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Client Testimonial:
Aloha Chris,
After using your Water Hog buckets on recent fires, Don and the other pilots
have rave reviews, your product proved to be reliable with little or no
maintenance. In the past few weeks, Maui has seen brush fires that required the
pilots to fly up to 9 hours per day for 4 days, never once did they have
problems with your product. We are recommending that our local Fire Department
purchase 2-3 more Water Hogs from you to replace the current Bambi Buckets.
Kind Regards,
Donna Shearer, Windward Aviation Inc, Hawaii (Operate five x 400 litre Water
Hogs)
Postscript: Windward Aviation order for three additional Water Hog 400
litre buckets filled July 2007.
Client Testimonial:
Hi Chris,
To anyone considering updating their fire fighting tools, I could highly
recommend the Water Hog buckets. Over the last decade I have flown on many fires
with almost all of the other brands of water buckets that are available. I have
had almost every type of malfunction that could be imagined, with the most
common being a failure to release the water on command, often putting both the
pilot and helicopter in a precarious spot. I have had broken release cables and
leaking udders and the maintenance of the bucket sometimes rivalling that of the
helicopter. Always we have had to keep two buckets with the helicopter to ensure
that one was functioning.
Since acquiring our first Water Hog we have never and I repeat never had one
fail to release on command. We have had virtually no maintenance, but the best
part is the pattern, coupled with the ability to provide multiple drops over a
given spot. The bucket has very quick action allowing for a salvo drop or with
just a fast touch of the button allowing for a trail drop in grass fire
situations. This is our first season with a refill pump installed, but on our
very first fire the only suitable pond was over 6 miles away, no problem, we
found a small stream only half a mile away and began working. The stream was
about 12 inches deep and it takes about 30 seconds to refill up to 340 gallons.
The durability of the bucket has been unbelievable, our high time bucket has in
excess of 400 hours of actual fire fighting time . It has been dropped during an
emergency from over 50 feet and this bucket still functions and looks the same
as when it was new.
Again anyone considering an upgrade in their fire fighting tools would be
foolish, if they did not consider a Water Hog....
Best regards Gary Blain, Billings Flying Service,
Billings, Montana USA (Operate two x 1300 & one x 2600 litre Water Hogs)
On order for Billings for 2008 is a 3000 Litre / 800 US
Gallon Multi Valve Heavy Duty Water Hog to suit the Sikorsky S61's |
