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'.

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.

Love the "One Man's Junk" videos. Good fun.

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?

Mr W: Always wear gloves firefighting Doesn't wear gloves firefighting Gets burnt Poetic justice lol

Why do I get a sneaking suspicion your new lawnmower will be a John Deere :D

I am soooooo envious.... That timber frame idea sounds wonderful!

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."

Did Cody just say TIMBER FRAMING? Stoked for this.

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

Never mind, when you are pumping from the pond you are not going into the tank but straight into the "T". .

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.

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.

Looks great.

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!

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.

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. =)

Thank you for the series of videos!

that turned out so good, wow looks amazing now

Im thinking the WranglerStar family purchased a John Deere tractor . . . . Great video God bless🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

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.

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.

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.

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.

ALL of my truck connections are like that. People look at me like I am crazy.

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? :)

Great Job Cody ! I love other mans junk. Have utilized alot of it over the years. Stay safe !

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.

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 watching your restoration and building videos. Keep them coming.

Great way to end such a unique series! PS that hat is awesome!

Man that skid came out great. I love the quick disconnect idea too. Very practical.

Job well done Cody..😀 hope you didn't burn your hand too badly...."cough.cough...safety Sally sign...lol"looking forward to seeing you finish Jacks tree house.

Great series! Thank you, always inspiring!

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.

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.

I love the video series when you restore things.

Nice job Cody. Hey I ordered my tee. can't wait to get it. looking forward to the timber framing. Onward.

Hmm based off the JD hat. I'd imagine you bought a JD mower for the 5 acre area you mentioned.

Cody I always keep Aloe Vera plant around, works wonders for burns or dry skin in general. Amazing plant.

Love the idea for the orchard!

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.

Loved this video series!

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.

I have really enjoyed this series! Good work. It feels great to get a project finished and to be prepared for emergencies. Great stuff

Cody, take it from a Chef who has burned himself more than once. If you can put the burned finger,hand,arm or what ever body part you burned immediately into ICE WATER until the submerged part starts to ache with the cold then take it out and keep alternating the burn with ice water and warming up. sometimes you won't even get a blister no mater how bad you burned yourself. I'm not talking about a burn that goes through all the layers of skin to the meat or bone. Just service burns like the one you gave yourself today.Seriously it has to be done immediately, don't even wait 10 seconds--put the burn in cold water and tell someone to get the ice while you keep the burned part in the cold water.If you're by yourself then run a bucket or container full of cold water and make a dash to get ice. The sooner you put the injury in ice water the less severe will be the burn or injury.

Anderson Powerpoles are spectacular connectors.

Nice job!

For how much of a perfectionist you are, I'm surprised you can stand having an off colored tailgate.

Wonderful! Thank you for sharing Cody.

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.

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.

If you don't get to fight fire with it, you can always water the plants in style ;)

Keep up the good work Cody!

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.

Congrats on getting to 700,000 Subs Wranglerstar Family.If any KZfaq channel deserves it it's you guys.

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.

It’s looks and works great. Nice job on the restoration.

Love the fire pump! Can't wait to see the cabin go up!

Good job buddy! wranglerstar

Loved this series. I have a setup of my own, but nearly as nice. Well done

The true Prepper Way, sir. Thanks for seeing us through your series.

Beautiful job!

Very cool. Thanks Cody!

Having been out West in fire season, I could see how you would like to have one of those.

Very nice end to the series!!

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

aloe plant. break a piece off and rub on the burn. we have one in our house and it works for me.

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.

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.

33.8 feet max lift depending on atmospheric pressure in your area.

I recall learning in physics that with a perfect vacuum you can pull water up ~33 feet. That's 10 meters for the non-sense metric subscribers.

Cody, the lift height of any pump is defined by water horse power. Which is a ratio of volume to height essentially. This web site has all the formulas and tables you are likely to need. www.engineeringtoolbox.com/pumping-water-horsepower-d_753.html This was one of the first formulas I learned in engineering school. Long since forgotten.

That tank unit is just like the one I used when I worked on a burn crew. Good stuff.

With complete vacuum, you could only lift water to approximately 10m high. Yeah, engineers use metric system !

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.

Great Job!

Maximum draft is 33.9 feet. Enjoyed the refurb videos.

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.

I do believe that 6 feet is the furthest you could draw water up, using a perfect vacuum.

Very cool series!

Can you tell me what size and thread is that primer fitting you used to replace the factory primer black plastic cap ?

"Its not actually sucking, its drawing a vacuum inside and using the outside air-pressure to push it in."

Cody, I feel your pain. Years ago, in my "youth," home on leave from the Navy, I was cutting my father's lawn for him, the muffler fell off lawn mower, and what did I do? You guessed it, while the mower was still running, I went to pick up the muffler to put it back on. Now I have no idea why I was so "blocked" in my head that I would do such a thing. It burned onto my hand and i had to shake it off to let go of it. Pain like I haven't felt since. Yours was an accident, mine was incredibly stupid. I still cannot understand why i reacted so swiftly, cause I knew what it was. Ouch. Keep it clean dry and change your bandage regularly. Feeling your pain.

Hi Cody. Just thought I would tell you about a really interesting coincidence that happened to me yesterday. My wife and I live off grid in NW Montana and I just recently joined the local volunteer fire department. Last night after our regular practice session, I got to see the second station nearer to the house. Guess what was in the station..... a tank and pump combination nearly identical to the one you refurbished. The guys were amazed at my detailed knowledge of the system (thanks to you). However, I did eventually tell them where I gleaned this it from. Maybe you will pick up a few new subscribers as a result. Thanks for a great series. Your videos have been amazingly helpful as my family has transitioned to an off grid lifestyle.

very good Cody

Great Video Cody!

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.

I'm guessing by the hat that you went with a JD mower...

My friend, a native American, was wondering how old one has to be to do wild land fire fighting? His son, age 17, is running into some ugly discrimination around here. He is a naturalist and soooo ready for some new horizons I promised them I'd ask you about fire eating here. NICE pumping system bud!!

For those that don't know we got less than 10% of the medium snow that we usually get here in Washington.

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.

Nice hat!

What do you think the look on your fellow firefighters faces would be if you show up to a fire with that bad boy?

I like those slip on units for fire fighting their priceless, good video.

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).

Very well done!

i'd be looking for random reasons to use this... Mrs. Wranglerstar: okay Wranglerstar Jr. blow out your birthday candles Mr. Wranglerstar: WAIT! I GOT THIS FIRE UNDER CONTROL!!!! *a forceful spray of cold, pond water floods the entire cake*

John Deere huh? I'm excited for the next video!