Tricks of the Trade - Hooking up to a Fire Hydrant

• Posted on 7 February 2025
• By Trudi Weickum
• Posted in fast connect, fire hydrant hookup, flow vale, hydrant
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Since I'm by myself today, I'll show you how to put up our fire hydrant so I can swiftly fill up my 525 tank. I'm transporting this today. A 16-foot trailer is being pulled by an F350 flatbed. Because I had to use two hands in some of them, it could be a little challenging. of this video. I have my hydrant set up like this. With a PVC pipe running all the way to the end, I have my bulkhead installed at the bottom of my tank.

Since I'm by myself today, I'll show you how to put up our fire hydrant so I can swiftly fill up my 525 tank. I'm transporting this today. A 16-foot trailer is being pulled by an F350 flatbed. Because I had to use two hands in some of them, it could be a little challenging. of this video. I have my hydrant set up like this. With a PVC pipe running all the way to the end, I have my bulkhead installed at the bottom of my tank. Additionally, I have a ball valve there that allows me to drain my tank. We got the city water supply to install this meter system on the hydrant after we called them. To make things easy, we added fast connectors to these, and I have my hose. Verify that your hose is straight and free of holes. Here, the coupler is connected, the flow quick connect is in place, and any kinks are checked. To disconnect the upper portion of the hydrant, you will also need one of these tools. Returning to the trailer, I'm demonstrating the hookup once more in case anyone missed it. The trailer's tank is connected to it first, followed by the hydrant. Be sure to start out slowly. It fills quickly and takes about ten minutes to do it. The handles should then be closed in the opposite direction to stop it.