Patent ID: 6464094
Filing Date: 2002-10-15
Classification: A62C,B65D

Abstract:
A fire suppression tank comprising:(a) a hollow thin-walled elongate container having first and second opposite ends, said container sealed for containing water, said container having a balance point generally mid-way along its length about which point said container is balanced when at least partially filled with water, (b) wall reinforcement for reinforcing walls of the container mounted to said container at said balance point so as to bear a compressive force of a grapple when grappling said container, the grapple an actuable grapple on an actuable arm of a logging vehicle, wherein said container is cylindrical and wherein rigid feet are mounted to an underside of said container for supporting said container when resting on the ground and for elevating said balance point above said ground so that the grapple may clamp said container laterally around said container at said balance point, wherein said container is metal and said wall reinforcement is a metal collar mounted annularly laterally around said walls of said container, further comprising a saddle mounted above and to said collar and a top exterior surface of said walls of said container, said saddle adapted for aligning the grapple onto said collar and for bearing of the grapple against said saddle.