Farm-Size Fire Fighter

Farm-Size Fire Fighter FARM HOME Miscellaneous 6-2-15 "Many farms and ranches are 20 minutes or more away from fire equipment protection. Yet, it's the first 20 minutes that determine whether or not a home, barn or other building will survive. With this unit, you have instant fire-fighting capability right on your farm or ranch," explains Takis Kotis, manufacturer of the new Alco Farmstead Fire Fighter. The self-contained unit is designed to let you get the jump on rural fires instead of waiting hopelessly for help to arrive from town. At $6,100, even small towns that can't afford expensive new or used fire trucks can buy one. No special training is required to run the machine, according to Kotis. "This unit can stand ready twelve months a year without heated storage, regardless of the outside temperature. A farmer can store it in an unheated shed, full of water, and never worry about it freezing up," Kotis told FARM SHOW. "A heating element protects the 335 gal. fiberglass water tank from freeze up during the winter." Besides the water tank and 150 ft. of hose, the Alco Fire Fighter contains a 10-gal. backpack water sprayer, a 5-gal. chemical fire extinquisher, a fire axe, shovel and steel brush and grass fire broom. The water pump on the base unit is powered by a 7 hp. Briggs and Stratton engine and delivers 400 to 600 psi. at 10 gpm. The machine has a 35 minute fire-fighting water supply. The Fire Fighter rides on flotation tires that can carry it to pastures, woods and other off-road locations. The trailers has a 2-in. ball hitch. For more information, contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Alco Engineering International, 6182 Olson Memorial Highway, Minneapolis, Minn. 55422 (ph 612 542-9590)

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