WH 1300 Billings Flying Service Calamity Complex Fire Oregon                    We supply a wide range of custom-made helicopter                  Water Hog 3000 litre McDermott Aviation Bell 214B1 Spain                      (Photo Courtesy of Todd McKinley Grant County Sheriffs Office)                                       fire fighting buckets to suit any aerial application                                     (Photo Courtesy of McDermott Aviation, Australia)

             

Manufacturer of the World Class Lightweight "Water Hog" Helicopter Fire Fighting Buckets

Any volume manufactured from 400 litres / 105 US Gallons to over 20,000 Litres / 5263 US Gallons

 All our helicopter fire fighting buckets can be landed full for "Tanker Support" of ground crews -
no other fire fighting buckets are free-standing capable

 Sales, Enquires & Quotes. E-mail: afcwaterhog@ozemail.com.au

International Phone: 61 - 418 785 986

 

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Water Hog 520 Litre Bucket to suit Bell 206 Longranger (Launch Customer, Fleet Helicopters, Armidale, NSW, Australia) (See Photo Page)

 

   

Water Hog 400 litre bucket, Maalea Fire, July 2007, Courtesy of Windward Aviation Inc, Hawaii

Any volume from 400 Litres / 105 US Gallons can be made.

    Key Benefits

  • Multi Drop Fully Composite Patented Valve
  • Efficient, Effective and water tight valve seals
  • Rapid Vertical Filling
  • Most powerful & responsive valve actuation system used in a fire fighting bucket
  • Lightweight and collapsible for ease of carriage
  • No Control Head
  • No Structural Webbing or Stitching to wear out
  • No Shackles
  • No Hydraulics or Pneumatics
  • Composite Valve and Outlet Port manufactured of the strongest materials available
  • Extremely strong and highly visible Polyurethane Fabric that maintains it's colour
  • Simple and very compact Valve Control Box (10 Amp power requirement only)
  • We manufacture any volume of Water Hog to the clients specification
  • All Water Hog Pricing: On Application

Water Hog Weight Watchers Guide

Capacity Litres Capacity US Gal Empty Weight Kgs Empty Weight Lbs
WH 400   litre 105 US Gallons 36 Kgs 79 lbs
WH 600   litre 158 US Gallons 39 Kgs 86 lbs
WH 950   litre 250 US Gallons 43 Kgs 95 lbs
WH 1000 litre 263 US Gallons 44 Kgs 97 lbs
WH 1300 litre 342 US Gallons 53 Kgs 117 lbs