Three big red trucks just went fast down the main street here while I was walking home with the groceries.
Somebody here must put out fires for a living; those trucks were pretty loud - what kind of motors do they have in those things?
Um, it's ok with me that they're loud. They can put on the siren 'cause they are going out for pizza if you ask me.
Fire trucks these days are built on fairly ordinary truck chassis with ordinary diesel truck engines. Then the run the heck out of them.
Standard diesel engines, but generally at the top of the line where horsepower is concerned. 60-series Detroits primarily, but Cats and Cummins' also. Largely 450 HP and up coupled with Allison automatics. A real hoot to drive.
Steve
Meaning that You can roll over just about anything H2 or lower. Gerry :-)} London, Canada
"Steve Mulhollan" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@comcast.com:
Speaking of Fire Engines, my wife's uncle has a 1941 Chevrolet Buffalo Fire truck. All original and unrestored. Runs and its a 4 wheel drive. It has its original Siren, pumps and hose reels. He has had it for quite a number of years. He is thinking of selling it. Where can I go on the net to find value of these old Fire Trucks to help him with its worth?
Thanks guys! Marty
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Well, it is a real shame that Arthur Fiedler (Long-time conductor of the Boston Pops and other orchestras) has been dead for a while. He collected fire engines, and a collector is ALWAYS a great person to deal with. I suspect, though, that Ebay is a good way to get some advertising out there, even if you don't sell it there. I see there are some links on the net for this sort of thing, including this one:
Thing with Fire trucks are that the exhaust is usually at ground level instead of 12 feet up and pointing straight up. My 68 Unimog with only a 2.2 litre straight six sounds like a tank, especially driving downtown Toronto with the sound resonating off the buildings. Dave D.
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