Rolling LDH Fire Hose at the Deschutes River Manufacturing HQ & Ranch

(Bend, OR) Inventor and entrepreneur David Johnston of Deschutes River Manufacturing demonstrates the Rookie Sidekick fire hose roller with the help of his daughter. His company's Rookie Sidekick line of fire hose rollers eliminates the grunt work of rolling fire hose of all sizes, up to 7.25" LDH. Wildland, industrial, municipal and volunteer fire departments throughout the U.S. and Canada use the Rookie Sidekick and Rookie Reloader, for re-decking rolled fire hose.



Customers include Union Carbide-Dow Chemical, Marathon Oil, Conoco-Phillips, Exxon-Mobil, Suncor, Valero Oil Refinery, Nebraska Power, Los Alamos National Laboratory, British Columbia Dept. of Energy, Fluor Hanford, Georgia Pacific, USFS, BLM, BIA, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, TEEX, CAL-FIRE Academy, Washington State Fire Academy and volunteer and municipal fire departments of all sizes. The fully portable design mounts on any vehicle hitch receiver or ATV. The Rookie Sidekick is available with either Honda gas or Baldor electric motor. Video by Wahoo Films and Ad HOC.