The Tactical Water Tender
Obadiah’s Tactical Water Tender, sometimes referred to as “Big Daddy”, has been custom and locally engineered to fit all of our wildfire fighting needs. Modeled on a Mack CH613 truck with a type 3 engine, our water tender can pull 30′ 20 ton tag trailer or 53′ drop deck trailer. It has a 2500 gallon low profile tank, a 2500 gallon “pumpkin” porta-tank, CAFS foam system, 3000 watt generator, and remote controlled water cannons.
- Mack CH series 52,000 GVW / W 52″ sleeper
- Wet kit with twin PTO’s water/hydraulic
- Rear differential lock outs
- Rear pintel hitch w. rear hydraulic hook ups
- 10″ Rear dump valve can empty tank in less than 2 minutes
- 3″ Dump valves at each corner
- 4″ Electronic remote controlled valves
- 4″ Remote controlled FFS water cannon mounted on top of tank
- 4″ Akron remote controlled nozzle
- 1 1/2″ POK remote controlled monitor with remote nozzle on front
- Curb side manifold with 1″ through 3″ gated wyes
- Snuffer 45-150 CAFS system with aspirator
- Twin foam tanks A & B foam capabilities
- 12V Halogen scene lighting 360°
- Remote controlled search light, 1 million candle power
- 3 Air craft landing lights on front, 3 million candle power
- 20 Ton hydraulic winch in front crash bumper
- Brush guard on custom made front bumper
- Rear mounted electrical 2″ Hannay hose reel with 200′ of tech hose
- Rear mounted electrical 5000 PSI Hannay reel
- Side mounted spring rewind 5000 PSI high pressure hose reel
- Akita 4000 PSI 25 HP Kohler high pressure pump with injectors
- Edwards 300 psi 16 HP Vanguard positive displacement pump
- Edwards 500 GPM 150 PSI positive displacement PTO pump
- Darley 300 GPM 350 PSI Diesel centrifugal high volume high pressure pump
- HydroQuip 3″ volume draft pump
- Portable take down drive through weed abatement vehicle wash system
- High pressure spray wands for pressure washing. 3000 PSI @ 10 GPM
- Front and rear pressure dust abatement remote control sprayers
- Rear “waterfall” manifold for road watering
- Rear camera with cab mounted monitor for rear surveillance
- BK mobile base radio system, satellite radio, CB
- 3000 watt Kawasaki generator
- 120v. high output telescopic area lighting
- Fire fittings, fire hose, nozzles, valves, gated wyes, and other equipment
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