Bless
Did this system work out for you? We're putting together something now before the fire season starts up again here in Idaho.
No bale on the nozzle? Very cool setup I wonder if you could pump gas from a storage tank with it. Anyways single stage centrifugal is the way to go lol
Cody, thanks for the informative video. I have ordered the Honda pump, but am having a tough time finding all the other parts. Any chance you can make a parts list with links to purchase? Thanks!!
Harbor Freight has the exact hoses that he's using in this video as well as the suction line
Did you get your hoses and pump at tractor supply??
Use those at work to bail out boats taking on water... Never thought of it to use as a fire suppression...
This was used on the last episode of breaking bad!!
Only $1500 but how to use it without a forklift?
This is a lot smaller then a regular brush setup. My company has a old brush rig that we used during the summer.
outstanding video. I pray you never have to use it
Great job man I hope you won't have to use that stuff God bless
where did you all of that stuff
Why did you go with single jacket? Double jacket is safer from breaching.
hard to beat a honda...
What gun leather are you using?
Can we have an update in a few days?
Please be aware that 'self priming' is a very misleading term used by the industry to sell pumps. To my knowledge NO centrifugal pump is truly self-priming; it cannot create enough reduced pressure on the intake side to lift water any appreciable distance. To quote Honda, "All self priming pumps require water to be added to the pump casing to start the priming process" !!! What does that mean in the real world, not in the world of advertising? Centrifugal pumps MUST be pre-filled with water before starting. ALWAYS. Ignore the promotional BS.
hey highcountrytimber,
can you PM me pls and tel me a little more on your foam system. i have a type VI with an eductor on it. but dont like cuz you have to run 30 gpms.
thank you