They're ex US Army and they're Oshkosh by gosh. That volunteer dept has shown how to get things done on a shoestring. Those trucks will give many years of service.
HEMTT A4/ M987A4 fueler. We had those in Iraq to refuel our tanks. You would be surprised how fast they get goin when they start getting shot at. I remember ours having a better turning radius. Not sure whats up with that one.
@@Tankerc hemmets are awesome. Always promised meself if I win the lottery, I'm buying one. Then go to Wal-Mart and what's dumbass will challenge me for a parking spot.
That tanker was money very well spent. It can get to the fire and looks like it hauls a lot of water. It functions perfectly without all the chrome and bells and whistles that some fire companies seem to think that they need. Wish our station had one.
I think this fire departments area and calls are brush/forest type fires. That is probably part of why they bought the retires United Stated Military vehicles. If those rigs work out good for them then who are we to judge? I hope they get 40 + years of service and are able to keep maintenance costs down.
Those units are already years old. The M978 tanker looks to be an A2 which means its probably from the mid 80s. They will be lucky to get 10 years out of them, they break sitting still and are expensive to work on due to size and complexity of the drivetrain.
Jarred, wrong axle configuration for PLS (would have 5 axles, not 4). It's a plain tanker HEMTT, not even an P-19R ARFF, which would be square and boxy like the rest of the Oshkosh ARFF line.
ffjsb, two departments in our district have these, when they make the conversion to water tenders the pumps were changed to provide both pressure and drafting capabilities. They also added a dump valve for use as a traditional tender. Just an FYI here. And by the way, they are great trucks and so far have been used extensively in our very HOT dry summer.
@@BIGBLOCK5022006 you are correct. We have both the same trucks at our station. Tanker is Oshkosk and the wildland truck is a stewart & stevenson. Uflortunatley, our wildland truck is down for the count, but the tanker is still kicking ass and taking names.
I rode in that oshkosh while at the west mims forest fire, that truck could go through anything. But sleeping around it or on it was impossible, the crew they had just put cots on the roof. Boy that was a fun 3 weeks. And the people who built both of trucks spent less than 20k a piece to outfit them
Here in Texas the forestry service gets surplus 2 1/2s from the DOD and basically gives you on if you want in for free, just have to change the color and put a skid unit on it in 90 days, every once and a while a HEMMIT or 5 ton will be available.
Nice catch. All kinds of diff trucks rolling out. I spotted that old Oshkosh from the military right when it peaked it's nose out the bay. Some of my local VFD's have those as well. Cool video.
hello i am from South Tyrol and wanna say Thank You for your service. And by the way we have in 310 fire station 306 volunmteers because everywone joins it for the service to other
Noah Jones Search for NSW Rural Fire Service. Paid staff in head office but the other 40,000 or so are all volunteers. Everything from heavy tankers to fire boats.
Nice looking 🔥 equipment ( x used military )? Love the way small town volunteer fire departments or paid . Can build some of there own equipment. Good old USA ! Doug in Dallas,Tx.
I just had a look around Folkston via GE and looking at the surrounding area I reckon those vehicles would be well suited to the terrain and back roads that would be encountered.
That BAD ASS Tanker is GI Surplus or NEW. These rigs are made for AIRPORTS and harsh driving environments. ALL WHEEL DRIVE AND 2 STEERING AXLES. RIGHT ON!!!!!!!
Definitely looks like both units are specifically made for wildland firefighting. I wouldn't be surprised if they had more conventional rigs still in their bays.
You got a Hmett sick those are used in the marines as jet fuel tankers flatbed Semi trucks flatbeds tow trucks dump trucks almost dose every job in the military
I'm guessing they got a bunch of old retired military trucks, and converted them into fire trucks, is that correct? Or did they have it special made for them?
You are correct Lost. These are available as military surplus fuel trucks and many smaller departments on limited budgets are converting them to water tenders. They work great and allows fore a large capacity tender for a reasonable price.
Taking old army vehicles as fire trucks might be the best thing to do, like seriously that station might be able to buy like 5-10 new trucks before the two military vehicles even thinks about braking down and that takes years they have a surprisingly good quality.
interesting as much as I pick up trash out there I've never seen anything but fire 1 if you can get a video of that little brush truck I'd appreciate it
Based on the looks of their vehicles they get the job done like it should be done (when there is fire put water on it) instead of climbing on the roof and walking around breaking windows or doing nothing.
