Patent ID: 8814075

Claim:
A deployment fork for use with a modular horse reel to retrieve and deploy large diameter hoses, the deployment fork comprising: a back, the back including pin mechanisms to secure the deployment fork to a fork attachment of a vehicle; a pair of fork receivers extending from the back, the fork receivers sized to engage with the forks of the fork attachment; mounting assemblies on each of the fork receivers to allow the modular hose reel be mounted on the deployment fork; and a drive mechanism mounted on one of the pair of fork receivers, the drive mechanism including a drive arm that is movable between an engaged and disengaged position with respect to the modular hose reel, the drive mechanism also including a drive wheel such that the drive wheel is operable to spin the modular hose reel using a circumferential surface of the modular hose reel when the drive arm is in the engaged position.