Some shots from the training session using 4201, 4241, and 4250.
We started at the road above the burn area. Goal was to see how the 'new' truck (4241 - the Colorado Forest Service truck) will be used at an incident. We also tried out some of the connections on 4201 that we hadn't used before.
Let's see, that's Ed, Rob, David, Charles, and Paul... |
I see Tim in the truck. |
Paul movin' to move 4201 into position. |
David lining up 4201 so that we can get the porta pond along side it to test the passenger side draft connections. |
Getting ready to lower the oports pond from 4241. This is defintely and 4 person job! Two on top to lift ot off the hooks and two on the ground to catch it. |
See what I mean! |
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Whew! |
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See the nice clean water! Nice going Chris! |
Could have planned this better! That sucker (literally!) is a bear to hook up. Should have used two sections and put the pond out further maybe??? We may also be better off using a 2 1/2" hard hose from 4250 or 4241 instead. 4250 and 4241 both have 2 1/2" drafting lines and filters. |
All's well that ends well... BUT we had a problem getting the draft going. Connections were not tight enough. Need a lot of effort to get this right. We plan on lubricating all of the hose and truck connections to make this tacsk easier. |
Tim runningup the pump. Notice the slick headset! He can actually hear the radio even with 4201 blasting away. Thanks Tim! |
The setup we settled on: 4201 drafting from the pond and feeding 4250 with a 2 1/2" line. |
Arnie and Chris trying out the 'new' pumper. Remember to turn on the electric fuel pump! |
Limited success! What was that name again Chris? |
A little better. Notice we are shooting from the side of the truck. Gold Hill folks do this as a 'pump and roll' along the edge of a fire. |
Now we are cooking with gas! Both sides and the 1" reel line can run at full pressure. The key is seen in the next picture. |
See that valve on the vertical pipe? Gotta close that one to get pressure to the discharge ports. If you are not spraying water you should open that valve a bit so that water runs through the pump to keep it cool! |
Tim showing how to use a 'big wrench' to tighten up the caovers on the 5" draft connections. We thought the cover was tight enough, but he got nother half turn using the wrench as a lever. When drafting you must have all connections air tight. |
Well that worked... |
Takes two folks to handle a 2 1/2" line under pressure....... |
Done for the day... |
