Fire pumps

[BC_Logger]

Hope I'm posting this in the correct spot haven't been around for some time and there's been some changes I've also posted under the fire thread.

Looking for a new fire pump and have three to choose from

Honda wh15.
Honda wh20
BE Pressure HPFC-2065HR

kinda leaning towards the BE due to the more flow and pressure there all around the same price point but the BE unit is definately the pig of the 3

any insight or recommendations would be appreciated

Thanks

 

[northmanlogging]

I have an earlier honda wh20, pushes a 1.5" hose easily, I've ran 2" on it with good results.

They are cheap and bullet proof.

Flow and pressure is relative to control. If your attaching it to a tank, high flow isn't really a good thing, I'll drain my 330 gal tank in about 7 minutes with 200' of line attached. Now if I want to play it safe I can back it off and get a fair bit of time out of it and still put out a modest burn pile (25' dia) with water to spare. High pressure would be cool if I wanted to assault tree tops, but in reality if it gets that far out of control I'm hooped anyway. Luckily I haven't had to use it on an out of control brush fire (cause I'm hyper-paranoid about fire and set up burn piles and conduct my logging activities accordingly)

The wh20 will easily toss water over my house, and with a well aimed rock easily deal with 2nd story windows and roofs (I'd be amused if even the local fire dept's trucks could knock out windows without assistance)

I'm certain within a couple days some folks with much much more fire experience will chip in.