There need not be any water at all in the hose! The capacity of the hose is 1.67 cubic feet.
There need not be any water at all in the hose! The capacity of the hose is 3.41 cubic feet.
A standard fire hose is 50 feet long. A hose this length with a 2-inch radius grants about 4.36 cubic feet. This volume holds 32 gallons of water.
The capacity of a 25 ft hose with a diameter of 3 inches is 1.23 cubic feet. That is the maximum volume of water in the hose: there need not be any!
50 feet of 2.5-inch diameter hose has a volume of: 1.7 cubic feet (12.72 liquid gallons)
A 2.5 inch fire hose has a capacity of approximately 60 gallons per 100 ft. Therefore, a 50 ft hose would hold around 30 gallons of water.
NFPA 1901, Standard for Automotive Fire Apparatus - Requires pumpers to carry: * 15 feet of large soft sleeve hose or 20 feet of hard suction hose * 1200 feet of 2 ½ inch or larger supply hose * 400 feet of 1 ½ , 1 ¾, or 2 inch attack hose
Assuming the hose has an inner diameter of 1 inch, 100 feet of 3" hose filled with water would weigh approximately 6,242 pounds.
Five feet and one inch.
5.08333
Weight of 50ft section of 3 inch hose with water in it?
1.03 gallons