Water Truck Fills Sprayer, Fights Fires

Water Truck Fills Sprayer, Fights Fires TRUCKS Miscellaneous 32-5-27 Besides being a useful vehicle on Muhr Farms, a water truck serves as backup for local fire protection. Blaine Muhr, along with his father and brother, of Francis, Saskatchewan, assembled the truck with used equipment: a 1981 Mack tandem, a 3,800-gal. water tank, and a truck wrecker pump. "The truck has a 3-in. pto pump that fills the truck in approximately 18 minutes," Muhr says. "There's also a 2-in. gas-powered pump to load the water out to the sprayer. We're on call with the local fire departments. They like the large water supply and short time to load." He pulls water from dugouts with the self-priming gear pump. The Muhrs' neighbors know they can call if there's a fire during harvest. With long distances to town, it's nice to have protection nearby. The Muhrs also use the truck to water down roads to control dust during parades and other events. When they're not putting out fires, the Muhrs use the truck on more than 6,000 acres of grain crops to tow a sprayer to the field and supply it with water. "With 3,800 gallons of water ready for the field, this works great for us. One man can spray 1,000 acres per day and eliminate a hired man," Blaine says. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Blaine Muhr, P. O. Box 90, Francis, Saskatchewan, Canada SOG 1VO (ph 306-245-3750; muhrfarms@sasktel.net).

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