Delivery: Dorrance Twp., PA, Tender

Aug. 18, 2022
The Dorrance Township Volunteer Fire Company took delivery of this 2,500-gallon water tender built by Sutphen on a Kenworth chassis.

The Dorrance Township Volunteer Fire Company took delivery of this water tender built by Sutphen on a Kenworth chassis.

The Kenworth T-80 chassis has a two-seat extended cab and is powered by a Cummins 565-hp X-15 engine and Allison EVS4500 transmission.

The rig has a Hale QMAX XS-200 single-stage pump and a 2,500-gallon UPF Poly Tank III with a thru-the-tank hard sleeve tunnel, plus a 20-gallon foam tank with the Hale Smartfoam 3.3 system.

It is equipped with a Kussmaul auto-eject battery conditioner, Trident air prime, TFT Radius deck gun, side and rear Newton dump valves, a rear Hannay booster hose reel, Zico swing down 3,000-gallon porta tank lift and Amdor shutters.

Warning equipment includes a Whelen LED emergency lighting pack, rear arrow stick and front Firetech Hi-Viz LED brow light.

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