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Iowa - Floyd County | For winterizing I’ll agree with others that it may be tough, but not impossible. I don’t see any drain levers on the pump panel so if there are any they would be manual valves on each discharge and/or intake underneath the truck somewhere. They would all need to be opened, all the valves opened, and all the caps off everything if I were to leave it outside in cold weather. Pump cooler would need blown out. Lines to pressure gauges would need to be unhooked and drained. That’s a mid 80’s(I believe) truck so my guess is that most of the plumbing is right there in the middle of the truck which would make it a lot easier to get drained than more modern trucks with a lot more plumbing running to the front and the rear. If you have a heated place to keep it that would definitely be best/easiest.
As far as running an irrigation pump I wouldn’t have any idea for sure what you need but I can tell you that that’s a 1250gpm single stage pump, the 1250gpm would be at 150psi. I doubt that engine has anything bigger than a 3” tank to pump valve so you’d be able to get maybe 750gpm on tank water. It’s got 6” intake valves so you’d could get 1250gpm into the pump easily off one of those, we regularly get 1500+GPM on a single 6” intake when drafting. To get that out of the pump you’re going to need at least 2 discharges running 3” hose or 3-4 discharges running 2.5” hose. My guess is you’ll be using 1.5” hose for your cleaning, that’s good for about 175gpm with the correct nozzle. I’d take your FD neighbor up on the offer to train you on it, fire pumps are not necessarily complicated to run but each truck is different and has its own quirks that may make it harder or easier to operate.
I would echo someone else’s comment on eBay for hose, nozzles, and adapters. There are also a lot of Facebook groups with used fire equipment for sale. Lots of options for reasonable priced used stuff out there. Good luck and have fun with that old girl! | |
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My new pressure washer....firetruck questions.
