[quote name='ppfd' post='187136' date='Feb 6 2008, 15:54 ']O.K. I have played fireman for a few years now. But, I have to ask <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blush.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> Why do some depts. have the female ends hanging out of the bed at the bottom of the hose lay? <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blush.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />[/quote]
Normally a department that leaves either the male or female butt showing at the bottom of the hose load, has done that so the other hose bed can be connected to the other so a longer lay can be accomplished.
When we ran nothing but 2-1/2” hose as the supply line, in a “horseshoe load”, we usually kept both the beds of 2-1/2” connected so we could lay out 1600 feet of hose line. If we didn’t need the “other” hose bed, then it just stayed there.
If we needed to lay duel 2-1/2” hose lines then a simple unscrewing of that coupling was all that was necessary.
Some companies that laid out duels all the time, didn’t keep the hose beds connected.
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Wagonman, in post 88, I think that the covers open up, don't they not? If not I'd like to see them load them too!!!
' /> Why do some depts. have the female ends hanging out of the bed at the bottom of the hose lay? <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blush.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />[/quote]Normally a department that leaves either the male or female butt showing at the bottom of the hose load, has done that so the other hose bed can be connected to the other so a longer lay can be accomplished.
When we ran nothing but 2-1/2” hose as the supply line, in a “horseshoe load”, we usually kept both the beds of 2-1/2” connected so we could lay out 1600 feet of hose line. If we didn’t need the “other” hose bed, then it just stayed there.
If we needed to lay duel 2-1/2” hose lines then a simple unscrewing of that coupling was all that was necessary.
Some companies that laid out duels all the time, didn’t keep the hose beds connected.
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Wagonman, in post 88, I think that the covers open up, don't they not? If not I'd like to see them load them too!!!
John Hinant
Retired Member of Richmond VA Fire Bureau
October 25, 1858 - October 25, 2020 = 162 years old
The sixth oldest paid, documented, Fire Department in the United States
First established in 1782
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Retired Member of Richmond VA Fire Bureau
October 25, 1858 - October 25, 2020 = 162 years old
The sixth oldest paid, documented, Fire Department in the United States
First established in 1782
"In God We Trust - All Others We Take For Granted"
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