@@FontedaPipaPortugueseFarmLife no not realy ... i dont know any Engineer including my self making this flaw .. 20M2 a hour that´s 333.33L a Min ... how do you get that to 1000L a min pump.. just asking... that´s no small error you made ther .. remind me not to go on the ship where the duude is engineer..
@@FontedaPipaPortugueseFarmLife and it only push app 30psi.. thats a crummi pump.. 26M hill.. no water out hose.. well math suks... 1Bar/14psi =10M push hight most push 100psi/6,8bar
Fantastic informative video, and one that could and would save lives. Great collaboration where one family helps our the other and help is returned. Let’s hope and pray that the fire engine is not needed.
Another great advantage in using standard quick fittings is that IF the firefighters turn up they can continue from the hose you already have laid out or/and switch pumps to one of theirs. (I checked going to my local "bombers" with the fittings I had)
That's a very good point although these fittings are slightly different to the Portuguese fireman's connectors. From our experience the firemen turn up quickly enough but they get stuck in under orders from their boss with their own hoses, we built this to help in places they arent and hopefully calm any flames before they arrive, hoping we dont ever need it again.
That put a fair bit of water out ,quite a reasonable distance . so if there is a fire you could drench the surrounding area and hope that stops the fire well before it gets too near the house / Add a wheelbarrow to move it round quick and your sorted !
Hi, everyone. Great informative video, hands on and a good tip to upgrade fittings. It is heating up and as you said the sun is hotter. Alex your so generous in giving your tips, information and lessons from life. Thankyou for sharing,I hope you had a cold beer after that. Glad your lass got the land sorted,stay safe everyone.
Very well done! Excellent work, Alex and all. Congrats and very many best wishes to Jana & Oli! This video speaks volumes about your compassion for your entire local and viewing community. 💖 Thank you.
@@FontedaPipaPortugueseFarmLife Gift from the heart to Oli & Jana. You did a good thing 💖. (It's said our trials/suffering and good deeds cleanse us from evil. You guys are super squeaky clean, ithinkso. 😉)
Thank you, a very worthwhile video. While its not a difficult process it would be easy to make a simple mistake and damage a part or have something that doesn't work just when you need it. Very clear and well explained video 👍👌👍
Just and FYI I learned many years ago running self priming pumps at fires. I was priming the pump following the MFG instructions, by pouring water in that little 1/2" hole on top. A local plumber who was also on the FD, in formed me of the error of my ways and pointed out that the discharge for the pump went to the exact same spot at the priming port and that 1 1/2" hole was much easier to pour water in then the 1/2" hole on top. A short time later we also replaced that priming plug with a silcock (1/2" x GHT thread). Thow on an old washing machine hose and you had ready to use by-pass / bleeder, as well as a way to fill Indian Tanks or even run a garden hose nozzle to protect the pump.
Nice job & video. I just built a water trailer with pump to potentially fight fires. Its getting dry out there & bravo to YOU!!! You are one of few who say the sun has become stronger over the years, I say it has too!
Having our 'fire truck' as we call it makes us feel safer and hope it will help should the worst happen.. good job on building on as so many people just arent prepared enough. Yes the weather has changed a lot in the 9 years of being here, i should be in shorts and Tshirt complaining about it being too hot yet the sun is out but i still have a fleece on as the winds are chilly but the sun has for sure got hotter each year.👍
@@FontedaPipaPortugueseFarmLife I think there is a future opportunity..for your farm to host..a "Homesteaders of Portugal Survival Weekend". Teaching skills needed...for fee of course 😘👍🐐🐣🐸🦎🐖🍇🫒🍋🚜🚒
Alex, this is absolutely a fantastic and essential vlog. I seen previously how ur farm was invaded by fire. see you have only 4.5k followers but to be honest any one in Portugal who portuguse is weak and English is better would appreciation this. I know it is a topic some people would ignore and want the service to be provided. A small suggestion would be the involvement of the bombersderios( spelling) who speaks good English to recommend preventive measures.( Fire cuts maybe you could give more ) On that point farmer for fun little Joe does subtitles in Portuguese. Maybe others could do subtitles in other European languages.Finally I love this one...... Fire drills at 4am thank you and stay safe
Hi there Don, thanks for the comment. if you go to the bottom right of the video there is a little box with "CC" on it, if you click that it brings up translation in any language ... i just tried it and the Portuguese subtitles were spot on for what i was saying.🙂 The problem with the firemen is they are always so busy and would be a huge video, while it would give some great information it would be hours long. I think common sense is the best way to go, just keep the grass short and keep trees cleaned and pruned, then it is down to the day, the day it hit us the farm was ploughed to dirt yet the wind was so strong that day the 30 meter long flames consumed everything in front of it... we didnt have our fire pump then🙄👍🙂
@Antonio Dasilva ..oh i dont know, it would be nice to grow a bit larger. Because at the moment we dont get paid much by UA-cam and these videos can take days to edit after filming it all. 🙂👍
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I start farming next month at the port of the Sahara desert Foum Zguid original a Olive fin yart but we will combine it with dairy goats and cows poultry and vegetables. I'm a happy folower thanks too Jasper, I'm Dutch too and my wife is Morocan.
Good advice! but it will still burn what's left, that's what happened to us 3 years ago.. the fire went from tree to tree as the land was ploughed to dirt🙄😪
Really, really useful! I could never figure out how to use PTFE tape and now I know. :)) Also some good tips about how (not) to use those types of spanners, how to link up things that don't quite fit, etc. You should make more of these basic instruction videos. By the way, could you use solar panels to power water pumps so you didn't have to burn so much diesel/petrol, or would that require expensive batteries to produce enough power to move water in volume and put out a fire?
Glad it helped Tigger, You could use solar panels to run a water pump but like you said it would need a decent solar system to run a pump capable of keeping up with our petrol water pump. But for fire you could use a smaller pump, even a garden hose from normal house pressure is better than nothing and works well on fires in short grass when flames are low. Lets hope you never need to find out👍
Yes i would like to have got fireman's connectors but hard to find out here and if you do they are 4 times the price... the ones we have connect at the same speed only fault i can see is they might snag on roots etc when pulling👍🙂
These engines come without engine oil, they drain it out for transport after they drain out their cheap oil in the factory. We filled it with fresh 15w/40 motor oil 👍🙂
@@antoniodasilva1230 we didn't buy it in intermarche..... We bought at a local hardware store and is labelled by a Portuguese brand "Brico Ferr" but it is a Chinese made pump, 99% are made there. 10 years ago i would not touch one but they make good pumps now
Hi, such an informative video! Thank you for sharing 😊 We have just bought this pump from Bricomarche. How much oil does this take and what fuel does it take as you said petrol but the manual says gasoline. Many thanks Jane and Mark
HaHa I am English,Petrol = Gasoline🙂 no need to mix any oil with it. It takes about 800Ml. of oil but please check your manual, it should say. Glad you found it useful 👍🙂
@@FontedaPipaPortugueseFarmLife thank you for your reply. The fact that you said petrol actually solved our problem. We had filled it with diesel and it just wasn’t working plus we hadn’t put enough oil in. It is now running like a dream but we just need to solve water pipe problems and a sinking filter. Do you have any tips on how to keep the heavy metal filter from touching the bottom of the dam as it is just sucking up sand? I’ve tried a water bottle as a buoyancy aid but it’s a heavy filter 🤦🏻♀️. Many thanks 🙏
@@FontedaPipaPortugueseFarmLife in wich shops can i buy it and how is it called? agriloja? i have tried selfmade flytraps using vinegar or sugarwater and they are not interessted at all in that...lol
Hi Eilliot, In Portugal they speak Portuguese and in Brazil they speak a broken Portuguese but is based on Portuguese from when the Portuguese colonized Brazil. Portugal is spoken in many countries because of this. It is the sixth most spoken language in the world🙂
I love how unapologetic you are in your criticism of Chinese manufactured products. In my experience they are absolute garbage. Unfortunately they are also unavoidable in this society that we have created.
Well done, I showed this video to my chief engineer on our ship and he agreed whole heartily on how you set it up and explained. LCdr Crawford RCN
Thanks Shane,
Now that's a great compliment and approval..... Thanks 👍🙂
@@FontedaPipaPortugueseFarmLife no not realy ...
i dont know any Engineer including my self making
this flaw .. 20M2 a hour that´s 333.33L a Min ... how do you get that to 1000L a min
pump.. just asking... that´s no small error you made ther ..
remind me not to go on the ship where the duude is engineer..
@@FontedaPipaPortugueseFarmLife and it only push app 30psi..
thats a crummi pump.. 26M hill.. no water out hose.. well
math suks... 1Bar/14psi =10M push hight most push 100psi/6,8bar
Fantastic informative video, and one that could and would save lives.
Great collaboration where one family helps our the other and help is returned.
Let’s hope and pray that the fire engine is not needed.
Thank you ZimSean, Always happy to share something like this that can help others👍🙂
Excellent video , very informative , very helpful . Thanks for sharing . 'Uma mao lava a outra' , one hand washes the other. Take care
Ola Victor, that's very true!!
But if you have a pump like this..... it washes everything 😂😂
@@FontedaPipaPortugueseFarmLife Lol good answer 😃😃
Another great advantage in using standard quick fittings is that IF the firefighters turn up they can continue from the hose you already have laid out or/and switch pumps to one of theirs. (I checked going to my local "bombers" with the fittings I had)
That's a very good point although these fittings are slightly different to the Portuguese fireman's connectors.
From our experience the firemen turn up quickly enough but they get stuck in under orders from their boss with their own hoses, we built this to help in places they arent and hopefully calm any flames before they arrive, hoping we dont ever need it again.
Good job , great instructions for someone needing guidance on how to .
Thank you very much Jean, for the comment... and your coffee's 🙏🙂🙂
Really good video. This could save lives and property.
I hope so, but i hope more people wont need it🙂
That put a fair bit of water out ,quite a reasonable distance . so if there is a fire you could drench the surrounding area and hope that stops the fire well before it gets too near the house / Add a wheelbarrow to move it round quick and your sorted !
The wheelbarrow is a great idea for moving the pump around!, Cheers Andy 🙂
They make water pumps with a wheel I have two of them
Great explanation!
Glad you think so!
Hi, everyone. Great informative video, hands on and a good tip to upgrade fittings. It is heating up and as you said the sun is hotter. Alex your so generous in giving your tips, information and lessons from life. Thankyou for sharing,I hope you had a cold beer after that. Glad your lass got the land sorted,stay safe everyone.
Glad you liked it Helen, Thanks 🍺🍺🙂
Hello Alex, Molly and Sandra! 😀👋 I always love watching your videos. 😊
Chhers!!.. Have a great week Duarte 👍🙂
@@FontedaPipaPortugueseFarmLife Thank you! 😀 You all too
Very well done! Excellent work, Alex and all. Congrats and very many best wishes to Jana & Oli!
This video speaks volumes about your compassion for your entire local and viewing community. 💖 Thank you.
If it helps anyone avoid losing their land in a fire like we did Ruth i will be very happy 🙂
@@FontedaPipaPortugueseFarmLife Gift from the heart to Oli & Jana.
You did a good thing 💖.
(It's said our trials/suffering and good deeds cleanse us from evil. You guys are super squeaky clean, ithinkso. 😉)
Great public service episode. It looks to be a very challenging fire year. Stay safe.
Yes many fires locally already and the worst is most days the wind is very strong..... thanks Junco👍
Thank you for this educational and life saving video!
Glad you enjoyed it, hope it was helpful 🙂
Just found your channel. Great videos!!!!!!!
Glad you like them!🙂
Thank you, a very worthwhile video. While its not a difficult process it would be easy to make a simple mistake and damage a part or have something that doesn't work just when you need it. Very clear and well explained video 👍👌👍
I hope it helps somebody out, have a great week Richard👍
Excelente trabalho! Parabéns!
Muito obrigado 🙂
Brilliant!! Thank you!
You're welcome!🙂
Just and FYI I learned many years ago running self priming pumps at fires. I was priming the pump following the MFG instructions, by pouring water in that little 1/2" hole on top. A local plumber who was also on the FD, in formed me of the error of my ways and pointed out that the discharge for the pump went to the exact same spot at the priming port and that 1 1/2" hole was much easier to pour water in then the 1/2" hole on top. A short time later we also replaced that priming plug with a silcock (1/2" x GHT thread). Thow on an old washing machine hose and you had ready to use by-pass / bleeder, as well as a way to fill Indian Tanks or even run a garden hose nozzle to protect the pump.
Great Vlog with important information. Thanks for sharing.
Your very welcome 👍🙂
GREAT WORK, ALEX...ALL THE BEST...🙏🏻;)
Thank you! You too!🙂
congrats for ollie and jana to be able to move on to their land...wish i was at that stage already..:)
Thanks for your vid 😇💟💟💟 Love you guys.
Thanks for watching!🙂
Nice job & video. I just built a water trailer with pump to potentially fight fires. Its getting dry out there & bravo to YOU!!! You are one of few who say the sun has become stronger over the years, I say it has too!
Having our 'fire truck' as we call it makes us feel safer and hope it will help should the worst happen.. good job on building on as so many people just arent prepared enough.
Yes the weather has changed a lot in the 9 years of being here, i should be in shorts and Tshirt complaining about it being too hot yet the sun is out but i still have a fleece on as the winds are chilly but the sun has for sure got hotter each year.👍
Nice setup there!
Thanks 👍
Great video. Really good advice
Very good video Alex..did you also teach mechanics as you are very easy to follow.
Hi Anna, thanks, no i never taught mechanics but i did do a year teaching vehicle paint work at a collage in my mid twenties.
@@FontedaPipaPortugueseFarmLife I think there is a future opportunity..for your farm to host..a "Homesteaders of Portugal Survival Weekend".
Teaching skills needed...for fee of course 😘👍🐐🐣🐸🦎🐖🍇🫒🍋🚜🚒
@Anna R That's a good idea 😊🙂👍
Alex, this is absolutely a fantastic and essential vlog. I seen previously how ur farm was invaded by fire. see you have only 4.5k followers but to be honest any one in Portugal who portuguse is weak and English is better would appreciation this. I know it is a topic some people would ignore and want the service to be provided. A small suggestion would be the involvement of the bombersderios( spelling) who speaks good English to recommend preventive measures.( Fire cuts maybe you could give more ) On that point farmer for fun little Joe does subtitles in Portuguese. Maybe others could do subtitles in other European languages.Finally I love this one...... Fire drills at 4am thank you and stay safe
He is a good intelligent man I think he and his family have more things to worry about than you tube growing number of members
Hi there Don, thanks for the comment.
if you go to the bottom right of the video there is a little box with "CC" on it, if you click that it brings up translation in any language ... i just tried it and the Portuguese subtitles were spot on for what i was saying.🙂
The problem with the firemen is they are always so busy and would be a huge video, while it would give some great information it would be hours long.
I think common sense is the best way to go, just keep the grass short and keep trees cleaned and pruned, then it is down to the day, the day it hit us the farm was ploughed to dirt yet the wind was so strong that day the 30 meter long flames consumed everything in front of it... we didnt have our fire pump then🙄👍🙂
@Antonio Dasilva ..oh i dont know, it would be nice to grow a bit larger. Because at the moment we dont get paid much by UA-cam and these videos can take days to edit after filming it all.
🙂👍
Thanks
Thank you so much Aly... 😊🙏👍🙂
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Muito obrigado Silvino 🙂
Yeah, because 1 1/2 inch is actually 1,5 x 2,54cm= 3,81 cm, so its less than 45mm, around 7mm.
Exactly and makes fitting these things a bit harder than it needs to be 😂👍🙂
Cool vid love it !=8)
I start farming next month at the port of the Sahara desert Foum Zguid original a Olive fin yart but we will combine it with dairy goats and cows poultry and vegetables. I'm a happy folower thanks too Jasper, I'm Dutch too and my wife is Morocan.
Best of luck Robert!
I rode across Morocco years ago and part way in to the desert there.
Turn the PTFE tape around 180 degrees. It will make it quicker & easier to apply.
Well spotted, you are dead right 👍🙂
@@FontedaPipaPortugueseFarmLife you appley it in the direction
you screw what ever on.. with the on direktion easy
The best defence is the atack. Start burning everything so when the fire arrive won't find anything to burn.
Good advice! but it will still burn what's left, that's what happened to us 3 years ago.. the fire went from tree to tree as the land was ploughed to dirt🙄😪
Really, really useful! I could never figure out how to use PTFE tape and now I know. :)) Also some good tips about how (not) to use those types of spanners, how to link up things that don't quite fit, etc. You should make more of these basic instruction videos.
By the way, could you use solar panels to power water pumps so you didn't have to burn so much diesel/petrol, or would that require expensive batteries to produce enough power to move water in volume and put out a fire?
Glad it helped Tigger, You could use solar panels to run a water pump but like you said it would need a decent solar system to run a pump capable of keeping up with our petrol water pump.
But for fire you could use a smaller pump, even a garden hose from normal house pressure is better than nothing and works well on fires in short grass when flames are low.
Lets hope you never need to find out👍
interesting post. If Storz fire brigade couplings weren't better suited, they can be coupled faster.
Yes i would like to have got fireman's connectors but hard to find out here and if you do they are 4 times the price... the ones we have connect at the same speed only fault i can see is they might snag on roots etc when pulling👍🙂
Alex, try to change the oil on the engine with good oil, the Chinese fill these with crap vegetable oil or recycled oil
These engines come without engine oil, they drain it out for transport after they drain out their cheap oil in the factory. We filled it with fresh 15w/40 motor oil 👍🙂
Is it really made in China?
@@antoniodasilva1230 most likely it’s an Honda clone made in China. Not bad engines but stay clear of gas with ethanol blends
@@jamietinker1975 you might be right its from intermarche so ill say 99.0% if it was a maxmatt store brand might be built in PT
@@antoniodasilva1230 we didn't buy it in intermarche..... We bought at a local hardware store and is labelled by a Portuguese brand "Brico Ferr" but it is a Chinese made pump, 99% are made there.
10 years ago i would not touch one but they make good pumps now
Hi, such an informative video! Thank you for sharing 😊 We have just bought this pump from Bricomarche. How much oil does this take and what fuel does it take as you said petrol but the manual says gasoline. Many thanks Jane and Mark
HaHa I am English,Petrol = Gasoline🙂 no need to mix any oil with it.
It takes about 800Ml. of oil but please check your manual, it should say.
Glad you found it useful 👍🙂
@@FontedaPipaPortugueseFarmLife thank you for your reply. The fact that you said petrol actually solved our problem. We had filled it with diesel and it just wasn’t working plus we hadn’t put enough oil in. It is now running like a dream but we just need to solve water pipe problems and a sinking filter. Do you have any tips on how to keep the heavy metal filter from touching the bottom of the dam as it is just sucking up sand? I’ve tried a water bottle as a buoyancy aid but it’s a heavy filter 🤦🏻♀️. Many thanks 🙏
Alex when ollie was using the hoze i saw some kind of flytrao in the tree....what are you using inside thsat trap to attrackt flies?
It is a powder you can buy in the shops, mix with warm water and it attracts the female flies...... works well but it stinks!!
@@FontedaPipaPortugueseFarmLife in wich shops can i buy it and how is it called? agriloja? i have tried selfmade flytraps using vinegar or sugarwater and they are not interessted at all in that...lol
😍
I heard that you speak Brazilian in Portugal, is that true?
Hi Eilliot, In Portugal they speak Portuguese and in Brazil they speak a broken Portuguese but is based on Portuguese from when the Portuguese colonized Brazil.
Portugal is spoken in many countries because of this.
It is the sixth most spoken language in the world🙂
🌟👍🍀💐
I love how unapologetic you are in your criticism of Chinese manufactured products. In my experience they are absolute garbage. Unfortunately they are also unavoidable in this society that we have created.
Have to tell it like it is, the pumps are well made nowadays but the pipe fittings are junk 👍🙂
Click bait
How'd you work that out? the title says DIY fire fighting pump setup and the video shows how to assemble a fire fighting pump🤔
well explained information , great job !
Thanks for watching! 👍🙂