Water Tanks - Philippi-Hagenbuch, Inc.
Our Beloved Pat Hagenbuch 1942 - 2021

Water Tanks

With the PHIL patented HiVol® Water Tank, you can easily convert your haul truck into a water truck that can typically spray the entire width of your haul road in one pass. Our Water Tank provides maximum capacity and stability. PHIL engineers and builds Water Tanks for any make/model of off-highway truck to assist with dust suppression, fire protection, road construction, washdown and other applications. Designs are also available for insulated tanks used in cold weather climates and for ice road construction.

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Built for Safety

Extensive internal longitudinal and cross baffling and a unique flat-style top.

Superior Tank Construction

Built from unique corrosion-resistant high strength steel with a nominal yield of 180,000 psi with a corresponding nominal Brinell hardness of 450+.

Rear-mounted spray heads

Include horizontal sprays, optional vertical sprays.

Spray heads have infinitely variable flow settings

Normal to narrow, for added flexibility and easy maintenance.

Independently Operated Spray Heads

Run one, all, or any number in between to meet your needs.

For the safest, biggest, most stable and trouble-free water tank, you can't go wrong with a PHIL HiVol® Water Tank. It stays planted on its feet!

We build our HiVol® Water Tanks from 6,000 to 60,000 gallons + for all articulated and rigid frame off-highway trucks to assist with dust suppression, fire protection, road construction, wash down, and other applications.

Safest

We consider safety paramount, which is why we build safety into every facet of our tank design.

The interior of our HiVol® Water Tank is engineered to minimize confined space issues. Our patented external/internal access door system incorporates front and rear bulkhead access man doors, top of tank access points, and built-in interior access baffle doors. This allows safe, easy internal access so you'll move easily throughout the tank interior with unrestricted passage from front-to-rear.

The tank's external construction includes a unique flat top tank. Sloped at only 1 1/2 degrees, this basically flat top minimizes the chances of losing one's footing. In addition, our exclusive lifting eye design provides precise placement for perfect balance when raising the tank.

Biggest

We build our HiVol® Water Tanks using the highest strength, most abrasion resistant and corrosion resistant steel available. In fact, the steel we use is five times stronger than ordinary mild steel and a minimum of three times stronger than steel typically used in water tanks. Use of this higher strength steel ensures you'll receive a tank with the lowest weight and greatest water carrying capacity.

Stable

Our patented fluid tank baffling system ensures solid vehicle control in any application. This exclusive anti-surge stabilizing system provides front-to-back baffling and a full-height/full-length center Bacbone™ structure. Internal baffling, in conjunction with the internal fluid surge stabilizers, minimizes side-to-side fluid movement for maximum vehicle stability at all normal haul road speeds.

The tank support structure consists of an exclusive exterior frame rail and cross bolster tank-to-chassis mounting system that parallels the truck chassis frame for a lower center of gravity. This ensures uniform chassis loading while providing a solid foundation for the tank-to-chassis interface. We use 165,000 psi minimum yield steel to provide the strongest, best subfloor structure on the market.

Simpler

Our HiVol® Water Tank comes equipped with an in-cab controlled water cannon that allows the dispersement of water from 150 to 200 feet with absolute control and accuracy. Long-wearing, specialized spray heads are rear-mounted and operate independently so you can run one, all, or any number in between to meet your needs. The entire tank plumbing system utilizes off-the-shelf Victaulic®/Gruvolk® style fittings throughout for easy maintenance.

The water pump system employs an exclusive "Soft-Start/Soft-Stop" single combination hydraulic valve that allows you to safely start and stop the water pump at any engine RPM. If you need to suddenly turn the water on at full throttle, this system makes it possible to do so without causing damage to your pump.

The tank's exclusive "Variable Volume" adjustment allows you to adjust the water volume of the tank with a simple adjustment. On days when less water is required for controlling dust, etc., the water tank can be "downsized" to a lesser, pre-adjusted volume. Switching from full volume to a lesser volume is easily accomplished in less than five minutes.

For the most versatile water tank in cold weather applications, PHIL has engineered unique versions that are insulated to protect against frigid, arctic environments, optionally with a fully integrated heating element included. PHIL engineers each tank to maximize its size based on the truck it is going on - we do not undersize our tanks to generically fit multiple trucks - that's not our style. We offer, what we believe to be the safest, biggest, most stable and trouble-free water tanks available, globally. Our reputation and over a half-century of success in the off-highway truck customization market proves that we achieve what we set out to do.

Our high-volume cold weather water tanks range from 6,000 to 60,000 gallons + for most articulated and rigid frame off-highway trucks to assist with dust suppression, building ice roads, fire protection, road construction, wash down, and other applications.

Safest

We consider safety paramount, which is why we build safety into every corner of our water tank design.

The interior of each PHIL water tank is engineered to minimize confined space concerns. Our patented external/internal access door system incorporates front and rear bulkhead access man doors, top of tank access points, and built-in interior access baffle doors. This allows safe, easy internal access so service personnel can move comfortably and safely throughout the tank interior with an unrestricted passage from front-to-rear.

Our water tank's external construction includes a unique flat top that is sloped at only 1 1/2 degrees. By building the top flat, it minimizes the chances of losing one's footing. In addition, our exclusive integrated lifting eye design provides precise placement for perfect balance when raising the tank.

Biggest

We build our Water Tanks using the highest strength steel available - and when put into corrosive environments, we offer enhanced corrosive-resistant steel or sacrificial anodes to provide long tank life. In fact, the steel we use is five times stronger than ordinary mild steel and a minimum of three times stronger than steel typically used in water tanks. Use of this higher strength steel ensures you'll receive a tank with the lowest weight and greatest water carrying capacity.

Stable

Our patented fluid tank baffling system ensures solid vehicle control in any application. This exclusive anti-surge stabilizing system provides front-to-back baffling and a full-height/full-length center Bacbone™ structure. Internal baffling, in conjunction with the internal fluid surge stabilizers, minimizes side-to-side fluid movement for maximum vehicle stability at all normal haul road speeds.

The tank support structure consists of an exclusive exterior frame rail and cross bolster tank-to-chassis mounting system that parallels the truck chassis frame for a lower center of gravity. This ensures uniform chassis loading while providing a solid foundation for the tank-to-chassis interface. We use 165,000 psi minimum yield steel to provide the strongest, best subfloor structure on the market.

Simpler

Our Water Tank comes equipped with an in-cab controlled water cannon that allows the disbursement of water from 90 to 150 feet with absolute control and accuracy. Long-wearing, specialized spray heads are rear-mounted and operate independently so you can run one, all, or any number in between to meet your needs. The entire tank plumbing system utilizes off-the-shelf Victaulic®/Gruvolk® style fittings throughout for easy maintenance.

The water pump system employs an exclusive and patented "Soft-Start/Soft-Stop" single combination hydraulic valve that allows you to safely start and stop the water pump at any engine RPM. If you need to suddenly turn the water on at full throttle, this system makes it possible to do so without causing damage to your pump.

The tank's exclusive "Variable Volume" adjustment allows you to adjust the water volume of the tank with a simple adjustment. On days when less water is required for controlling dust, etc., the water tank can be "downsized" to a lesser, pre-adjusted volume. Switching from full volume to a lesser volume is easily accomplished in less than five minutes.