About $2.29/ foot at Lowe’s and $2/ foot at HD
Spa Flex 10ft $20
Heath have you started washing or building your setup yet? I haven’t been on much lately but would love to see your progress 
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I’ve got 4 electric Hannay reels, a GX690 with the new Udor CKC 30/24 (they upgraded the GKC) 8GPM/ 3500PSI pump, and a GX390 with a 5.5GPM/ 2500PSI gear drive sitting in Texas waiting on me. Snagged a sale over memorial weekend that basically paid for shipping.
Starting the build in early mid August. I will definitely post pics of the progress.
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That’s some great equipment, congrats! Looking forward to seeing it all come together.
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Thanks! I’m going to do a video of the build and try to focus on the stuff guys getting started will want to see (basics like plumbing etc) and then a final walk through video.
I absolutely would not have been able to do this without this forum and the really solid group of guys that invest so much time and effort helping people.
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No im not yet. I plan to soon
Great idea and yeah same. Some great people on here and I’ve made some good friends as well.
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Great equipment - You planning on setting it up in a trailer or on a truck?
Truck build
See I want to do an enclosed trailer build but having it all on a truck, like a flat bed or box truck, just sounds so much more convenient then the struggles of a trailer
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As long as you’ve got a really reliable truck with an adequate GVWR for what you want to carry, I think a flatbed or utility bed is a no-brainer.
But I’ve seen a number of flatbed builds where the trucks had numerous mechanical issues, causing enormous headaches and downtime.
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Also be prepared to add air bags. You can add helper springs $480 (not installed) but they really only give you about 2000lbs of extra capacity (vs the advertised 3500lbs) according to 3 different shops I spoke with about helper springs vs air bags. Firestone and Air Lift are about the same in price but Air Lift has better controls and slightly better reviews. Air Lift was also recommended by 3 of 3 shops. $1200 installed for the bags and an onboard compressor with a cab controller and an app controller for your phone.
I calculated with 4 electric reels, a 200 gallon buffer tank, two 55 gallon chemical tanks, a GX690, a GX390, and a GX160 for the air diaphrahm roof system I will be at around 4600lbs if I was fully loaded. I never intend to drive with the full weight of the water for any distance. But I don’t want to stress the capacity of the trucks GVWR. Because you have to include gas, tools, people, etc. An example is the GVWR of an F250 is 10000lbs. Payload capacity with a service bed is about 2600lbs. 3500lbs with a regular bed.
So I’m going with the Air Lift LoadLifter 7500 XL system which is $50 more than the 5000lbs system. You also need to take into account even with airbags you’re stressing the transmission, engine, brakes and other systems if you exceed the GVWR consistently even with air bags.
The air bags are able to easily be installed yourself which the shops all agreed on. I will be having it done because a service bed can cause some installation headaches and so I’m just going to have it done before I arrive in Texas.
There is also a $75 rebate on the bags and another $75 rebate on the compressor for Air Lift.
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Wow. Your not picky are ya.
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Get the truck reflashed and dynoed, maybe $1000 for a reflash of the ECU and a few dyno pulls to adjust. Not for hp but for torque. Lugging around 2 tonne, your gonna feel that. And no reliability doesn’t suffer. I do it on all my personal cars I’ve had, night and day difference, more power more torque with better fuel mileage, no brainer for something you’ll be using everyday with a a large load.
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Good advice! Thanks!
Definitely wasn’t referring to you…
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Airbags are a no-brainer. I’ve got the firestone ones in the Tacoma.
Another issue with adding sprung weight is the shocks. Stock shocks won’t handle the rebound as well. I’ll be upgrading to Bilstein 5100’s shortly. Certain sections of road feel like I’m in a boat, bobbing up and down.
I haven’t gotten it weighed yet, but my guess is that I’m probably ~500 lbs over the limit with the tanks full. For a truck with a rated payload of only 1300 lbs, that isn’t great
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Good advice @Infinity
That is one nice thing about any 2500 or 250 series truck is in general they’re over engineered. My 2002 was just a tank. I may go with a 2500 HD as that’s currently what is on the market which is odd since they’ve been hard to find up until recently.
But if I buy an older one yes it’s time for a shock upgrade anyway.
Yep. I think Toyota’s are way over-engineered for the most part, as well. But I think they do go light on the suspension components for ride quality, because most buyers treat them more like a lifestyle truck than a typical work truck.
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The TRD ones now days are the fully overbuilt heavy use ones for that stuff. In general even 1 series trucks are pretty freaking good these days. I’m looking at a 2013 Chevy 2500 HD. I was eyeing a 2019 F250 but it sold 3 days ago.
