HOW TO LOAD PRE-CONNECTED 2 ½” HOSE LINE
- Take position
- One firefighter in hose bed, one firefighter at tailboard
- Third can assist
- Connect first length
- Pigtail to hose bed discharge
- Lay hose flat
- First two leaves even with the end of the hose bed
- Third leaf, make pull loop
- Load remainder of first 50’ of hose
- Leave 3 foot tail with male coupling to complete connection to shouldered load
- Flip up at front of hose bed
- Place nozzle connected to second length
- In hose bed
- Even with hose bed dividers
- On top of flat loaded 50’
- Flat load hose
- Shorter folds to accommodate shoulder load
- Connect third length
- Flat load hose
- Finish with male coupling flipped out of rear of bed
- Connect second and third lengths
- Finish load
- Wrap Minuteman 100’ with hose strap
- Hose strap loop positioned for pulling