What's on Your Tanker #04? Wisconsin
 
By President Mark Davis
June 16, 2016
 

In May, Tender 1230 from the Whitewater FD (Wisconsin) hauled water during our 2-day Rural Water Supply Operations Seminar in Linn, Wisconsin. Like many of the tenders in the 2-hour drill at Linn, Tender 1230 is set up quite nicely to efficiently haul water. The 4,100-gallon tender was built by U.S. Tanker and it is set up to dump fast from its three dump chutes and load fast using the 5-inch direct fill line. The tender carries two dump tanks and is also equipped with a 500 gpm pump.
 
Tender 1230 is a 4,100 gallon tanker built by U.S. Tanker.
Tender 1230 is a 4,100 gallon tanker built by U.S. Tanker.
The "business end" of this tanker is set up to get the job done! The 5-inch direct fill line, mounted low for easy access, makes all the difference when this rig is hauling water in a shuttle. The big inlet shortens the fill time and gets the rig back on the road to the dump site.
The "business end" of this tanker is set up to get the job done! The 5-inch direct fill line, mounted low for easy access, makes all the difference when this rig is hauling water in a shuttle. The big inlet shortens the fill time and gets the rig back on the road to the dump site.
 
Tender 1230 is shown here operating at a 2014 water supply drill in Whitewater.
Tender 1230 is shown here operating at a 2014 water supply drill in Whitewater.