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Knight Division TacticalWhat is a skidgine?
Heavy Equipment with Water: Skidgines, Pumper Cats & Softtracks
Yes.
KDT provides heavy equipment with water for wildfires, skidgines, pumper cats and softtracks with operators, typed by tank size, pump rating and horsepower.
Typical configuration
- Skidgine Type 1
- 1,200+ gal, 50 gpm @ 100 psi
- Skidgine Type 2
- 800–1,199 gal, 50 gpm @ 100 psi
- Skidgine Type 3
- 400–799 gal, 30 gpm @ 70 psi
- Skidgine Type 4
- 200–399 gal, 30 gpm @ 70 psi
- Pumper cat Type 1
- 200+ HP, 500+ gal
- Pumper cat Type 2
- 100–199 HP, 300+ gal
- Pumper cat Type 3
- 60–99 HP, 200+ gal
- Pumper cat pump
- 30 gpm @ 70 psi, all types
- Softtrack Type 1
- 600+ gal, 170+ HP, 30 gpm @ 70 psi, 12+ mph on level ground
- Hose reel
- Live reel, 150+ ft of 1-inch hard line (¾-inch ID)
- Crew
- Operator with each machine
Heavy equipment with water puts a tank and pump on a piece of heavy equipment. A skidgine is a rubber-tired skidder with a tank and pump. A pumper cat is a crawler tractor with a dozer blade, tank and pump. A softtrack is a tracked carrier, with tracks that conform to varying ground, carrying a tank and pump. All three pump and roll: they can spray while moving.
KDT sends them by the day with the operator, plus mileage for transport. Each carries a live hose reel with 150+ ft of 1-inch hard line, plus 1-inch and 1½-inch hose by type, nozzles, fittings and hand tools. Foam proportioners, winches and grapples are options, and a compressed air foam system (CAFS) can be added, billed as an allowance when it's used.
A drop-tank skidgine has a tank engineered to come off and go back on the machine within one hour, leaving a log grapple free to pull logs or break apart jackpots of fuel. Tell us the type and we'll match the machine.
Available as
- Skidgines, Type 1–4
- Drop-tank skidgines with log grapple
- Pumper cats, Type 1–3
- Softtracks, Type 1
- Foam proportioner, winch or grapple (optional by type)
- Compressed air foam system (CAFS)
What's included
- Qualified operator (RT-130 annual fireline refresher)
- Live hose reel, hose, nozzles, fittings and hand tools
- First aid kit and fire extinguisher
- Tire chains on rubber-tired skidgines
- Transport to and from the incident
Where it's used
- Pump and roll on the fireline
- Holding and mop-up
- Pulling logs and breaking apart jackpots of fuel (drop-tank skidgine with grapple)
- Part of a Heavy Equipment Task Force (drop-tank skidgine or pumper cat)
Questions, answered.
What is a skidgine?
A rubber-tired skidder equipped with a water tank and pump. Skidgines are typed 1–4 by tank size and pump rating, from 1,200+ gallons at 50 gpm @ 100 psi down to 200–399 gallons at 30 gpm @ 70 psi.
What is a pumper cat?
A crawler tractor with a dozer blade, water tank and pump. Pumper cats are typed by horsepower and tank: Type 1 200+ HP and 500+ gal, Type 2 100–199 HP and 300+ gal, Type 3 60–99 HP and 200+ gal, all pumping 30 gpm @ 70 psi.
What is a softtrack?
A carrier on tracks that conform to varying ground, with a tank and pump. A Type 1 softtrack carries 600+ gallons with 170+ HP, pumps 30 gpm @ 70 psi and makes 12+ mph on level ground.
What is a drop-tank skidgine?
A skidgine whose tank can be removed and reattached within one hour, leaving a log grapple usable for pulling logs or breaking apart jackpots of fuel.
Need it on your incident? Say the word.
Add it to your request with anything else you need, then send it all at once. We'll come back with what we can put where, and when.