My Fire Departments Deuce - Steel Soldiers::Military Vehicles Supersite

pyrogod117 · 12-08-2009, 22:24

Hi guys. My name is Kevin. I'm 18, a member of 2 first aid squads and my volunteer fire department. I have a fascination with deuces and their ability to go through pretty much whatever they need to, haul a ton of stuff, and look sweet while doing it. I believe my fire department is #4 busiest in the county, but not positive. It's a huge department with a lot of trucks, one of which is the deuce below.

I believe its an M35A2 with a winch. (Sorry the photos aren't great. There isn't much room with all the extra gear laying around -- excess 5", some turnout gear, etc -- and I just took them with my phone.) This thing is an absolute tank. It takes such a beating every time it's used for brush fires. They use it to push over trees and get to wherever they want. Without power steering it seems to take everyone quite a bit of effort to turn it. The brush cage around it was added by 2 of our members.

deuceman51 · 12-08-2009, 22:32

Lol, talk about one up armored deuce!!!!!!!!

peecook · 12-08-2009, 22:37

that is a great looking fire truck

pyrogod117 · 12-08-2009, 22:42

deuceman51 - Yes it is. Hence why we make our own trails through the woods. And you look like you have enough trucks to wage a small war.

peecook - Take a look at the pic below of our brand new 2009 $1 million limo. Bet you'll still stay the deuce is nicer

jbingvtx · 12-08-2009, 23:12

I've never seen an exoskeleton on a deuce before....I would stay out of its way

pyrogod117 · 12-08-2009, 23:17

Lol. Well, I can tell you that where I live in NJ the traffic is absolutely horrendous, but it's worse in the summer. It's bumper to bumper and people cut you off all the time. The average following distance is a car length if you're lucky.

In the deuce, we leave 5-6 car lengths ahead of us, and nobody even ATTEMPTS to pull out in front of us. We also have the problem where people make a quick left in front of you a lot, but in the deuce, regardless of how much room they have, they just sit and wait.

The Downside
This thing tops out at about 45mph wide open in 5th gear. (Don't think it's supposed to go this slow, but then again you have probably 4,000 lbs of water and other gear, plus the brush guards, probably at least 5,000 lbs extra)
It's so loud that you CAN NOT hear the person driving, even when you're yelling at them from 2 feet away.

Most of the people at the department hate the deuce because they say it's a total POS. If it ever gets stuck when there is a brush fire, they are going to leave it there and let it burn

wvhillbilly · 12-08-2009, 23:30

Looks very much like the brush fire deuces that are used in Texas. Add a front mount pump and a 1000 gal. steel tank in the bed and THEN you'll have a fire truck!!!!

pyrogod117 · 12-08-2009, 23:36

I believe this one is 300 gal. My department doesn't care about this truck. They wouldn't waste the time or money to put a 1,000 gal. tank in. It doesn't get enough use. Just at the major brush fires.

roscoe · 12-08-2009, 23:48

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Originally Posted by pyrogod117

I believe this one is 300 gal. My department doesn't care about this truck. They wouldn't waste the time or money to put a 1,000 gal. tank in. It doesn't get enough use. Just at the major brush fires.

Why not offer to take it off their hands for maybee a grand. Couldn't hurt to ask?

I think thats one cool truck.

pyrogod117 · 12-08-2009, 23:51

It is cool, but I doubt they'd sell it. And I'm still a probie so they would just laugh at me.