What's on Your Tanker 01? Stockton Springs FD (Maine)
By President Mark Davis
October 29, 2015
After 10 years of seminars, we have a few thousand photos of tankers and our plan is to share some of them via the News Story feature. During our seminar in Prospect, Maine (Oct 2015) we came across Truck 2 from the Stockton Springs FD. The tanker/pumper is a 1,500-gallon tanker equipped with a 500 gpm front mount pump. The rig carries 5-inch supply line and is set-up to handle a forward or reverse hose lay or haul water in a shuttle. The size of the truck makes it great for use on the narrow, back roads. Note the placement of adaptors already on the appliances - there is no need to dig through a compartment to find an item. Truck 2 hauled water during the 2-hr tanker shuttlle drill and was pulled out of the rotation about midway through the drill to run jet siphons.
Truck 2 is a 1,500-gallon/500 gpm engine tanker designed for backroad areas where access is limited.
The engine/tanker can forward lay LDH, reverse lay LDH, or haul water in a shuttle - making it a versatile rig.
Adaptors are where you might need them and not stuck in a milk crate in a compartment.
Drafting at a dump site and running jet siphons at the October 2015, 2-hr water supply drill in Prospect, Maine.
