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HYDRAULIC DRIVE SYSTEM: The PTO shall be a Chelsea “hot shift”, with control on the stainless steel operators control panel inside the chassis cab. The hydraulic pump shall be a gear pump mounted under cab. The hydraulic motor shall be activated by a 12v solenoid valve with switch on the operators control panel. There shall be a chassis mounted hydraulic fluid reservoir with sight gauge, filter, and check valve. A flow control shall be installed in the hydraulic system to allow variable flow to the hydraulic motor, thereby allowing the operator a simple cab controlled means to vary water pump discharge pressure. DISCHARGE PLUMBING: There shall be 6 street flusher nozzles with electric actuated valves, cab controlled. Nozzles shall be located on each side out rear of vehicle, one near center of driver and passenger sides, and one each side at the front of the vehicle. Controls shall be located in chassis cab on operators control panel. All plumbing to nozzles shall have provisions to completely drain. All intake and discharge line drain valves shall be ¼ turn ball valves. All discharge valves shall have (near valve head) a ¼” recirculation line. TANK LEVEL GAUGE: There shall be a water tank level gauge, 4-light MC products series 500. There shall be a cab read-out and curbside fill read-out, easily visible from the operators fill position. LIGHTS AND WIRING: All wiring shall be Truck-Lite or equal, and shall be sealed bulb type. Wiring to the lights mounted on the tank shall be run through external steel conduit, formed to the contour of the tank. DOT lighting shall meet or exceed state and federal regulations. There shall be one rear warning strobe, Whelen 2012, mounted near the top of the tank. Strobe switch on operators control panel in the cab. On the rear shall be mounted a directional LED lightbar with integral outside warning strobes and shall be located above the upper clearance light bracket. Controls for the directional lightbar shall be located on the operators control panel inside the cab. Combination stop/turn/tail lights mounted at the rear, with two additional stop and turn lights mounted below the rear warning strobes near the top of the tank. White back-up lights shall be mounted in a vertical plane with the lower stop/turn/tail lights at the rear and shall be energized when the transmission is placed in reverse with the ignition on. FENDERS AND BUMPERS: Over the rear wheels shall be single axle aluminum contour fenders with painted steel mounting brackets. Above the single axle fenders shall be stainless steel hose trays, full length of barrel shell with 8” side flanges. Trays shall be closed to the front and open to the rear. At the rear of the vehicle shall be heavy-duty steel platform bumper. PAINTING: