Howdy folks,
At the moment i'm drawing up a quint for my own enjoyment. But I am wondering-what, in your opinion, is the largest water tank you could pair with a 75' aluminum aerial and still have space to carry all of the equipment you need? (Tandem axle is granted). My hometown department runs a truck with a 1500gpm pump and a 1500 gallon tank with a top-mount pump panel and a rear-mounted 55' telesquirt on a Mack MR chassis (bet you've never seen that before!) so obviously it's possible to get a pretty sizeable tank and still have the aerial to boot. But the trend for quints these days seems to be toward large pumps and small (300-500 gallon) water tanks.
So, what do you all think? I'd appreciate any thoughts.
At the moment i'm drawing up a quint for my own enjoyment. But I am wondering-what, in your opinion, is the largest water tank you could pair with a 75' aluminum aerial and still have space to carry all of the equipment you need? (Tandem axle is granted). My hometown department runs a truck with a 1500gpm pump and a 1500 gallon tank with a top-mount pump panel and a rear-mounted 55' telesquirt on a Mack MR chassis (bet you've never seen that before!) so obviously it's possible to get a pretty sizeable tank and still have the aerial to boot. But the trend for quints these days seems to be toward large pumps and small (300-500 gallon) water tanks.
So, what do you all think? I'd appreciate any thoughts.
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