A couple of photos from our 2012 rural water supply seminar in Sumter County, Alabama reinforce the need for carrying more than the traditional 20-feet of suction hose on rural pumpers. The folks from the Cuba FD drafted through 40-feet of suction using their 1,250 gpm commercial chassis pumper. Remember, it is all about the lift and not so much the horizontal run. The set up shown in these photos allowed the 1,250 gpm pumper to load tankers at 1,000 gpm.