Fire season is here so I’m building a self contained fire skid on the cheap.
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@anthony9thompson2 жыл бұрын
Perforated drain hose works well as a baffle. The type of stuff that’s about 4 inches wide and looks like black vacuum hose
@JDanielsOffGrid2 жыл бұрын
The brass Garden hose tip flows about 1.5 GPM. 3/4" garden hose has considerably less friction loss than 1/2". 4.5 times less at 1GPM. Putting a shut-off inline behind the tip lets you chose your pattern and conserves water. Of course more pressure and volume = more $. You can mop up a fire for 200 / 1.5 = 2.2 hours. Nice job. The thing with fires is keep them small. Keep an eye out for a 1/8 "x GH tip. (or 3/16) More straight stream distance and you can make a fog pattern with your fingertip. Of course with a smooth bore tip you need a pistol grip or some other shut-off to keep from wasting water. Tips and tricks from retired wildland firefighter. :)
@ZackOfAllTrades2 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for the info J, I really appreciate it. I was talking it over with my brother who’s on a hotshot crew and his statement was “if you need more than 150 gal, you need A LOT MORE!” My aim is like you said to keep a fire small if I can. Thank you very much for the compliment.
@JDanielsOffGrid2 жыл бұрын
@@ZackOfAllTrades For initial attack a nozzle that flows a little more gallon-age would be good. Calfire has used those 3/4 brass nozzles in their mop-up kits for years. I usually run with a 100 gallon tank and a Honda with 3/4 hardline reel and a 12/23 gpm nozzle. If yer not getting enough volume take the nozzle off.
@weldercastleberry16112 жыл бұрын
There is something called baffle balls you can put in there
@j.c.bagnal21872 жыл бұрын
Hey Zack. I'm a Firefighter and I wanted to share with you 2 things in a helpful way. 1) Surfactant is used in the firefighting service to break the surface tension of the water to make the water thinner, by doing this, water seeps into the "hard to put out brush fires" and is more efficient at extinguishment. Works great on Structure fires also. So depending on the type of surfactant and its effect on the ecosystem, you could have used that to your benefit. Dawn dish detergent is used in many cases and works great, and its safe for the ecosystem. 2) Fire Engines are no supposed to drive highway speeds with anything other than an empty or full tank. You mentioned the sloshing, sloshing has been proven to be a contributing cause of Fire Engine rollovers. A full tank is heavier but it reduces the dynamic forces that contribute to rollover. Solid system! Stay Safe!
@ZackOfAllTrades2 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot JC, I really appreciate your input. I’ll add some Dawn for good measure. Also will push a little harder on finding some sort of baffling to reduce my rollover risk. Thanks again :)
@johnmackay8732 Жыл бұрын
To stop the sloshing use 50 to 70 ft perforated 4 inch big O pipe in your tank it acts like a baffel with hardly and water loss
@tonywestswan43948 ай бұрын
Very helpful great job.
@ifitsrusteditsmine2 жыл бұрын
Hey Zack, I would like to copy your idea, but here in France, things are tiny and my car is the size of your water tote. Should I just fill the car with water?
@timkemp2 жыл бұрын
Or just drink a lot of water and keep your bladder full.
@Bill.L.Carroll2 жыл бұрын
Or at least fill the boot and glovebox with water!😉 😆😆😆😆
@j.c.bagnal21872 жыл бұрын
In all seriousness, look up “Fire Extinguishing Blanket” they make some big enough to put out a vehicle fire.
@ZackOfAllTrades2 жыл бұрын
Perhaps a wet towel in a ziplock bag underneath your seat. I really like JC Bagnal’s suggestion though. Have seen some videos of them in action, awesome capabilities.
@aguyyynameddave36162 жыл бұрын
Man I don’t know why youtube just showed me this video 2 weeks late but great build! Our farmer friend just gave us a 1200 gal tank on a trailer. You’d love this thing: all steel with orchard sprayer tires that are HUGE. Gonna build the rest for our sprayer too. Love the beard and the Letterkenny inset had me dying. 😂
@motoxman541 Жыл бұрын
Great idea. I own 380 acres and always thinking about fire. I have a 100 gallon poly tank and I bought a used pressure washer on Facebook market place for 100.00. It’s 2500psi and 2.5 gallons per minute. I use the 0 degree nozzle and I hoped I would never have to use it. I was wrong. I was glad I had it. My neighbor was cutting hay and had a fire and his wife called 911 he called me. I drove over and we started the pressure washer and I had the fire out before the fire department came. When they did come they were impressed. They told me the just ordered a skid unit that uses Ultra High pressure system similar to a pressure washer. Since then I bought a hose reel and 100’ of pressure washer hose and a few extra 0 degree nozzles. I have about 200 in all. I like the way you think. My neighbor liked it so much he bought a 50 gallon poly tank and he had an old 3500 psi pressure washer and made a skid for his side by side. Stay safe
@robc.5745 Жыл бұрын
You should post a video of that build, I would like to see it.
@michaeltillman11472 жыл бұрын
Nice! And you may still be able to water the garden.. 😎
@yv6eda2 жыл бұрын
Great project! Congrats and thanks!
@ZackOfAllTrades2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@DanielBacaMaker2 жыл бұрын
That is a good community ethic there, Zack.
@ZackOfAllTrades2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Daniel, it’s one of the things I like about living in the boonies. People need to be community minded since we rely on that community heavily, consequently people ARE more community minded here than they might be elsewhere.
@josepena9980 Жыл бұрын
Hey zack you look like a Viking man awesome
@firstresponder943 Жыл бұрын
On your unit you can go to home depot a purchase 4 inch perforated drain tubing and use that as a baffle
@georgesmith81132 жыл бұрын
Nice!! 👍👍👍👊😎
@MichaelLaFrance12 жыл бұрын
So how did the garden do this year? Would love to see an update.
@trd4d2 жыл бұрын
Great idea
@ZackOfAllTrades2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Dennis :)
@TheBrokenLife2 жыл бұрын
If you install a baffle in the tank to get the level up, I almost wonder if the pump is actually a restriction to the natural head pressure from the water vessel height + truck bed height..? An upgrade worth considering is a way to rapidly refill it. I have a dirt cheap Harbor Freight 120V trash pump that moves water in a surprisingly large hurry. Setting something like that up in a trash can down by the lake could prove useful.
@ZackOfAllTrades2 жыл бұрын
Not sure about the head pressure of a full tank, you may be right. My biggest resistance to filling it all the way up is that I’d be driving around another month and a half with my suspension bottomed out or nearly so.
@TheBrokenLife2 жыл бұрын
@@ZackOfAllTrades That's why I'm in agreement with you that a baffle is in order. Head pressure is dictated by depth of water column, not the width of the vessel. The ideal situation would be to install a vertical wall in the tank "somehow" and limit the capacity to what you're comfortable with. Less ideal is what you already suggested, something like an inner tube pinned in there with some PVC pipees or something. It would still do the job. And... Just for fun you could put stands under the frame, fill up the tank to 100%, disable the pump, and see if it's a fruitless endeavor to continue on..?
@trgilmore12 жыл бұрын
Stay safe out there Zack!
@ZackOfAllTrades2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Tim! We’re doing our best. Finally got some rain a couple days ago. Not out of the woods yet but it sure helped.
@-OPPORTUNITYBARN-2 жыл бұрын
Wrangler Star ain't got nothing on you! I didn't get a notification? Please don't make us wait another 4 months. We enjoy your videos.
@ZackOfAllTrades2 жыл бұрын
Lol I thought about titling this video “would Wranglerstar approve?” I decided it might come off catty so I didn’t.
@-OPPORTUNITYBARN-2 жыл бұрын
@@ZackOfAllTrades Haha. Show us your garden! What have you been up to! -Chris in Maine. yt cyclonecCJ
@Bill.L.Carroll2 жыл бұрын
Wow, some pretty extreme heat going on there, hope it rains soon for you guys. Great idea, and is far better than nothing at all, good thinking, mate.👍🏽 Ha, saw baby beard on your shirt and remembered when you got that thing...😆 Wonder if it would help to paint the tank, or cover somehow, to keep the sun from making the water green and slimy, potentially clogging the hose with clumps of algae?
@ZackOfAllTrades2 жыл бұрын
Baby beard🤣 I love it! Oddly enough, I haven’t had any slimy growth in the tank just yet. That’s a real good idea though if it does start.
@rlund32 жыл бұрын
beard looking great!!
@ZackOfAllTrades2 жыл бұрын
Thanks man! Likewise.
@bert26a Жыл бұрын
A sprayer pump like that doesn't put out enough GPM for a grass fire. If something was smoldering you could use it for that but the volume is just not enough. Some sprayer pumps can put out as much as 7GPM which is a little better but as others have said a gasoline 2" single or double stage pump through a 3/4" hose will be safer and much more effective. And as others have said use perforated drain tile to baffle the tank it works really well I've already done it.
@katokhaelan48812 жыл бұрын
Dayum, that's some strong beard-work Zack
@ZackOfAllTrades2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Kato!
@wiljam19682 жыл бұрын
Zach, there’s a Tribble on your chest.
@ZackOfAllTrades2 жыл бұрын
Thankfully I believe this one’s sterile. Hasn’t multiplied yet.
@fiveoboy11442 жыл бұрын
what about a fire extinguisher?
@SandyWalsh2 жыл бұрын
Letterkenny!
@ZackOfAllTrades2 жыл бұрын
😁
@jessemonico1682 жыл бұрын
That beard is looking proper Zack!
@ZackOfAllTrades2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Jesse! Gets a little carried away sometimes but all it all it’s good
@bigcharliesmodelgarage2962 жыл бұрын
Cool. Hopefully you don't have to use it.
@ZackOfAllTrades2 жыл бұрын
That’s a true statement. I was able to provide some backup at a family member’s house recently when fire was threatening and the real FFs hadn’t yet set up structure protection at his place. Didn’t have to use it but sure was nice to have the ability.