We need to burn a tailwater ditch on our property to clear it of overgrown weeds. We live in an ag area where it’s very common to burn. The ditch is too far from the house to use a garden hose. Looking for ideas for a water tank and spray nozzle that can go on the back of a 4-wheeler to spray water to control and put out a small fire. Haven’t been able to find anything at our local ag stores.
look for a sprayer for trees, we had one that used a gas engine to provide the pump power… would spray a stream into the trees about 50 feet. Tank would hold 250 gallons of water.
it was something like this
http://www.toppowersprayer.com/200-gallon-pull-type-trailer-sprayer/
Check for rentals also
Check with your local fire department. Ours likes to use a ditch fire for training from time to time.
can you plow or disk a fire barrier between the pastures and the ditch? Sometimes once you start a burn it will produce its own atmosphere causing in rush of air that might cause the fire to spread faster then you could react
I have no answer about water, but I’m curious about burning the ditch, too. One of our neighbors did that last year and I’m wondering if I’d like to do it this year. Right now we still have snow on the ground, but when is the best time to do it? Obviously before they turn on the water, but . . . ?
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Ditto the sprayer clanter posted.
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Ditto the fire department if the area is big enough. Do the right thing and make a donation to the people who risk their lives to save ours. You didn’t buy the power sprayer so give them $50’or $100
We build a huge wood pile in the pasture and have the fire department come out every few years to torch it. They always leave with a donation:)
We use one of these to water, and fertilize our plants. They come bigger than this too.http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200631851_200631851?cm_mmc=Google-pla&utm_source=Google_PLA&utm_medium=Lawn%20%2B%20Garden%20>%20Sprayers&utm_campaign=NorthStar&utm_content=2681022&gclid=Cj0KEQiA2uDEBRDxurOO77Cp-7kBEiQAOUgKV5-PeFgcz92aj93yk-U6-LzLprf7lbDPdMY90_pEFNEaAp668P8HAQ
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We use one of these to water, and fertilize our plants. They come bigger than this too.http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200631851_200631851?cm_mmc=Google-pla&utm_source=Google_PLA&utm_medium=Lawn%20%2B%20Garden%20>%20Sprayers&utm_campaign=NorthStar&utm_content=2681022&gclid=Cj0KEQiA2uDEBRDxurOO77Cp-7kBEiQAOUgKV5-PeFgcz92aj93yk-U6-LzLprf7lbDPdMY90_pEFNEaAp668P8HAQ[/QUOTE]
I have a similar one. Wouldn’t put out near enough water to control, keep in check a “burn”.
The referenced tow tank with pump should be enough. But 250 gallons of water weights 2,000 lbs. Not sure if the average ATV could handle that. Especially if any hills are involved.
If the “controlled burn” should become uncontrolled I doubt 250 gallons is going to get it back under control.
I’ve seen how fast a field burn progresses. Pretty impressive.
As others have suggested talk to your local fire department.
If you make $50 donation to our local VFD they will send a small pumper truck and two guys and at least a few hours. I’ve got some ditches and other small areas that need to be burned. I’ll spend probably a couple of hundred bucks to do it. But that’s OK. I know where the money is going and if things get out of hand I’ll not have to worry about The Authorities.
Sometimes charity is a good deal all 'round!
G.
Also, do you have a clear plan for what plants you’re trying to get rid of? many invasives thrive in burned ground. My neighbor hired a crew to burn his CRP ground prior to planting row crops, and I thought I was brilliant to ask them to also burn my ditch so I could start over with it. Dis-AS-ter. Turns out the sumac I was hoping to eradicate LOVES to be burned, it’s like giving a toddler pop-rocks. Poison ivy loves it too.
a fire department brush truck pumper tank is usually in the 300 gallon range
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a fire department brush truck pumper tank is usually in the 300 gallon range
http://www.brushtruck.com/brush-trucks/skid-unit/[/QUOTE]
Ours is 500 gallons, made just for fire fighting and watering roads down.
Has a pump that fills it from a stock tank or pond in 5 minutes:
https://www.wyliesprayers.com/v/product-detail/Fire-Control-Water-Wagon/1n/
Is the one our fire department recommends for fire fighting assist and the one we use when we are welding on fences where there is a chance to catch something on fire and to water our covered arena.
For serious prairie fire, it is too wimpy, but it can help a little watering down certain areas to try to protect them.
Is also good to use to get water somewhere to mix concrete, or to a tank that lost it’s water supply, etc.
You need a pickup or tractor to pull it, a 4 wheeler is not big enough.
Be sure what you get is small enough to be pulled with a 4 wheeler.
Water is really a heavy load to pull and moves around as you travel.
Having nothing to do with actual water tanks… watch the weather when burning and please no burning if it is windy. I’ve seen very small fires get totally out of hand in seconds when it’s breezy…
I would second the fire department. I have a pool which needed refilling, and got a price of $$$ from the pool company.
I called the fire department, they sent over a couple of tankers. I paid them the $$$. Much better use of my money.
