2" v.s 1.75" attack lines/ crosslays

[EastKyFF]

Both.

Most fires don't need that much water. Room and contents fires were put out for decades with 1 1/2" hose.

Shucks, a lot were put out with booster reels!

[EastKyFF]

Free your mind there is a great ig world outside of Memphis...

But there's not nearly as much barbecue there, and I don't want to be part of a world like that.

[FyredUp]

Shucks, a lot were put out with booster reels!

Not today, thank you very much!!

[EastKyFF]

Not today, thank you very much!!

Yes, our one lonely little booster reel is quite handy for brush fires and cleaning up tools, and that is pretty much it.

[hwoods]

When I started in 1958, I had two Choices, 1 inch Booster line or 2 1/2 inch line. I got a lot of Fire with that one inch in the first year of using it, then we got a new Engine, and our first 1 1/2........ We bought our last Booster reel in 1965, except for a garden hose size reel on the several brush rigs after that..... We moved up to 2 inch in the mid 70s, but kept the 1 1/2 for most of the work. Today the "Fire" Engine runs with a split bed of 2,000ft of 3 inch, a dead load of 600 ft of 2 1/2 with a 200 ft "Bundle Load" of 1 1/2 on top of that, connected to a gated wye. A 200 ft 1 1/2, a 250 1 1/2, a 400 ft 1 1/2 and a 250 2 inch line are all preconnected on the rear. The right side running board box has a 150ft 1 1/2 preconnect and the front bumper has 150 ft of 1 1/2 preconnected. There are no crosslays. Standpipe bags carry a 100 ft. 1 1/2 line and accessories, and a second bag has 300 ft of 1 inch Forestry hose and accessories. The "Rescue" Engine has the same front bumper line and supply line, along with 2 200ft 1 1/2 lines in crosslays over the Pump, a 250 and 400 1 1/2 lines and a 250 ft 2 inch line all off the back......

My personal preference?? 1, 2, and 3 inch. Forget the !/2s and the 3/4s..........