Ha ha, not sure Vic, just my sick sense of humour I guess.
Very close Cisco and Paul!!!
Yes the ring roller has a rise in the middle of the centre die, to put a dip/valley inwards across the inside of the square tube so it remains pretty square. It does still swell it slightly from 25mm to 27mm.
They are part of the “F.A.R.T's”, I build.
These are "Fill And Response Trailers", that I designed and build for country shires.
The idea is to deploy them as soon as there is a fire and they are set up on a water source. A dam, soak, large tank or creek and they are used to fast fill fire trucks.
Honda driven pump is a 75mm high flow transfer.
The small hose reel is just for self-protection as most water sources are around trees etc.
They bottom fill trucks with a 15mtr x 75mm layflat hose.
The small tank is used to flood the 75mm x 20mtr suction line, and the clear line returns to the tank, to refill it and also to see if all the bubbles are removed. So the unit is primed ready to go when the first truck rolls in empty.
In our local Pink Lake brigade, the ladies are trained to set them up and they do it in about 5 minutes from arrival at the water source.
The photos don't show the 8 mtr telescopic light towers, that go on behind the reel and is fitted with 2 work lights and a green flashing/rotating beacon. This indicates the watering point and first aid officers on the fire ground.
I'm currently building the 14th unit. (Well when the wind is not up anyway.)
