CFA’s prototype heavy tanker is undertaking a statewide road show, starting at the Champs in Bendigo this weekend, so that firefighters have the opportunity to give feedback.
For a list of road show venues and times, click here.
General specifications
- Overall height: 3,150mm, length: 8,100mm, width: 2,700mm over mirrors
- 15T GVM
- 17.5 metres turning circle (kerb-to-kerb)
- Iveco Eurocargo ML150E28W 4x4 Crew Cab, 205kW/950Nm, 6-speed Tiptronic ZF6AS1000 automated manual transmission (no clutch pedal)
- Bucket seating for five – two in the front and three in the rear
- Internal roll cage
- Isuzu 4LE2/GAAM Mk300D two-stage pump/water cooled diesel engine rated at 1,200 lpm @ 700kpa.
- Electric priming pump
- 4,000-litre polyethylene rota moulded water tank including nominal 750 litres for crew/vehicle spray protection system
- Deliveries:
- Rear – 2 x Ø65mm Storz
- Deck – 2 x 2 Ø38mm external lug
- Undertray – 2 x Ø38mm external lug
- Post pump A Class Foam injection via a CTD Triton LP, to all deliveries c/w 50-litre foam tank and nearside ground tank filling capability
- Bullbar mounted TFT Tornado electric monitor (0 – 450 l/min) c/w in-cabin joystick control
- Three-position pump controls (cabin, deck and rear)
- Swivel mounted, electric rewind live hose reel c/w 45 metre ؾ hose
- Swivel mounted dead hose reel
- nine-metre long Ø75mm preconnected suction hose
- VMux CANBUS multiplexing
- Large LED water tank level indicators situated on the sides of body
- Little Giant multi-function ladder (5.8 metres extended length)
- Crew protection system including cabin and deck curtains and water sprays c/w two-position controls
- Nearside and offside aluminium stowage lockers c/w lift-up hinged doors including:
- optional BA
- hoses, adaptors and chainsaw
- PPE miscellaneous gear
- salvage gear
- All body lighting is LED including internal locker lighting
Photos by Keith Pakenham
Author: Duncan Russell