Military Fire Trucks - Page 21 - Steel Soldiers::Military Vehicles Supersite

Victorkimbrough · 03-24-2010, 16:51

Hellow sir
you can contact me anytime (325)-228-4148
thanks Vic

Valence · 05-25-2010, 14:09

So I've been watching this ad on a local news website for sometime. They seem to be motivated sellers, the price has come down a bit and now they've listed the Fire Truck as "OBO".

I haven't looked at it in person nor have I contacted the seller. I wouldn't know what to do with it!

The fire truck LOOKS in great shape, pretty impressive:
Cedar City, UT - $3,500 (running condition, clean title)
http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=218...13&cat=&lpid=&

Heck, even looks shiny in some of the pictures! I need more money...

tamangel · 06-04-2010, 03:11

info in link below:

"1956 International Harvester
750-Gallon-Per-Minute (GPM) Pumper

When it was retired at Dover AFB in 1992, this was the oldest truck in the USAF inventory. For the last several years of its career it was a standby fire truck shipped to other air force bases to fill in when other equipment was in repair.

Originally pruchased by the U.S. Army for about $15,000, it was transferred to the USAF around 1971.

Equipped with a 750 gpm pump, the truck has two 1-1/2" outlets, two 2-1/2" outlets, and can pick up water from fire hydrants or open sources such as a pond.

The truck was re-equipped to standard configuration by the Dover AFB Fire Department, repainted by MAACO, restored to running condition by Dawson Bus Service, and lovingly maintained by museum volunteers."

from this web page:
1956 International Harvester - Dover AFB, DE - Fire Fighting Vehicles on Waymarking.com

Mike

tamangel · 06-04-2010, 03:17

"The Class 125 Crash Truck was built on the Chevrolet, Dodge, Ford,
International and Mack 4x2 Chassis. Bodies were manufactured by Mack, Seagrave, General Pacific, John Bean and General. It was equipped with a special midship mounted mulit-cylinder piston pump having a capacity of 50-60 gpm. at 600 lbs. pump pressure. The water tank held 300 gals. and the foam tank held 20 gals. Three 100 ft. 3/4 in. high pressure lines were stored in the rear of the vehicle or on reels atop the hose body. The truck was equipped with hand tools for rescue work. Unofficial records and research indicated about 999
Class 125's were produced"

from this web page:
1942 Chevrolet Class 125 Airfield Crash Truck - Museum of Aviation, Warner Robins, GA - Fire Fighting Vehicles on Waymarking.com

Mike

Stan Leschert · 06-04-2010, 03:18

Quote:

Originally Posted by Valence

So I've been watching this ad on a local news website for sometime. They seem to be motivated sellers, the price has come down a bit and now they've listed the Fire Truck as "OBO".

I haven't looked at it in person nor have I contacted the seller. I wouldn't know what to do with it!

If shipping would not be so stupid, that thing would be moving NORTH!

tamangel · 06-04-2010, 03:22

"This is a Bush Truck located at the Palm Bay Fire Department in Palm Bay Florida. This truck is used primarily for Heavy wooded areas, thick Palmettos and heavy brush which Florida has allot of. There are about 6 of these trucks in Palm Bay and 2 in the next town of Melbourne These trucks hold 1000 gallons of water which they pump out the front and sides. The Fire fighter sits on the hood and sprays the fire. I live in a thick brush area and have seen this truck in action, it can plow over and through just about anything. That's nice to know in this area of Palm Bay."

from this web page:
Palm Bay Fire Department Bush Truck - Fire Fighting Vehicles on Waymarking.com

Mike

tamangel · 06-04-2010, 03:39

since the web site for the engine for sale in Cedar City, UT was posted above ( post # 202), I thought I would post pics of the rig (for history and reference) also as the ad will eventually disapear and the pic's would be lost..

see post #223 below for additional pic's of this engine..

Mike

tamangel · 06-15-2010, 16:15

talk about detail..

Here's 113 pic's of every square inch of this truck and its gear.. Great research tool..

SVSM Gallery :: 1942 GMC-Darley USA Class 500 Fire Truck, Travis Air Expo 2008, by Vladimir Yakubov :: P1290910

tamangel · 06-22-2010, 03:27

Came home the scenic route today with about 30 miles of dirt road up in the hills and came across this relic by the side of the road..

What is it? GMC, IH, Stude, Old Fuel Truck turned local Fire Tender or ?
I didn't feel like scaling the barbwire fence and couldn't find anyone in the vicinity to ask..
Enclosed, are a few pics and a manual page of the possible truck or not:

http://www.cckw.org/fueloil7501.jpg

any input appreciated..

Mike

pwrwagonfire · 06-22-2010, 18:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by tamangel

Came home the scenic route today with about 30 miles of dirt road up in the hills and came across this relic by the side of the road..

What is it? GMC, IH, Stude, Old Fuel Truck turned local Fire Tender or ?
I didn't feel like scaling the barbwire fence and couldn't find anyone in the vicinity to ask..
Enclosed, are a few pics and a manual page of the possible truck or not:

http://www.cckw.org/fueloil7501.jpg

any input appreciated..

Mike

Very cool! I'd have to say it IS military, as you can see the blackout marker lights in a couple of the pictures...poor thing seems to be parked in its final resting place! Looks to me like an inhouse built fire tender, but I could be wrong.