Hose beds/loads

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Working end of Memphis E34.



200' of 1" booster.



Right bed consists of 1000' of 5". Two 33' sections of 5" in right, rear compartment.



Left bed holds (2) 150' sections of 1 3/4" hose with the top 50' of each bundled together in a shoulder load. It is loaded with about 3 feet of the female end hanging out of the bed and then flat loaded with the shoulder load on top.



The middle bed has 750' of 2 1/2" loaded with the male sections out and ending with a 2 1/2" to 1 3/4" gated wye on top. The 1 3/4" hose in the left bed in then connected to the wye on top of the middle bed.



This accomplishes the following:



The 2 1/2" can be used as a supply line with a double female at the plug and a double male at the pumper.



Two 1 3/4" lines can be laid and the pumper can be driven to get on a plug establishing a permanent water supply.



Two 1 3/4" lines can be laid if the fire is out of the reach of preconnected lines - alot of apartments with long setbacks or buildings in courtyards. Then the pumper can proceed to a hydrant or be supplied by a later arriving engine company.



The wye can be disconnected and replaced with a nozzle to stretch a 2 1/2" attack line.









EDIT - I'll post a picture tomorrow of the bed with all of the hose in it.