2" water pump question

[cmuncy]

Eddie,

I agree with you 100%.

Right now when I do burn, I scrounge up small manageable piles. Before I light up, I pull my 350 gallon water tank out, 50' of 1" hose, and the pto pump. I can get a stream out of my Nelson nozzle about 75' in a good solid stream.

If I even think the wind doesn't look right, I add a bit of water. I also never let if go unattended overnight, hense another reason for the small piles.

So far it works really well. With my setup I can go through about 12 gallons a minute for almost 25 minutes.

I was really curious of the capabilities of those little pumps. Every once in a while the local TSC here in Conroe will have used ones dirt cheap: the last one was $100.00.

 

[Squeak n Itch]

Neighbor and I decided to burn the remnants of an old fallen barn. The concept: light the fire and use a garden hose to keep it down. Long (and hot) story short: after three or four cycles of flare up and put down it finally got away from us. Tornadoes of flame and embers into the air. Luckily no one hurt and no property damage - lesson learned!