British stuff was great back in the day! Custom built Dennis fire engines with Perkins V8 diesels, Leyland Atlanteans and National busses, Rover SD1 police cars, Class 43 high speed trains with British built Paxman Valenta engines (still holds the record for the fastest diesel train in the world). Good times!
@@johnarat9618 Ive Got an RS 133 and i can easily go off the speedo on open roads. The speedo goes up to 80mph and is almost spot on when compared with a GPS speedo.
+BMWM3GTRLOVER Its sad, Its the true sound of a fire appliance but crappy health and safety say the yelp/ wail is better for traffic warning. I disagree .
Hearing the two tones makes me feel reassured. Good old british two tones none of this european standard frenchy sounding warbling crap we have now lol
That was a Shelvoke HP which was on the run as a spare at Poplar when the Dennis/Camiva TL was away at Workshops... The Fire was in the upper floors of a disused Peanut Factory off of Abbot's Road in Poplar. Great bit of Driving Stimpo... sadly no longer with us, you'll always be remembered fondly by the old Boy at F22 Poplar R/W.
Heavy traffic on the A13, looked like the evening rush but a very experienced driver by the looks of it. Calm and unfazed going across junctions, how different the scenery looks now.
The predecessor to Merseyside F&RS was Liverpool Fire Brigade who fitted their appliances with twin sets of two-tone sirens just to make sure the sound was loud enough.
Cracking video. Nice bit of driving, with the driver leaning working hard and leaning in to it. Can't beat the two tones, too. Wonder who farted at 1min 50 though?
I love these videos, I can't wait to joining the LFB eventually when I finish my service in the army. Bearing in mind the year of this video, did the camera you were using to film take up half the cabin?? lol
Thomas Owen I think I applied once or twice, but I eventually went to the Green side and now work for the London Ambulance Service as a Medic doing lots of blue light runs in our trucks - it’s as much fun as I always thought it would be :)
@@supertrinigamer I’m still with the LAS and genuinely love every day. The workload is incredible though - there are always people waiting for ambulances. Ironically, I’m now manning an ambulance with a Firefighter - due to high demand, we have ambulances manned by one medic and a blue light trained driver from either the LFB or Met Police. It enables us to put more ambulances on the road.
I want to make a rig with these old two tone horns. anyone know the setup? horn note, compressor. I can do the wiring for a relay to switch between horns I just need the horns!! help appreciated
I plan to use them on a ex mod mp land rover as the two tones were taken off before sale. The vehicle isn't road legal as I use a trailer. Its only used for shows like all the other preserved emergency vehicles. The only two tones I can find are plastic. I would really like some proper metal one's
have to say the L.F.B CLASS 2 DIVERS ARE THE BEST IN uk. lets look at there skills ok? class 2 goes up to gross wait of 22 ton. public thats 22 ton of truck on the road. class 2 has a goverment mpa due to the tonage. the lfb drivers are the best of the best, remmber when you hear that blue tone sound as you drive,look ,think and do it,give them way .dont delay do it to day.
I was on the RW at Poplar, Keith ‘Stimpo’ who is driving the HP retired in 2005 and sadly died in 2009 RIP, Paul, acting up and in charge in the fromt passenger seat retired and is living happily. I was the cage operator in the back, I retired in 2018, and the cameraman, a young lad at the time actually joined in 1994 and has now done 29 years in LFB
