Fire tractor hitch and fire fighting method

Fire extinguishers – Processes – Of extinguishing fire

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169 24, 169 52, 169 45, 239172, A62C 200, A62C 2700

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ABSTRACT:
A method for fighting wildland and forest fire and a hitch assembly is described that allows a tank of fluid to be towed by a fire tractor to a fire location especially for the purpose of spraying and creating a foam fire break line. The hitch assembly attaches to a fire tractor and uses fifth wheel plate and kingpin coupling to releasably lockingly connect a continuous track vehicle to a tank in the configuration of an over-the-road semi trailer or to the drawbar eye of a tank in the configuration of an over-the-road A-train trailer.

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Catalog p. 39 May 1993 Wajax-Pacific Fire Equipment.

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