Hey Zack! Thanks so much for coming out to review Little Squirt the Fire Engine. It was a genuine pleasure getting to meet you in person. I hope your viewers enjoy the fire truck as much as I do! Take care --Matt
@@morphman21Thanks! Little squirt is the name of a book I liked to read when I was a little tyke. Is it fast? No not really. It accelerates pretty good but the top speed is only 65!
WOW! Not only is it cool to actually own one of these, but to keep up the presents to this caliper; hats off to Matt for this fine example, but props to Zack for bringing this one to us. This is one of those vehicles I'd like to salute!
Your best work yet!. Next ..... How about a full size city bus? As Mr Regular said: a fire engine can be the best part of your worst day Massive Respect to all of our Firefighters
Pack seats wont eat a kid but theyre really uncomfortable. They hold the SCBA, you get in and put it on then pull it out of the bracket when you get out. You can pick up an old truck like that for 15k, you usually need to have a CDL while for emergency services you don't. Pierce is the best today but that kind of statement has started a bar fight. The OG Gold Standard is Mack. They stopped making fire trucks but are the iconic looking classic engine with a lot of them and their areilscope sister CF models still in service today. The first I drove was a Mack CF 2-stroke detroit three speed manual. If you screwed up and stalled it at just the wrong time it would miss a stroke and the motor would run in reverse. The physics and operation of the pump is a whole world of its own. Hydrants dont give unlimited water, that pump can move enough water to suck it out of the ground if its not on a big enough main. When you do have a good hydrant you can do all kinds of cool things tho. We used to actually hook up more than one engine, the bottom half of the pump is generally all intake. If you take the large cap off each side (steamer caps) water can pass freely right thru the first engine and into the next. As long as you are getting more water in than you have going out the water that's coming out of the hydrant goes right thru the first pump and into the second. Just one of many things that are truly amazing and cool. Now we have electric windows and doors, AC, remote control deck guns, and independent front suspension that rides like a Cadillac...
Living the dream, Zack. That thing you called a radio is a siren. If the owner didn't tell you, there's a usually a button on the floor where the high-beam switch would be that spins up the mechanical siren. My grandfather is a retired firefighter so I was crawling around fire trucks since I could walk. I've ridden in a few but never driven one. Sometimes at the fire station, he'd turn on a truck and let me turn on the lights (emergency master switch) and spin up the mechanical siren. One day he got one of his buddies to drive us home in a truck and he let me push the air horn button when we pulled up in front of his house.
Nice video. as some one that has been in the back end of a few rigs that bench seat really improves the room but ussally with how you said there are seats with the airpacks and when that thing was in service it probably had a lot less space because of two buff firefighters and a ton of gear in the back. also the lance chassis is not made any more the current pierce models are enforcer impel velocity and saber. my local company's oldest truck is a 98 pierce dash very similar in many ways to your rig. we have a ton of gear in the rig due to it still being in service today. also many rigs can be ordered with a raised roof to have more head space but it limits the flow of water a master stream can put out in certain directons. your rig had no raised roof. that was a solid rig one of our engines was a 1992 pierce lance wich i wish i could have rode on. you did a great job with this video and thank you for love for vehicles and the fire service. and if you want a big truck find a tower ladder. -Elias
I've been waiting for the fire truck review for some time and it's well worth the wait! As always, I really enjoyed the review so much, Zack. Keep up the awesome work and I'm looking forward to the next large truck review in the channel.^^
That is a gorgeous truck. And while I know several people that HATE the 2 stroke Detroit Diesel engines, I know several fire fighters that wish they had their 2 stroke Detroits back because the engines took to being run hard like fish to water. I am sad that I personally have yet to hear a 2 stroke firetruck in person.
Nice job on the presentation, one of the most interesting ones I've seen. Keep up the good work on these, and I wonder what comes next. Allison transmissions are quite robust and are quite common behind a variety of diesel engines in various applications, and there are adapter plates available to mate an allison trnasmission to the variety of diesel engines available. I got an Allison 5-speed behind the International 6.0L diesel in my bus, not once has it given me an issue. And I've also seen them paired to the Cummins ISB 6.7L as well.
Hey Zack! I have tuned in on your channel for a year. I love how you review and the overall reviews themselves. Especially this specific review that is different than your run of the mill Ford Pinto, lol. Keep up the great work Zack! 🙂
I always wondered the process of owning a former service vehicle and the regulations you have to follow. I always see people buying decomissioned police cars, and they usually have to remove the responding system, the strobe light etc, but I never heard about owning a decomissioned Fire Truck or an Ambulance, because they are much harder to maintain and store. Great video Zack!!
I will say this, the laws definitely vary state to state. I have owned more than 2 dozen emergency vehicles (fire and police) and atleast in PA, I have never had an issue leaving the department's name on vehicles as long as "Not in service" decals are placed on the sides of the vehicle. Most departments around here love seeing thier old rigs serving as retired vehicles in parades and car shows.
There's literally nobody who didn't think about driving a firetruck when they were a kid. Lifelong dreams being represented in this video. Take notice. 😂
That's really cool! 750 gallon tank? Wow! As a locksmith who does quite a bit for the local fire dept's, I knew the storage doors didn't have locks but they were parked inside the locked garages. I was also under the impression they did not require a key to the ignition?
your engine probably has a jake brake. the valve covers are the taller kind. I bought an '81 American lafrance with an 8v92 and the allison ht740d. the cab-overs have great visibility, mine has an air ride seat though and im incredibly thankful for that. also the name thing is more of an "it depends". i contacted the department mine belonged to and got their blessing to restore the lettering with a "retired" line added
One of the first generation of engine forward fully enclosed cabs, rode an 87 that was retrofitted to enclose the jump seats and my last department has a 92 Lance 10 man cab thats been refurbished with another decade or more of expected life. One of the last clown cars in an area where departments have the money for new rigs when they replace one.
Until 1938 Pierce built passenger cars. It was strictly focused on luxury and these fire trucks inherit the spaciousness of the luxury cars. After the 1929 stock market crash the auto brand became Pierce-Arrow and car manufacture was moved to Buffalo, NY. Pierce-Arrow went out of business at the eve of World War II and the factory was retooled for military trucks. Pierce ever since builds only trucks like this Pierce Lance fire engine.
@@wigletron2846 Well, there you go. I'm usually mostly interested in classic cars or the really obscure, and they never ever pass. I'm not new to this channel, but this was actually the first pass I've ever seen. I thought the fail sound was just to annoy people... ;)
@@ingvarhallstrom2306 I’m only interested in the classics too but also some of the more modern classics, especially Pontiacs and cancelled models. Dodge needs to bring back the Avenger for a third time
My local fire department once had the fire truck caught on fire as it was being driven to a firehouse. The Volunteer Fire Department engines are yellow not red
Depends on your state. Where I live, no. Because you are using it as a personal vehicle. If you make money with said vehicle, then yes, you need a CDL.
