Fire line · High-capacity supply

Heavy Water Tanker Fire Truck

Name: Heavy Water Tanker Fire Truck
Brand: AUTOSMODS

A high-capacity water tanker on a heavy-truck chassis, built for places where the water has to come from a long way off. Industrial estates, airports, tank farms and remote settlements use it as a shuttle: fill at the source, deliver to the incident, repeat until the fire is out.

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Key facts

Base chassis	Heavy-truck chassis, 6x4 or 4x2 depending on capacity and terrain
Body	Large tank with baffled compartments and reinforced mounting
Pump	High-flow fire pump with large-bore suction and delivery connections
Monitor	Roof or front-mounted monitor with remote operation
Shuttle capability	Fast fill and dump configuration for continuous water supply
Delivery	Complete vehicle with pump and tank test documentation

A shuttle operation is a scheduling problem disguised as a vehicle. If the round trip is forty minutes and the fire needs two thousand litres a minute, then arithmetic — not opinion — determines how many tankers you need. Our job is to give you the fill rate, the dump rate and the usable capacity so that calculation can be done before the fire, not during it.

The tank is baffled, which matters more on a heavy chassis than buyers expect: a part-full unbaffled tank shifts its load on a bend and the driver feels it through the steering. The tank is also mounted on a reinforced subframe so that the chassis flexes under it rather than through it.

Large-bore connections allow the tanker to fill from a hydrant, a canal or a relay pump quickly, and to dump into a portable tank at the incident without waiting for the pump to be set up.

Configurations

Each configuration is a starting point — equipment, layout and finish are set per order.

01Industrial shuttle

Maximum capacity with fast fill and dump for estate and tank-farm protection.

02Airport crash support

High-flow delivery and foam capability for airfield standby duty.

03Relay pumper

Configured to feed a relay line rather than to dump, with sustained pump duty.

04Foam tanker

Foam tank and proportioner for hydrocarbon storage risks.

Where it is used

The same platform carries different fit-outs depending on who operates it.

Industrial estates and tank farms

Large-volume water supply where the nearest hydrant main is undersized.

Airports

Standby water and foam supply supporting crash tenders.

Remote settlements

Districts where the water source is a river or canal several kilometres from the buildings.

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Questions buyers ask

How many tankers do we need for a shuttle?

Send the round-trip distance, the required flow at the incident and the fill rate at the source. We will calculate the number with you — this is the calculation that decides whether a shuttle works.

Can the tank be compartmented for foam?

Yes. Foam concentrate tanks and proportioning can be specified alongside the water tank.

Is a 6x4 chassis necessary?

For maximum capacity on poor roads, yes. A 4x2 chassis carries less but costs less to buy and to run, and suits surfaced roads.

Calculate a water shuttle requirement

Tell us the round-trip distance, the flow you need at the incident and the fill point. We will size the tanker and the fleet.