The vehicle has a vertical pump system patented by Surtruck.

After the award of the municipal company S.A.G. (Sagunto Sociedad Anónima de Gestión), Surtruck has delivered in this Valencian town a hydrostatic soundproof cistern.

Among its main elements is the multistage pump of 15 m3/h and 15 kg/cm2 with vertical arrangement. It is an exclusive system with patent NoU201531155. It has mechanical closure, decrease of load loss; reduction of water losses; permanent priming of the pump through the water tank, and lower maintenance costs, extending the life of the pump.

The vehicle is intended for irrigation and bucketing work, and is manufactured on a Renault D 18 HIGH R4X2 250E6 chassis.

The equipment has the following features:

• Tank of 10,800 lts (real) adapted to the vehicle frame.
• Tank built in special duralumin INOXST83 5 mm thick with SURTRUCK certification.
• Multistage pump of 15 m3/h and 15 Kg/cm2.
• Front bar for irrigation and integrated flaking.
• Two side buckets, one on each side.
• Hose reel with swivel fitting and 25 m, hose with adjustable lance, located in the rear of the vehicle between lengths of the frame without increasing the overhang of the vehicle.
• Control panel in the cab for the operation of the hydraulic system composed of electropneumatic handlers.
• Safe Driving System (SCS).
• Loading and emptying mouth on the right side.
• Flow drive of progressive regulations (0% to 100%).
• Water level indicative tube in the tank.
• Overflow tube with direct discharge to the ground, without interference to the chassis or mechanical elements.
• Approved time-travel device.
• Anti-cyclist protection bars.
• White finish paint, just like the chassis cab. With anti-corrosion treatment.
• 360o adjustable aluminium pole with 10 m hose and lance.
• Swivel headlamp amber approved.
• Side tool holder drawer.

Chassis

The features of the Renault D 18 HIGH R4X2 250E6 chassis are:

• MMA: 18,000Kg.
• Wheelbase of 3.500mm.

This cistern model already works in other Spanish cities: Jaén (with two units), Ceuta, Arroyomolinos (Madrid), and soon in Fuenlabrada (Madrid).