About a 20ft diameter pile of nasty brush, mixed with rattle snakes (some dead by my 20ga) in a remote area on our ranch.

It's not near many trees.

I want to agent orange/remedy with a mixture of small amount of diesel and fire, but would feel better with a water tank and pump on standby.

Can one rent these things?

You can rent anything if you have enough money, call your nearest united rental and ask for a water truck and check if there is a burn ban in your county.

See if the local VFD will practice their volunteers for a donation to the department. I did this several years ago at a home-building site. I had more trees near the burn and they kept them wet until it was low enough not to matter. Made a $100 donation to the department.

BMo said:

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See if the local VFD will practice their volunteers for a donation to the department. I did this several years ago at a home-building site. I had more trees near the burn and they kept them wet until it was low enough not to matter. Made a $100 donation to the department.

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This.

Wait until it's wet enough that you don't need a water truck. If it's dry enough to need the water, you probably shouldn't be burning.

CS78 said:

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Wait until it's wet enough that you don't need a water truck. If it's dry enough to need the water, you probably shouldn't be burning.

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Can't give this enough stars

CS78 said:

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Wait until it's wet enough that you don't need a water truck. If it's dry enough to need the water, you probably shouldn't be burning.

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Glad to be on the safe side, but even when the ground is a bit soggy and water is lightly standing in some places,
I hate the idea of setting off a bonfire that's a solid 30 mins and rough/remote pasture land to cross for help. Neighboring ranches both have had accidents before and I respect their experience enough that it can happen to anyone, especially when we get comfortable.

This company is, or was in Brady. Not sure if they're still around or not, I haven't spoken to them in a long time.

But, they did more or less "invent" this sprayer for what volunteer fire departments and ranchers for what you are talking about.


http://www.firex.net/

CS78 said:

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Wait until it's wet enough that you don't need a water truck. If it's dry enough to need the water, you probably shouldn't be burning.

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According to the OB, it is never at a point where water or rain isnt needed though, so fires are impossible based on this criteria.

BMo said:

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See if the local VFD will practice their volunteers for a donation to the department. I did this several years ago at a home-building site. I had more trees near the burn and they kept them wet until it was low enough not to matter. Made a $100 donation to the department.

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This is a good first step

We rent water trucks and water buffalos in the construction market often enough. Any decent rental outfit in the area should have access. I would still feel much better with the VFD on hand or at least alerted.

Any live stock tanks near by that you could run a pump to as well for extra capacity?

Disk a bare circle around it 20 or 30 feet wide.

Burn when wind is still and humidity & dew is high.

Preferably after a soaking rain.

Can you borrow a pasture sprayer for a tractor? That's all you need to be safe.

I built a rig for this exact reason. It was also a good idea to have filled with water last summer just in case something caught while baling or some dill hole throws out a cigarette.

I used a 300 gal tote, a hose kit and 6.5 hp honda pump from amazon for a little over $1300.

Kit came with inlet hose with trash filter if sucking from tank, creek etc and discharge hose. All came with alum. camlock fittings. I bought the fire nozzIe from amazon as well. I had to buy a few valves and fittings but other than that real easy. I keep it mounted on an old 10' trailer I had.
I also bought a black out cover for the tote to keep algae from growing while it is stored with water. I usually add a gallon of bleach.

I also use it to wash equipment.

It works really well but could use a larger tank. The pump will use up that 300 gal pretty quickly but it works on the size brush piles I do. If I need to move quicker, rather than dragging around a heavy 2" line, I rigged it to mount nozzle directly on the pump so I can drive and spray at the same time.