Tanker 342 Mutual aid grass fire by Marquette Kansas

[@azarkos405]

Nothin like workin a grass fire! Through some matured sage brush in there for lavor. Love it.

[@lt.dal94texascommand74]

Been there done that!! When you realise how long you've been out there..sun going down or stomach growling lol Good job!!

[@steve45601yt]

GREAT job...great video. Thanks for sharing

[@ccv144]

Amazing video thank for sharing ! That wind god !

[@brandonbuzzell3326]

Jrockyhill I love the videos bud keep posting and be safe... btw you and your dad make a good team lol

[@Randy_Tippett]

We run 6x6 trucks here as wildland tankers and back up brush engines here. But all ours walk ways and stands are behind the cab. In missouri riding in front a big no no. But good job on knocking the fire down quickly.

[@jrockyhill]

I think any new truck we get from now on can not have a cage on the front so we are keeping the old trucks around as long as we can I love fighting fire from the front of the front visibility is so much better especially in rough Terrain

[@Randy_Tippett]

We are getting ready to replaceing an old duce. Probably getting a Stewart and stevenson truck to replace it. Thats going to be intresting to see how it works out.

[@AussieGearReviewer]

Same as australia, fighting fire from a moving truck is always done behind the cab

[@anthonysconundrum145]

Jrockyhill...Got me hooked to your vids bro! Southwest Ohio Volly here. We don’t see anything like these but fun to watch. New sub...

[@jrockyhill]

UFO Fan well thanks I'll keep it up

[@SALmetalseven]

Awesome job. I'd like to experince that.

[@Umeshkuma707]

Great job guys

[@ranger2316]

It's interesting how little it takes to put out this fires. That small stream was extremely effective.

[@nicholaswhatts1380]

Not much fuel for the fire to intensify

[@skybirdprojects5489]

the wind was also mostly against it.

[@hairy-dairyman]

You guys do it different. Not wrong. But different

[@lencycler1]

wow how much water does that thing carry?

[@jrockyhill]

lencycler1 it is a tanker / brush truck I think it's 1100 gallon

[@lauremehrkens5891]

Damn, that’s a lot of water.

[@cashschierling120]

@@lauremehrkens5891 one of our brush trucks/tanker holds over 2,000 gallons

[@leehart9055]

Can you tell me aboutt his brush truck..What kind is it, how much water does it carry, pump size and other stuf it carries, I am interested Thank you

[@jrockyhill]

I'm not a hundred percent sure on the year but I would guess it's a mid-80s international V8 Diesel carries 1,100 gallonsnot sure the flow rating on the pump but it'll run multiple 60 gallon a minutenozzles it has a front remote and 200-foot of inch-and-a-half cross lay on the back it is probably one of my favorite trucks to fight fire off of

[@boris_js]

Very oddly satisfying video

[@Rramblings]

Thanks for sharing this video which I shared with the readers of my blog. When was the fire? Late December 2016 or early January 2017? Guys look like they are cold.

[@jrockyhill]

Rramblings Aerial Wildland FF I think it was mid February

[@Rramblings]

mid-February 2016 I assume. As your publish date is Jan 2017. Great video

[@trollingfreak3020]

Awesome videos! Just wondering what you were doing to the truck at 6:10 ? Changing something for more traction?

[@jrockyhill]

The truck is 4-wheel drive and it has manual lockout hubs so we were locking the tires to the axle for more traction

[@trollingfreak3020]

@@jrockyhill Thank you for the reply

[@nancykennon310]

I remember in the 80's the fields were burned in those areas. You could see smoke from 100 mi. way

[@maxhallman1036]

Why people need one spare pickup on the farm

[@kylelangford1353]

Hi Jrockyhill, you say you "love this nozzle." What type of nozzle is it?

[@jrockyhill]

I don't remember what brand it is but it's a 60 gallon a minute instead of a 30 in that truck holds 1,100 gallon so if you need it you can run hot for a while without running out of water

[@keelankoehn4085]

Remember always have an anchor point

[@jrockyhill]

We had trucks on the other side of that wash out bringing up our flank we just picked up where they could go

[@glovefet]

how far is the refil point or whatever it's called?

[@jrockyhill]

If I remember correctly it was close to a mile

[@HuiChyr]

Would these fire be avoided if they have livestock grazing on the planes?

[@jrockyhill]

all of those pastures have cattle in them or did but you don't want to overgraze your pastures otherwise the grass will be weedy and not as good next year it's kind of an unavoidable problem

[@wannabetowasabe]

Why put the fire out? Grasslands evolved with periodic fire, with a frequency as high as any vegetation type. Nothing else can increase the productivity of grasslands like fire can.

[@jrockyhill]

I agree but when you're not expecting a fire and there's cattle and front of where it's burning and people's houses without proper fire breaks around them you have to put it out

[@florenbaron7111]

What is your perception of why so many fires are lit within the last few years?

[@jrockyhill]

To be honest 99% of our calls are easily explained by equipment failures control burns getting away from people and random things off of I-70

[@Africanfrogs]

Out by hand, company needs some funds.

[@tzonihellas3433]

Very easy fire conditions.

[@cody_janssen831]

Why put it out it’s probably just grasslands for miles

[@jrockyhill]

People had cattle in a bunch of those pastures we didn't want to burn and I know there was some houses up that direction to

[@alan6832]

since brush trucks can have driver controlled water cannon, would it be better for 3 men to be in 3 brush trucks? especially if there are plenty of army surplus trucks ready to recondition and convert?

[@jrockyhill]

It's all a money and personal thing

[@Chris76442]

How much water you carry in these trucks?

[@jrockyhill]

That truck can carry 1100 gallon

[@Chris76442]

@@jrockyhill ok that's much. How long you can work with this amount of water?

[@thesunsetreptiles]

Don't you have a place in the back of the truck for a guy to stand

[@Rangerman69420]

What fire department are you from

[@jrockyhill]

pineapple man rural Fire District Number 3 Saline County Kansas

[@jamesmckay9966]

They should have let it burn. I can't figure this one out. The Fire was doing good. Miss guided suppression.

[@Mk-xh3sm]

Job satisfaction

[@124kaycee]

Thing needs a plow in front plus water.......

[@JohnSmith-uy7sv]

A driver plus 2 guys to spray out the fire???? I always had to drive and spray at the same time. How many fire men does it take to screw in a light bulb, 4??? YIPES!

[@jrockyhill]

John Smith normally we don't have two people like that it was only his second fire and we were trying to get him a little training

[@JohnSmith-uy7sv]

Glad you explained that. I've seem some pretty ridiculous fire fighting going on. Should have done it all from the unburned side when you can.

[@mikedecker7919]

Day 1, Hour 1 , Minute 1 of wildland fire training ALWAYS fight from the black.

[@JohnSmith-uy7sv]

Not in the real world.

[@mikedecker7919]

The guy that taught to walk and drag a hose has never walked and drug a hose for any distance I'll guarantee that..LOL

[@scotzimmerman4490]

Why not plow a fire break?

[@clayarmontrout9867]

why are there no hand tools being used on this... water conservation is key.... good thing you boys were attacking a flank I guess.

[@chrisj9008]

Hand tools on a fuel model 1 wind driven fire??? You must fight fires in the mountains. You would never catch a fire out here in open land with a handline. We dig plenty of line, but most used are flappers to suffocate the fire.