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Brush fires are best fought with a Class A foam ("wetting agent") at between .1% and .3% (1/10% to 3/10%). "Wetting agents" or "Class A foams" function by reducing the surface tension of the water molecule, allowing it to soak into the fuel more efficiently and creating less run-off. Run-off...

And I'm asking because I don't know, even though I don't have a dog in this fight: If a person doesn't need a CDL in his home state (for whatever reason), what happens if he drives that truck to another state that does require a CDL for that sized vehicle? I can see the answer being (a)...

Food for thought: Flash flooding frequently clears up almost as fast as it occurred. If the victim isn't actively being swept downstream, there's frequently no need for "rescue". A "victim" who is safe and sound, high and dry, in their house on the other side of the moving water isn't...

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Sorry...just re-read your problem. You aren't trying to heat the water, you're trying to heat the machinery, as in, to prevent freezing. Correct? You could route exhaust gases through a heat exchanger to heat the enclosure. You could install a "bullet" heater. You could install a...

If you don't need the entire 2000 gallons to be hot, I wouldn't heat the tank. It would be tremendously energy intensive to get that thing heated up. Granted, once you got it heated, it would retain the heat for a good while, but you'd have to get the fuel or whatever energy source you decided...

Why would you use a crane just to move a spare tire? Because you can.

That is a big, manly, tanker. Nice.

Far out! Just a suggestion: When you get around to posting the part numbers, plans, and PICTURES of the remote nozzle, you might consider posting that as a new thread to make it more easily searchable.

Is this following Roscommon's plan? If not, please take extensive notes (part numbers, vendors, etc), photos, etc., so that others can follow your lead. Thanks for keeping us up to date on this.

My VFD is thinking about a similar project. Please keep the updates, and especially pics, coming. Thanks.

I think you can deduce those dimensions from this graphic. My eyes aren't good enough to actually see the print on this graphic on my screen, so forgive me if i'm incorrect. Daimler Trucks North America government and military vehicles - Freightliner Military Products

I've been at brush fires where the Deuce brush truck was producing more smoke than the fire.

I've thought about a similar idea. My thought is that when you remove the bed, you gain that amount of carrying capacity, although I don't know what a deuce bed weighs. Neat idea, if the weight is within the chassis restictions.

If you've got a $10-12K budget, why don't you just save yourself a bunch of headache converting/building a deuce and just buy a used car for commuting? Keep the F-350 for the trailer and use the money you would have used for the deuce on a used commuter car. Just a thought.