What's on Your Tanker? #22 - Fireman's Friend Valve
By President Mark Davis
April 9, 2020
You often see many of our articles and social media posts and YouTube videos note the use of a Fireman's Friend valve on tankers. The problem is that the photos and videos we show never show the actual valve/device since it is located inside the tank. While sorting through some photos we shot from a couple years ago we found a few photos that we took of a 4-inch Fireman's Friend that was not yet installed. We thought we would share them with you in case you never saw the actual device. Note - the photos on the uninstalled valve and the installed valve are not from the same area of the country.
4-inch FF Valve installed on Gilmanton's (NH) 9-Tanker-2. The stainless steel pipe is an added feature to lower the hose connection point for the folks making and breaking the fill line connections.
A simple device makes for ease of operation when loading tankers.
The relative size of the 4-inch version of the valve.