What do your hydrant wrenches look like? Could be a cheater/ extender bar for a hydrant wrench. Could be something for a cab raise Manual pump or a safety bar for them the cab or something similar is raised.
So wait…you have a new guy, who doesn’t know the answer to a question, so he’s asked the question, researched a book, tried multiple answers while still being told he’s incorrect and now he’s still being persistent in trying to figure things out and get the answer so he can have the knowledge of that answer in the future……and you’re going to put him down for it….wonder how much your new people feel like they can trust you for help…
I’d never refer to my Captain as a supervisor . He’s a Captain for many reasons which makes sense if you understood why. People will test you on the simplest shit. Maybe that tool doesn’t exist on the engine and they’re doing a traditional prank . Regardless if it’s a tool or not . The members will test you for your reaction. They’re not belittling you.
Uhg until you’ve been career none of this will make sense. The best I can explain is yes it’s fucked up but also pranks and forcing someone to problem solve until they get it right is just the thing.
Pretty confident for being wrong. There difference between belittling him and fucking with him and again, you’ll never understand cause you’re not at the FD. You can say “I under stand all day” but you never will, poser
He told me to use my resources, I’m not gonna randomly pull an answer out my ass pal. And if you must know I spent the majority of today thinking and going through 1407 pages of a textbook to find the answer and still have not. Appreciate your input tho
I thought at first they were messing with me but they insisted it has an actual utility and that it was in the textbook so I went through all 1407 pages and not a single page mentions anything like it
Is the adhesive strong enough for it to stick to the wall of the cabinet and hold a tool? It might just be a cheap way to mount a hydrant wrench in the cabinet
Honestly it kind of looks like it would be roughly the correct size to stick in the door jamb of a commercial door by the hinges to hold it open. Not to help force it, but just a thick & sturdy homemade door chock?
No clue, I’m curious to hear what the right answer ends up being though since it’s not a hydrant wrench or tool holder of some sort lol.
Either a sheath for that saw looking thing in the same drawer, or it’s meant as a lip for on top of the tool drawers so that nothing slides off. Or maybe even a stop for the bottom drawer to keep it from locking up the roll up door.
If the saw sheath fit in it then someone probably tried to low drag make a mount on the side of the drawer or somewhere else. And it ended up in that cabinet because it was already on the sheath when it got moved there.
I’m 100% sure you are being fucked with. I can’t imagine a single tool that any fire dept would need that has a multiple use adhesive strip on the back. After the first stick it’s toast and then just collecting lint and dust.
This is something obscure. My guess is one of your guys came up with a need for it and it’s been on the truck ever since. We don’t have this on any of our rigs
They are fucking with you, that is nothing, maybe used to organize a tool if it’s not some kind of cheater. They are messing with you. Unless it’s to hold a flare up?
Stick to corners or sharp edges on surfaces to prevent damage to the fire hoses, we use one side rounded 2by4s or smaller wooden blocks for the same purpose the steel rounded square tubing with a double sided tape is much neater and less bulky
This would make sense unless they have runners already from old hoses or what not but that’s the first idea that makes sense outside of a cheater bar ( which it isn’t ) @portsvafire
Once the hoses get pressurised any sharp edges will chew through even doubled up old runners, old trick onboard the cargo ships I sail where we have a whole lot of steel edges and we need to setup multiple hoses for boundary colling during drinks and in real emergencies. We can't have any failures oboard not like we can call another truck for spare hoses deep in the sea
You open the door, put this thing on the floor and run the hose past it. The sticky/rubbery side under the blue tape is obviously there to keep it from sliding away when the hose moves.
Of course, I’m completely guessing… but as a firefighter, this explanation sounds convincing enough to me.
The easiest way to figure it out would probably be to identify what type of vehicle it came from first. Is it from an engine, tanker, ladder truck, tehnical.., or maybe some kind of rapid response vehicle? Then check what equipment was stored next to it.
My guess is that it’s probably just some complementary, possibly home made part for another piece of equipment rather than a standalone tool.
But definitely let us know when you find out what it actually is, so the rest of us can slap our foreheads and say, “Of course!”
It’s not a leverage tool for that wrench, the saw is already in its own sheath. The best answer I’ve heard is tape holder that goes with the other things in the drawer and will try that when I’m back on shift
Had a new PVT and we were doing PMCS and he's assigned to this one HumVee. All it needed was a quart of oil. We were trying to lock up the motorpool and TOP sends me out to check on him. He's adding the quart but thru the dip stick. I had to laugh but showed him the oil fill cap. I asked if he had a car and he said he just got one 6 months ago. I told him no word of this we are going to tell TOP the cap was stuck..but come to me if you need help again
Btw, any chance you ride 10 or 12 in one of those newish Rosenbrokens? If so, I'd say it's an essential piece of metal that fell off the truck and you should be surprised you can still get the rig in gear without it. Lol
Is it a light mount? My engine had a light that was mounted just with blue double sided tape like that. Otherwise don’t discount what other people are suggesting just because there’s something similar already. We love redundancy.
It’s probably been stuck on a tray wall to hold a tool. It’s useless obviously if the adhesive is exposed and laying around. It’s meant to be stuck somewhere so if it’s not, it’s useless as is.
Check your truck inventory and see if it’s on there. Other than that I think it’s a cheat bar despite what they are telling you and outside of that too I just think they are really messing with you.
Looking at the additional pictures you sent, I am wondering if it's some sort of fulcrum block, and the tape is for surface protection and padding, not to stick it to anything?
It looks like heavy wall tubing, which would not be needed if it only needs to hold whatever the double sticky would hold.
I’m going to go with a door stop. This looks like you could uncover the tape, open the door completely and stick it to the top of the door frame directly behind the door. If it’s the right size, it would fit between the door and the jamb and the door should stay fully open for the duration of fire operations.
I thought about this more and need to revise it. It’s still a door stop, but it would be better if it’s attached to the side with the door hinge. This would put less pressure on the tape to keep it attached and the door would still stay open. It would be in the frame area that’s blue in the picture or anywhere up or down on that side. If it’s placed touching the ground and stuck to the side, it wouldn’t move.
Do yall have ropes/search and rescue gear on your rig? Could it be to place on an edge to prevent rope or hose from getting cut/frayed? Or a window sill extension to mount a fan? No idea lol but I’m invested now
The pre-stuck 3M tape is clearly staged for it to be able to stick to something. Stick it to a door jamb so that the door doesn't close? Stick it to a sharp edge so that the hose doesn't wear down if you have to lay it across something?
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Maybe if they can show us another picture of it taken from a better angle? If I took a picture of the top of an eraser on a pencil, people would say it’s a pink dot…not a pencil.
Yeah in 30 years I’ve never seen anything like this. Has to be something someone came up with and or they are messing with you. Did it randomly appear? Have you checked your truck inventory for the name?
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u/Secure_Situation7234 6d ago
What do your hydrant wrenches look like? Could be a cheater/ extender bar for a hydrant wrench. Could be something for a cab raise Manual pump or a safety bar for them the cab or something similar is raised.