A little trick that I had learned may years ago, when I was doing my bushland firefighting training was when drawing water from a river, stream or pond was to place a shovel under the intake to help stop sand and fine silt get into the line, just an idea you might find helpful....
Cody, have you thought of putting in a PVC dry hydrant? It wouldn't cost very much and would be easy to put in before that pond gets full. If you put it in deep enough you could draft even if the pond is frozen over in winter. The biggest expense would be the coupling that you hitch the hard suction to.
Thanks for the great series on restoring the brush pump unit. A friend of mine has the same exact unit and it was pulled from front line service in 2013. The FD upgraded to a skid unit with a 13HP Honda with a Darley Davey pump (120gpm @ 84psi / 20gpm @ 142psi).
It might be a little late for a comments but years ago while working in forestry we used the pumps for firefighting and put the intake inside a metal bucket then put the whole thing in the water source. So the bucket was submerged with the intake inside it. It helped cut down on dirt getting inside your pump.
thanks so much.. .i just bought property in the middle of nowhere and i never really thought, having been a city dweller, how long it would take someone, if they even CAME, to get to my place... there's a whole lot of nothin' but trees around me... so i managed to pick up a honda water pump on a local auction and now scouting for the other bits and pieces.. wouldn't even have thought of this so thanks for the 'awakening'.
Take a couple of 1 gallon jugs, glue the lids shut tie them a foot from the end of your draft hose and now it floats off the bottom of your water source. Doesn't help with shallow water, but at least helps with anything a couple of feet or more deep to keep a lot of debris being "atmospherically pushed into your system."
I really enjoyed this series. My volunteer fire company is primarily a structural department but we do respond to a few wild fires throughout the year...though nothing like what you see but enough for us. This series has really re-sparked my interest in wildland firefighting.
protection is more important then recreation so getting the fire pump ready is a good thing. Will you put the barrel tank on the trailer for extra water hauling? lets you drop it and go in with just the truck based tank wile having more water near by. Then again setting those 175 gallon ibc totes around full of water lets you have water in key places before a fire with just a hose/pump needed on site to put on fire.
Cody - quick suggestion to help that burning your hand incident happening again. Look at some of the larger tractor exhausts (Those that go vertical close to the cab) where the manufacturers have surrounded the pipe and sometimes box with a black mesh held off from the exhaust by some stand off washers. Being perforated and detached from the exhaust means that it gets warm but never too hot to touch. You could do something similar with that Honda exhaust and some spacers and long self tapping bolts. The whole outfit seems to work real well, congratulations.
Well done, my hats off to you. The fire pump turned out awesome , as a fire fighter I really enjoyed this series, and I'm a little bit jealous. Once again , great job.
Our troop builds their own summer camp in the High Sierras every two years. Our water system is a 5hp pump set up on a boat floating in the lake. We use 500-700ft of fire hose to pump up the hill to camp, to fill a 330gal water tank. It's about a 55ft head pressure and fills in about 12-15min. This is chemically treated and then filtered for use. We use a double redundant RV water pump system to distribute it to the kitchen, water heater and showers. We also are set up to use to fight fires.
you should consider making a grille for the exaust, it will melt your hoses if you are comletetly focussed of the fire and forget the hose. is the branded hat random, or are you checking out commercial optins?
As an engineer in Australia this is where the imperial ( American) system of units fall over. Atmospheric pressure is 1 bar o wr 100 kPa (14,7 psi for metrically challenged) which happens to be approximately 10m static head. You can't duck any harder than atmospheric pressure. So easy to work with in metric.
Great series! You could also use that pump to water all those new trees you planted as well. Not too many wild-land fires here in central Michigan, but I would love to have this to water our seedlings! I am looking forward to more of the Timber Framing as well. Great stuff Cody.
Max useful draught is 15ft, In the UK we have a hydraulically driven suction pump that goes down to the water while the truck takes it's 6" output at road level. Look at the "Coventry Climax Godiva fire pump" 6" suction and two 4" outputs. 300GPM and 100PSI magneto ignition. See what's available your side of the pond. It still depends on you having the water though.
That John Deere hat is so recognizable. You mentioned it in your war bag and it stands out for sure. :-D That number you were looking for is draw height. Every pump has a different rating based on impeller type. They often have 2 ratings for active and priming draw as well.
Wranglerstar, I just started watching your series of videos, great great stuff here, love your attention to detail and the videos are really really informative. I would like to share something from my days as a marine construction tech/diver, consider a small float when deploying a pump strainer on the intake with a set of small chains, this will keep the inlet pickup below the water but keep it from settling on the bottom giving you less opportunity for sand, mud or other contaminants from getting sucked into your tank and large leaves or garbage from blocking off your intake, something we used to do when pressure sinking in cables into the ocean/lake/river bed.
Maximum theoretical lift when drafting (at sea level) is roughly 34 vertical feet. Atmospheric pressure at 14.7 lbs divided by .43 psi per square inch per foot of water comes out just shy of 34 feet. It is theoretical because it does not account for inefficiency of a given pump, friction loss, lower atmospheric pressures, even water temperature. Not to mention I have never seen anybody carry or draft through more than 20 feet of hard suction. I have seen drafting at over 15' from the surface of the water to the eye of the pump. Pretty cool stuff.
5:57. You know, I'm having a pretty difficult time understanding the distinction being drawn here between "lower pressure" and "sucking". Assuming we actually recognize "sucking" as a real meaningful verb, how does one go about sucking without creating at least a partial vacuum?
Great video sir.... not sure I heard what size water tank.. but adding some dish washing soap will give you about the same thing as "wet water" way cheaper than buying foam.... Just make sure you flush the system well afterwards ....the perfect lift is 33' if I recall. Been off the job and as a riding Vol for way to many years
Yet another excellent series of videos, including the restoration and improvement of the skid unit, training and drilling Mrs. W & young Jack in the operation of the pump and use of the hose lines. I really enjoyed the entire process as you shared it with us, and I commend you for your foresight in the necessity of homestead fire defense. I wonder if you might consider a further series - in the future (after you've caught up on all your other things, of course) - a test and evaluation of the old, original pump from the skid unit to see if it can be reconditioned to a reliable state and, perhaps, used in both a stationary mode to protect the house area when supplied by your elevated tank - if the skid unit is deployed elsewhere - and in a portable mode to supply your new Engine when it is not possible to closely approach a draft site with the truck due to ground conditions, as well as a multitude of other applications on the property? Just some thoughts I wanted to share. Thanks for sharing this with us.
Hook a float to the draft hose. Use a small amount of slack to let the pick up set just below the surface. It keeps the pick up out of the sand and weeds
I love your channel, you explain in depth and with such understanding in a way everyone can understand, I had heard that saying "Nature abhors a vacuum" and I understood what it meant but your explanation was excellent. Toward the end you said "Sorry about this little detour with the fire pump" my Brother said to me very often "Never be sorry always be better" and what it meant was that I didn't need to apologize for my actions when it came to him, that he understood I did what I had to do. I believe that my fellow viewers and I know you always do your best and you never need to be sorry to us, we understand life has it's priorities, so just always be better. Thanks again for the channel.
I have those electrical connectors on my truck for batteries on my bobcat trailer. The deck has a hydraulic lift and the batteries were always dying. Now I just plug it in and go! No worrying about dead batteries anymore!
It may be a good idea to try to make a buoy to float your water intake from sitting on the bottom of a pond. You'd have to balance out buoyancy so it stays subsurface but it would certainly keep more crud out. Loved the video, keep it up. =)
ZipKickGo connect the float to the intake with a foot long piece of rope, then the intake will be suspended a foot underneath the surface of the water. stops it accidentally flying out the water
When I used to be a mechanic I can't remember how many times I put my hand on small engine exhaust like you did in this video. You sure are right, it hurts like the devil and makes for some lovely blisters to remember it by. Burns on the hand are terrible.
You know just thinking a bit here but that looks like it could be useful for spot watering around a large property if you don't have a constant source available or for draining a pond to relocate and repair.
That series cost me my morning, damn your good :-) Since coming across your chanel I've found a new interest in doing things thanks Cody. I have to say you picked one sweet place to live, the views of Fuji are stunning, now where did I put my passport
O man. BURN TIP… when you get a 1st or 2nd degree burn get ice on it as fast as you can an keep it there tell pain stops ( about an hour), and you will almost fix the burn. The cold hurts too but it will suck all the heat out of the skin and it more or less removes the burn. My wife taught me this and let me tell you it works! Open flame burns that should have blistered and taken weeks to heal I could barley feel the next day. I have done this MANY times and it always works. The key is to drop everything and run to an ice source or get cold water running over it ASAP, then get the ice on it and find a place to chill tell the pain stops. Most people don't do it long enough and it does not cure the burn. Hope it helps, love you work
Excellent series. I love it. Take us on absolutely any detours you see fit, it's your channel. We're just along for the ride. I love the switches and seeing the completions eventually come. Love the JDT cap!! Can't wait to see what you found.
Your firefighting piece could also be used for irrigation in places where you don't have hose from your ram pump system. Even 5 years ago you had great ideas. Keep up the great work sir.
I am planning to put some kind of small fire fighting system on my pickup, not as big as that. I have passed small fires along roads that I had nothing to put it out with. I am thinking just even one of my 15 gallon jugs with a small pump and a garden hose with a 12 volt pump. Maybe even put out a car fire that was just starting (I tried to help with one myself and we did not succeed, the fire department finally did). You did a nice job.
I and a few of my brothers on our dept burnt our hands on our Honda pumps on our brush trucks reaching across to remove the gas cap. We put a piece of diamond plate a few inches above the exhaust on brackets. It gets hot, but the air gap in between prevents it from getting hot enough to burn you.
The hose reel is great for remote use from the truck but I can see you have severely reduced flow. 100 feet is a lot of water in a 1.5 " hose as you can imagine its not easy to push. In addition when you enter a pump and leave a pump you need more than a couple of inches from the pump head before you make a 90. Looks great good luck
Your quick connect that is underneath your truck you might want to make a skid plate for because going in rough terrain you might have a chance of breaking it depending on the style of terrain or relocating it
Great series, really enjoy the restorations you do, but am really excited about getting back to some timber framing! And I agree the hat is surely a portent of things to come.
I had a couple suggestions. If you already thought of them or they've been suggested previously then just ignore them. Possible future upgrade would be to install a pressure relief valve in the pump discharge so that if the hose is shut off the pump will automatically discharge back to the tank. I used similar valves in high pressure hydraulic systems to prevent the pump from overheating. straval.com/landing/adjustable-relief-valves/ With the pressure relief installed you could also run a separate 2" line to the tank for drafting. That would shorten the fill time and might save critical time in a fire situation.
NFPA standard for structural is 10ft of lift and 30ft of length. Naturally though depending on the tightness and size of the pump you may get more. Not sure if the same applies to wildland though.
I got my hand like that on the exhaust of my lawn mower last year. Its the small things like that thought that make you slow down and think for a second before you just do.
Great job on restoring the slip on unit. I would like to make a suggestion. Many years ago I operated a USFS engine with an exposed relay very similar to yours. While driving down a bumpy road I looked in the rear view mirror to see the slip on unit on fire. Some quick work with a shovel and dirt put the fire out. I had put some rolls of hose on the unit and the metal hose butt shorted out the two relay contacts starting the fire. The metal parts of fire tools could have just as easily done that also. I recommend you insulate the exposed relay contacts. Enjoy your fire truck.
Fantastic video and great project!!! I stumbled upon your channel last month and ever since I have loved all your content! Great family you have and I hope to see more projects like this in the future, Keep up the great work!!
11:10 that is one way to aerate a pond, very much enjoy this series. Would there be any point in building a non-restricting shroud for the hot exhaust with a "HOT" on it?
Most vehicles set up for brush fire fighting have the second battery on the skid unit. This gives you a safety point. If the truck shuts down because of an electrical issue or other issue and that battery depletes at least having the battery for the pump is going to work to keep fire off of your vehicle. The way you have it does not give you that safety needed. I spent 30 years fighting fires in the woods in Florida and seen brush trucks get stuck on stumps or break down but were saved because their pump kept running.
Rebuild the old fire pump that came off the skid unit. Give us an update when you get it all redone I. E. New plumbing p.s have you thought of adding a couple hundred feet of forestry line to your skid unit since you have the 1.5 connection
Cody, wouldn't you want as big of a fill/recirculating valve and line as possible for times when you have to fill the tank from a pond or stream? I would think time is of the essence.
. Great unit. I wonder why you only have a 1" tank fill hose running off of your pressure "T". Time is money so to speak and you could fill up faster. Also if you have the tank set up pumping from a pond and have two lines running water, the 1" hose reel and the 1 ½" lay flat you could outstrip the water supply going into the tank. Am I missing something ? .
Check out Northstar/Northerntools HIGH pressure honda water pumps. 2 and 3" pumps, great price and uses the honda wx engines. the 3" uses the 270, however my friend and I upgraded our engine to the 390.
Along with the recirculating valve maybe relief valve so you don't need to turn the valve on and off. If will do it automatically. Seen adjustable ones on equipment from 10'psi to 3000 psi on hydraulic systems..
Hi wranglerstar I'm a huge fan and have watched all your videos and love them to bits hope you keep uploading and haha lol I'm the first person to comment but anyway I love them and thanks for all your how tos and diys just love them and I'm going to keep watching them
As a Chef, I am intimately acquainted with burns. When you burn yourself , immediately put the burn area in water -the colder the better. Cold water to start and if anyone is near have them get ice to put in the water your burn area is soaking in. Done quickly enough you will have hardly any marks where you've burned yourself, no blisters either. When the cold water starts to make your extremity ache, remove until the ache disappears and then right back in the cold water. Do this over and over until there is no pain at all. You can use this ache time to get more ice if you are by yourself. Try it , it really works as I have burned myself on sheet pans from 400 degree ovens and did the ice water routine and no marks or pain afterwards.
i had a similiar expierence to yours. i had gotten the rear wheels of my little go cart stuck in some mud. i knew that i could lift it and had planned to lift it and push it forward. well it worked but my feet slipped in the mud and i fell onto the exhaust cover. it didn't hurt at the time so i rubbed it and went back to mudding. when i went home i inspected my wound and found that i peeled several layers of skin off when i rubbed it and i have 1 inch by 3 inch scar perpendicular to my left forearm.
What do you value these older units at? I am looking at a Wajax unit similar to yours and hope to get it. It's a smaller tank but the same pump but with newer Briggs and Stratton engine and a manual hose reel. It's at a silent auction and I hope to get it but don't know what to bid without over bidding. I know a new skid with a poly tank is big $$. Oh and this unit is supposed to be in working condition. Thanks and love your videos!
Next time you get burned, immediately cool the body part with cool water. With the pond right there, plunging your hand into the water would have lessened the depth of the burn and healing would be much quicker.
Hey Cody Love the Videos they are great learned alot, I am a former Paramedic , use to live in Redding Ca. So I know where you are coming from when it comes to fire season. Thank for all the information , I really enjoy your videos . I have been taking the time and watching all the old ones . they are really good and I enjoy them alot. Thanks again your Subscriber TJ
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A little trick that I had learned may years ago, when I was doing my bushland firefighting training was when drawing water from a river, stream or pond was to place a shovel under the intake to help stop sand and fine silt get into the line, just an idea you might find helpful....
I put mine in a bucket.
Cody, have you thought of putting in a PVC dry hydrant? It wouldn't cost very much and would be easy to put in before that pond gets full. If you put it in deep enough you could draft even if the pond is frozen over in winter. The biggest expense would be the coupling that you hitch the hard suction to.
I am soooooo envious.... That timber frame idea sounds wonderful!
Thanks for the great series on restoring the brush pump unit. A friend of mine has the same exact unit and it was pulled from front line service in 2013.
The FD upgraded to a skid unit with a 13HP Honda with a Darley Davey pump (120gpm @ 84psi / 20gpm @ 142psi).
It might be a little late for a comments but years ago while working in forestry we used the pumps for firefighting and put the intake inside a metal bucket then put the whole thing in the water source. So the bucket was submerged with the intake inside it. It helped cut down on dirt getting inside your pump.
thanks so much.. .i just bought property in the middle of nowhere and i never really thought, having been a city dweller, how long it would take someone, if they even CAME, to get to my place... there's a whole lot of nothin' but trees around me... so i managed to pick up a honda water pump on a local auction and now scouting for the other bits and pieces.. wouldn't even have thought of this so thanks for the 'awakening'.
Take a couple of 1 gallon jugs, glue the lids shut tie them a foot from the end of your draft hose and now it floats off the bottom of your water source. Doesn't help with shallow water, but at least helps with anything a couple of feet or more deep to keep a lot of debris being "atmospherically pushed into your system."
I really enjoyed this series. My volunteer fire company is primarily a structural department but we do respond to a few wild fires throughout the year...though nothing like what you see but enough for us. This series has really re-sparked my interest in wildland firefighting.
protection is more important then recreation so getting the fire pump ready is a good thing.
Will you put the barrel tank on the trailer for extra water hauling? lets you drop it and go in with just the truck based tank wile having more water near by. Then again setting those 175 gallon ibc totes around full of water lets you have water in key places before a fire with just a hose/pump needed on site to put on fire.
Cody - quick suggestion to help that burning your hand incident happening again. Look at some of the larger tractor exhausts (Those that go vertical close to the cab) where the manufacturers have surrounded the pipe and sometimes box with a black mesh held off from the exhaust by some stand off washers. Being perforated and detached from the exhaust means that it gets warm but never too hot to touch. You could do something similar with that Honda exhaust and some spacers and long self tapping bolts.
The whole outfit seems to work real well, congratulations.
Well done, my hats off to you. The fire pump turned out awesome , as a fire fighter I really enjoyed this series, and I'm a little bit jealous. Once again , great job.
Our troop builds their own summer camp in the High Sierras every two years. Our water system is a 5hp pump set up on a boat floating in the lake. We use 500-700ft of fire hose to pump up the hill to camp, to fill a 330gal water tank. It's about a 55ft head pressure and fills in about 12-15min. This is chemically treated and then filtered for use. We use a double redundant RV water pump system to distribute it to the kitchen, water heater and showers. We also are set up to use to fight fires.
Congrats on getting to 700,000 Subs Wranglerstar Family.If any RUclips channel deserves it it's you guys.
you should consider making a grille for the exaust, it will melt your hoses if you are comletetly focussed of the fire and forget the hose.
is the branded hat random, or are you checking out commercial optins?
As an engineer in Australia this is where the imperial ( American) system of units fall over. Atmospheric pressure is 1 bar o wr 100 kPa (14,7 psi for metrically challenged) which happens to be approximately 10m static head. You can't duck any harder than atmospheric pressure. So easy to work with in metric.
I love your channel for so many reasons Mr. Wranglerstar! It's one of my few favorites at this time, and has been since I found you via Cutlerylover.
Great series! You could also use that pump to water all those new trees you planted as well. Not too many wild-land fires here in central Michigan, but I would love to have this to water our seedlings! I am looking forward to more of the Timber Framing as well. Great stuff Cody.
Cody I always keep Aloe Vera plant around, works wonders for burns or dry skin in general. Amazing plant.
I really enjoy the series that you do that involve mechanics. You have a great way of taking us along with you as you complete these projects.
Max useful draught is 15ft, In the UK we have a hydraulically driven suction pump that goes down to the water while the truck takes it's 6" output at road level. Look at the "Coventry Climax Godiva fire pump" 6" suction and two 4" outputs. 300GPM and 100PSI magneto ignition. See what's available your side of the pond. It still depends on you having the water though.
Love the "One Man's Junk" videos. Good fun.
That John Deere hat is so recognizable. You mentioned it in your war bag and it stands out for sure. :-D
That number you were looking for is draw height. Every pump has a different rating based on impeller type. They often have 2 ratings for active and priming draw as well.
Nice job Cody. Hey I ordered my tee. can't wait to get it. looking forward to the timber framing. Onward.
Great Job Cody ! I love other mans junk. Have utilized alot of it over the years. Stay safe !
Wranglerstar, I just started watching your series of videos, great great stuff here, love your attention to detail and the videos are really really informative. I would like to share something from my days as a marine construction tech/diver, consider a small float when deploying a pump strainer on the intake with a set of small chains, this will keep the inlet pickup below the water but keep it from settling on the bottom giving you less opportunity for sand, mud or other contaminants from getting sucked into your tank and large leaves or garbage from blocking off your intake, something we used to do when pressure sinking in cables into the ocean/lake/river bed.
Maximum theoretical lift when drafting (at sea level) is roughly 34 vertical feet. Atmospheric pressure at 14.7 lbs divided by .43 psi per square inch per foot of water comes out just shy of 34 feet. It is theoretical because it does not account for inefficiency of a given pump, friction loss, lower atmospheric pressures, even water temperature. Not to mention I have never seen anybody carry or draft through more than 20 feet of hard suction. I have seen drafting at over 15' from the surface of the water to the eye of the pump. Pretty cool stuff.
5:57. You know, I'm having a pretty difficult time understanding the distinction being drawn here between "lower pressure" and "sucking". Assuming we actually recognize "sucking" as a real meaningful verb, how does one go about sucking without creating at least a partial vacuum?
Great video sir.... not sure I heard what size water tank.. but adding some dish washing soap will give you about the same thing as "wet water" way cheaper than buying foam.... Just make sure you flush the system well afterwards ....the perfect lift is 33' if I recall. Been off the job and as a riding Vol for way to many years
Yet another excellent series of videos, including the restoration and improvement of the skid unit, training and drilling Mrs. W & young Jack in the operation of the pump and use of the hose lines. I really enjoyed the entire process as you shared it with us, and I commend you for your foresight in the necessity of homestead fire defense.
I wonder if you might consider a further series - in the future (after you've caught up on all your other things, of course) - a test and evaluation of the old, original pump from the skid unit to see if it can be reconditioned to a reliable state and, perhaps, used in both a stationary mode to protect the house area when supplied by your elevated tank - if the skid unit is deployed elsewhere - and in a portable mode to supply your new Engine when it is not possible to closely approach a draft site with the truck due to ground conditions, as well as a multitude of other applications on the property? Just some thoughts I wanted to share.
Thanks for sharing this with us.
Hook a float to the draft hose. Use a small amount of slack to let the pick up set just below the surface. It keeps the pick up out of the sand and weeds
I love your channel, you explain in depth and with such understanding in a way everyone can understand, I had heard that saying "Nature abhors a vacuum" and I understood what it meant but your explanation was excellent.
Toward the end you said "Sorry about this little detour with the fire pump" my Brother said to me very often "Never be sorry always be better" and what it meant was that I didn't need to apologize for my actions when it came to him, that he understood I did what I had to do. I believe that my fellow viewers and I know you always do your best and you never need to be sorry to us, we understand life has it's priorities, so just always be better. Thanks again for the channel.
I have those electrical connectors on my truck for batteries on my bobcat trailer. The deck has a hydraulic lift and the batteries were always dying. Now I just plug it in and go! No worrying about dead batteries anymore!
It may be a good idea to try to make a buoy to float your water intake from sitting on the bottom of a pond. You'd have to balance out buoyancy so it stays subsurface but it would certainly keep more crud out. Loved the video, keep it up. =)
ZipKickGo connect the float to the intake with a foot long piece of rope, then the intake will be suspended a foot underneath the surface of the water.
stops it accidentally flying out the water
Build a metal frame around the strainer that's heavy enough to sink but keeps the strainer suspended above the sand.
I have really enjoyed this series! Good work. It feels great to get a project finished and to be prepared for emergencies. Great stuff
When I used to be a mechanic I can't remember how many times I put my hand on small engine exhaust like you did in this video. You sure are right, it hurts like the devil and makes for some lovely blisters to remember it by. Burns on the hand are terrible.
Great way to end such a unique series! PS that hat is awesome!
You know just thinking a bit here but that looks like it could be useful for spot watering around a large property if you don't have a constant source available or for draining a pond to relocate and repair.
That series cost me my morning, damn your good :-) Since coming across your chanel I've found a new interest in doing things thanks Cody. I have to say you picked one sweet place to live, the views of Fuji are stunning, now where did I put my passport
I love watching your restoration and building videos. Keep them coming.
Man that skid came out great. I love the quick disconnect idea too. Very practical.
O man.
BURN TIP… when you get a 1st or 2nd degree burn get ice on it as fast as you can an keep it there tell pain stops ( about an hour), and you will almost fix the burn. The cold hurts too but it will suck all the heat out of the skin and it more or less removes the burn. My wife taught me this and let me tell you it works! Open flame burns that should have blistered and taken weeks to heal I could barley feel the next day. I have done this MANY times and it always works.
The key is to drop everything and run to an ice source or get cold water running over it ASAP, then get the ice on it and find a place to chill tell the pain stops. Most people don't do it long enough and it does not cure the burn.
Hope it helps, love you work
Excellent series. I love it. Take us on absolutely any detours you see fit, it's your channel. We're just along for the ride. I love the switches and seeing the completions eventually come. Love the JDT cap!! Can't wait to see what you found.
Your firefighting piece could also be used for irrigation in places where you don't have hose from your ram pump system.
Even 5 years ago you had great ideas. Keep up the great work sir.
I am planning to put some kind of small fire fighting system on my pickup, not as big as that. I have passed small fires along roads that I had nothing to put it out with. I am thinking just even one of my 15 gallon jugs with a small pump and a garden hose with a 12 volt pump. Maybe even put out a car fire that was just starting (I tried to help with one myself and we did not succeed, the fire department finally did). You did a nice job.
I and a few of my brothers on our dept burnt our hands on our Honda pumps on our brush trucks reaching across to remove the gas cap. We put a piece of diamond plate a few inches above the exhaust on brackets. It gets hot, but the air gap in between prevents it from getting hot enough to burn you.
It’s looks and works great. Nice job on the restoration.
33.8 feet max lift depending on atmospheric pressure in your area.
Wouldn't a float at the intake keep it off the bottom of the pond so it wouldn't clog up with weeds and other junk.
The hose reel is great for remote use from the truck but I can see you have severely reduced flow. 100 feet is a lot of water in a 1.5 " hose as you can imagine its not easy to push. In addition when you enter a pump and leave a pump you need more than a couple of inches from the pump head before you make a 90. Looks great good luck
Your quick connect that is underneath your truck you might want to make a skid plate for because going in rough terrain you might have a chance of breaking it depending on the style of terrain or relocating it
Great series, really enjoy the restorations you do, but am really excited about getting back to some timber framing! And I agree the hat is surely a portent of things to come.
Thank you for the series of videos!
I had a couple suggestions. If you already thought of them or they've been suggested previously then just ignore them.
Possible future upgrade would be to install a pressure relief valve in the pump discharge so that if the hose is shut off the pump will automatically discharge back to the tank. I used similar valves in high pressure hydraulic systems to prevent the pump from overheating. straval.com/landing/adjustable-relief-valves/
With the pressure relief installed you could also run a separate 2" line to the tank for drafting. That would shorten the fill time and might save critical time in a fire situation.
Why don't you add a float to the intake side of the suction hose? It could help keep the end of the hose out of the mud, sand, and other debris.
NFPA standard for structural is 10ft of lift and 30ft of length. Naturally though depending on the tightness and size of the pump you may get more. Not sure if the same applies to wildland though.
I got my hand like that on the exhaust of my lawn mower last year. Its the small things like that thought that make you slow down and think for a second before you just do.
I love the video series when you restore things.
Great job on restoring the slip on unit. I would like to make a suggestion. Many years ago I operated a USFS engine with an exposed relay very similar to yours. While driving down a bumpy road I looked in the rear view mirror to see the slip on unit on fire. Some quick work with a shovel and dirt put the fire out. I had put some rolls of hose on the unit and the metal hose butt shorted out the two relay contacts starting the fire. The metal parts of fire tools could have just as easily done that also. I recommend you insulate the exposed relay contacts. Enjoy your fire truck.
Fantastic video and great project!!! I stumbled upon your channel last month and ever since I have loved all your content! Great family you have and I hope to see more projects like this in the future, Keep up the great work!!
Is the John Deere hat a subtle hint that you have now purchased your new John Deere lawn tractor? Possibly a soon to be released video? :)
I think that this turned out very very nice
Loved this project a lot
Looks like brand new
Will be looking forward to more "Mini" series for sure
11:10 that is one way to aerate a pond, very much enjoy this series. Would there be any point in building a non-restricting shroud for the hot exhaust with a "HOT" on it?
linebacker I think the argument could be made,
Most vehicles set up for brush fire fighting have the second battery on the skid unit. This gives you a safety point. If the truck shuts down because of an electrical issue or other issue and that battery depletes at least having the battery for the pump is going to work to keep fire off of your vehicle. The way you have it does not give you that safety needed. I spent 30 years fighting fires in the woods in Florida and seen brush trucks get stuck on stumps or break down but were saved because their pump kept running.
Wonderful! Thank you for sharing Cody.
Rebuild the old fire pump that came off the skid unit. Give us an update when you get it all redone I. E. New plumbing p.s have you thought of adding a couple hundred feet of forestry line to your skid unit since you have the 1.5 connection
Cody, wouldn't you want as big of a fill/recirculating valve and line as possible for times when you have to fill the tank from a pond or stream? I would think time is of the essence.
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Great unit.
I wonder why you only have a 1" tank fill hose running off of your pressure "T". Time is money so to speak and you could fill up faster.
Also if you have the tank set up pumping from a pond and have two lines running water, the 1" hose reel and the 1 ½" lay flat you could outstrip the water supply going into the tank.
Am I missing something ?
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aloe plant. break a piece off and rub on the burn. we have one in our house and it works for me.
Glad you got the pump working. Looks great. How is the tree house coming along?
Check out Northstar/Northerntools HIGH pressure honda water pumps. 2 and 3" pumps, great price and uses the honda wx engines. the 3" uses the 270, however my friend and I upgraded our engine to the 390.
Along with the recirculating valve maybe relief valve so you don't need to turn the valve on and off. If will do it automatically. Seen adjustable ones on equipment from 10'psi to 3000 psi on hydraulic systems..
Hi wranglerstar I'm a huge fan and have watched all your videos and love them to bits hope you keep uploading and haha lol I'm the first person to comment but anyway I love them and thanks for all your how tos and diys just love them and I'm going to keep watching them
so nice.. bet your pleased to have that peace-of-mind....
As a Chef, I am intimately acquainted with burns. When you burn yourself , immediately put the burn area in water -the colder the better. Cold water to start and if anyone is near have them get ice to put in the water your burn area is soaking in. Done quickly enough you will have hardly any marks where you've burned yourself, no blisters either. When the cold water starts to make your extremity ache, remove until the ache disappears and then right back in the cold water. Do this over and over until there is no pain at all. You can use this ache time to get more ice if you are by yourself. Try it , it really works as I have burned myself on sheet pans from 400 degree ovens and did the ice water routine and no marks or pain afterwards.
Cody, I can just see you running that periodically to water your orchard, just to keep the seals pliable and having an excuse to play with it.
Great series, really enjoyed watching the process of restoration, very sharp setup you have there.
Do you have a float for your draft line (or an old milk bottle) to make sure you're collecting the clean water from the surface?
Love the fire pump! Can't wait to see the cabin go up!
i had a similiar expierence to yours. i had gotten the rear wheels of my little go cart stuck in some mud. i knew that i could lift it and had planned to lift it and push it forward. well it worked but my feet slipped in the mud and i fell onto the exhaust cover. it didn't hurt at the time so i rubbed it and went back to mudding. when i went home i inspected my wound and found that i peeled several layers of skin off when i rubbed it and i have 1 inch by 3 inch scar perpendicular to my left forearm.
Never mind, when you are pumping from the pond you are not going into the tank but straight into the "T".
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That tank unit is just like the one I used when I worked on a burn crew. Good stuff.
that turned out so good, wow looks amazing now
I really enjoyed this series hope your hand heals soon great video
Looks great.
It looks very good , great paint/ next project sounds fun!!
Nice! Good job on the skid. Looks really good.
Have you done a video on the electric quick connectors for your truck? That would be great to see. thx
Really Nice.
Thanks for taking the time.
I learned a lot.
Now I know what to look for when one comes around my way.
Appreciate it !
I like those slip on units for fire fighting their priceless, good video.
What do you value these older units at? I am looking at a Wajax unit similar to yours and hope to get it. It's a smaller tank but the same pump but with newer Briggs and Stratton engine and a manual hose reel. It's at a silent auction and I hope to get it but don't know what to bid without over bidding. I know a new skid with a poly tank is big $$. Oh and this unit is supposed to be in working condition. Thanks and love your videos!
Did Cody just say TIMBER FRAMING? Stoked for this.
Next time you get burned, immediately cool the body part with cool water. With the pond right there, plunging your hand into the water would have lessened the depth of the burn and healing would be much quicker.
For those that don't know we got less than 10% of the medium snow that we usually get here in Washington.
I like going Saturday's shopping for ex military surplus trucks and wildland firefighting brush and attack truck ideas as well
Turned out to be a nice project. That should give you a little peace of mind.Can't wait for the building.Take us along.
Is it possible to put some kind of float on the end of you siphon so your hose isn't always on the bottom of the pond pulling in debris?
Why do I get a sneaking suspicion your new lawnmower will be a John Deere :D
Very cool. Thanks Cody!
Hey Cody Love the Videos they are great learned alot, I am a former Paramedic , use to live in Redding Ca. So I know where you are coming from when it comes to fire season. Thank for all the information , I really enjoy your videos . I have been taking the time and watching all the old ones . they are really good and I enjoy them alot. Thanks again your Subscriber TJ
Mr W: Always wear gloves firefighting
Doesn't wear gloves firefighting
Gets burnt
Poetic justice lol
Loved this series. I have a setup of my own, but nearly as nice. Well done