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At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
How the world changes. Below is the crash fire rescue truck from the local airport when I first went into the fire service. It was one built for running on the deck of aircraft carriers in WW2. Next to it is a 1954 Diamond T truck chassis with a 1936 pump and body built by the firemen.
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Next is the next crash fire rescue truck to be delivered next month, cost $1.1 million. One diesel engine and everything else is hydraulic and electric.
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When I was growing up down in the Adirondacks, there were Forest Rangers barns all over the place. Seemed like they were in every little hamlet. In the barn would be a WW2/Korea era CJ Jeep fire truck and usually a Dodge Power Wagon fire truck and a Deuce and a half tanker. I don't know whatever happened to the truck, all the old Indian Pumps, gasoline water pumps, etc. No doubt sold off as surplus 40 years back.