🚒💧 Burp Drafting: Steps 1 and 2 💧🚒 If you've ever been on a rural fire scene with a failed primer, you know how stressful that is. When seconds matter, the burp drafting technique can help keep water flowing and ensure the mission goes on. 💪🔥 Here are Steps 1 and 2: 1️⃣ Use your apparatus's onboard tank water. Fully open the tank to pump and tank fill. 2️⃣ Recirculate the water at a high speed. This creates negative pressure at the pump’s impeller, drawing water from the booster tank back
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🚒💧 Burp Drafting: Steps 1 and 2 💧🚒 If you've ever been on a rural fire scene with a failed primer, you know how stressful that is. When seconds matter, the burp drafting technique can help keep water flowing and ensure the mission goes on. 💪🔥 Here are Steps 1 and 2: 1️⃣ Use your apparatus's onboard tank water. Fully open the tank to pump and tank fill. 2️⃣ Recirculate the water at a high speed. This creates negative pressure at the pump’s impeller, drawing water from the booster tank back
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🟦 BURP DRAFT: Step 1 🟦 Primer fail during rural water supply? Here’s how to get that working: the burp draft, as taught by Andy Soccodato of The Water Thieves. ➡️ Step 1: Open tank-to-pump and tank fill fully ➡️ Step 2: Recirculate water at high RPMs ➡️ Step 3: Let the impeller create negative pressure; water from the booster tank takes over You're building flow to burp the air right out. No suction. No stress. Just smart drafting when your primer lets you down. 💥 👉 Download your tactical ch
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🟦 BURP DRAFT: Step 1 🟦 Primer fail during rural water supply? Here’s how to get that working: the burp draft, as taught by Andy Soccodato of The Water Thieves. ➡️ Step 1: Open tank-to-pump and tank fill fully ➡️ Step 2: Recirculate water at high RPMs ➡️ Step 3: Let the impeller create negative pressure; water from the booster tank takes over You're building flow to burp the air right out. No suction. No stress. Just smart drafting when your primer lets you down. 💥 👉 Download your tactical ch
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😮 This clever hack really allows you to keep drafting seamlessly when adding a second intake? #RuralWaterSupply Episode 5: Multiple Intake Drafting ➡️ TFT.com/multiple-intake #firefighter #watersupply #drafting #intake #firefighting #taskforcetips | Task Force Tips
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😮 This clever hack really allows you to keep drafting seamlessly when adding a second intake? #RuralWaterSupply Episode 5: Multiple Intake Drafting ➡️ TFT.com/multiple-intake #firefighter #watersupply #drafting #intake #firefighting #taskforcetips | Task Force Tips
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NOW LIVE 🚨🎬 We're thrilled to announce Episode 1 of the Rural Water Supply series! ➡️ Full Episode - Burp Drafting: https://tft.com/burp-draft/ A collaboration with The Water Thieves LLC and Water Supply Innovations LLC | Task Force Tips
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NOW LIVE 🚨🎬 We're thrilled to announce Episode 1 of the Rural Water Supply series! ➡️ Full Episode - Burp Drafting: https://tft.com/burp-draft/ A collaboration with The Water Thieves LLC and Water Supply Innovations LLC | Task Force Tips
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Need more flow and more flexibility at the pump? This delivers. 💥 Firefighters running water supply or drafting ops — this one’s for you. Water supply expert Andy Soccodato of The Water Thieves calls it one of his favorite intake valves. Here’s why 👇 ✅ 5.25" straight-shot waterway ✅ Smooth flow for drafting & hydrant ops ✅ Compact on pump panel ✅ Customizable threads reconfigurable handle ✅ Optional turn-down elbow solves hose sag at the panel Whether you're drafting from a portable tank, supp
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Need more flow and more flexibility at the pump? This delivers. 💥 Firefighters running water supply or drafting ops — this one’s for you. Water supply expert Andy Soccodato of The Water Thieves calls it one of his favorite intake valves. Here’s why 👇 ✅ 5.25" straight-shot waterway ✅ Smooth flow for drafting & hydrant ops ✅ Compact on pump panel ✅ Customizable threads reconfigurable handle ✅ Optional turn-down elbow solves hose sag at the panel Whether you're drafting from a portable tank, supp
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🚒💧 Burp Drafting: Steps 3-7 💧🚒 Once you've ensured water availability, recognized your tank fill plumbing size and opened the tank to pump and tank fill, here are the next steps to burp draft from instructor Andy Soccodato of The Water Thieves LLC: 3️⃣ Open your tank to pump and tank fill fully. 4️⃣ Throttle up to 150 PSI on the master discharge gauge. 5️⃣ Crack the master intake valve to release trapped air into the pump—watch for gauge fluctuation. 6️⃣ Open the intake in small increments o
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💡 Burp Drafting - Can I burp draft by flowing from a deck gun? 🚒 Andy Soccodato of The Water Thieves discusses a variation of the burp drafting technique he teaches (recirculating water through the tank fill valve). Can you use a deck gun? What limitations does this tweak come with? "One approach is to flow water out of the deck gun to achieve a burp draft," Andy says. "While this works, the operator must consider two key factors: having a proper place to discharge the water and recognizing th
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🚨🔥 BURP DRAFT: Watch a full run through! How Fast Can Andy Soccodato Get a Prime? 🔥🚨 Ever wonder how quickly a firefighter can establish a prime while burp drafting? Andy Soccodato of The Water Thieves takes on the challenge, pushing the limits with 40 feet of 6” hard sleeve—a true test of skill and timing! ⏱️💦 🎥 Highlights from the Video: 🕒 00:00 - Countdown begins: 4… 3… 2… 1… 💡 Andy’s tip: "Drafting through longer hard sleeves adds time. A 10’ section out of a dump tank? Much faster!"
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What's theoretical lift when drafting water? Maximum? Practical? #ruralwatersupply #taskforcetips
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👃🚒 How close would you nose it in? TWIN-TUBE DRAFTING with Andy Soccodato of The Water Thieves (Episode 5 of "Rural Water Supply") - By positioning the engine to use the front intake, you can start with just a 20-foot hard sleeve to get the water flowing. While this method may not deliver the pump’s full rated capacity, it provides rapid water to initiate operations. - Once additional equipment and manpower arrive, the operation expands step-by-step, adding a second intake to boost capacity. -
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BURP DRAFT STEPS 3-5 💨 Failed primer during drafting? Step 3: Open tank-to-pump and tank fill fully (gate back if you’ve got 2" plumbing). Step 4: Throttle up to 150 PSI on your master discharge gauge. Step 5: Crack the master intake valve until you see gauge fluctuation — that’s trapped air moving through the tank fill. Key tip from Andy Soccodato of The Water Thieves LLC: only open that intake in increments. 👉 Watch the full episode and download your tactical checklist — head to the comments
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🟧 Avoid this common mistake in burp drafting! 💡 Andy Soccodato of The Water Thieves LLC shares a critical tip on the tank fill line. "It's important for pump operators to know the size of their tank fill line. If the line is too large, such as two inches in diameter, opening it fully can lead to pump cavitation. This happens when the tank fill discharges more water than the tank-to-pump plumbing can supply, causing pressure issues when throttling up to 150 PSI. To prevent this, slightly gate b
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Primer not working? Burp drafting can save you—but only if you get all 4 of these right. 💡 Andy Soccodato from The Water Thieves breaks down the critical checklist: ✅ Booster tank water ✅ Throttle to 150 PSI ✅ Water moving somewhere ✅ Controllable intake valve Miss one, and you’re back to square one—especially if your primer’s shot. This isn’t theory—it’s field-proven rural water supply tactics for when the pressure’s on and the clock’s ticking. 🚒💦 👉 Watch the full video — TFT.com/burp-draft
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Drafting low? This strainer keeps your pump moving Firefighters working low water levels know the pain. Clogs. Vortexes. Wasted time. The TFT low-level strainer runs clean with a stainless screen, built-in jet siphon, and only 0.5 PSI loss at 1500 GPM. See how smooth it drafts, even in challenging situations. 👉 Schedule a demo to see for yourself! Head to the comments. | Task Force Tips
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Task Force Tips on Instagram: "Need more flow and more flexibility at the pump? This delivers. 💥 Firefighters running water supply or drafting ops — this one’s for you. Water supply expert Andy Soccodato of The Water Thieves calls it one of his favorite intake valves. Here’s why 👇 ✅ 5.25" straight-shot waterway ✅ Smooth flow for drafting & hydrant ops ✅ Compact on pump panel ✅ Customizable threads + reconfigurable handle ✅ Optional turn-down elbow solves hose sag at the panel Whether you're dr
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Task Force Tips on Instagram: "📍 BURP DRAFT: Steps 4-6 📍 Primer fail during rural drafting? Avoid this critical mistake! ➡️ Step 4: Throttle up to about 150 PSI ➡️ Step 5: Crack the master intake valve ➡️ Step 6: Open that intake in increments (Avoid this critical mistake!) Watch your master discharge gauge. Fluctuation means the air is burping out through the tank fill, and the draft is working. 👉 Download your tactical checklist to learn more from Andy Soccodato and The
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Watch the Task Force Tips Transformer PA1 Piercing Nozzle System as it delivers water or foam solutions to areas inaccessible to the fire fighter. A series of jets near the point apply a wide reaching pattern at a rated flow of 570 l/min at 7 bar (150 gpm at 100 psi). The PA1 system includes a unique twist-grip shutoff valve, a 3 port junction block with striking head, 2 extension tubes, and the flow tube with piercing point. | Task Force Tips
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