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SHOULD EVERY RURAL F.D USE BRUSH TRUCKS OR JUST STILL USE ENGINES
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Permalink Reply by Jared Lelaidier on
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I want one! Is that a old military transport truck? Its awesome good job on that!
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Permalink Reply by Bill Muehsam on
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No, this is a "new" M35A3 ESP 2 1/2 ton truck. Cat Diesel, Auto Trans, Central Tire Inflation System. And thanks, we're pretty proud of the way we set it up.
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Permalink Reply by Kevin Burks on
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Down here in Texas you have to have brush trucks due to the rough terrain . We have three brush trucks that carry 1000 gallons each. They are also set up for structure fires as well, since we dont have hydrants out in the county. We also have a 3000 gallon tanker that rolls on every brush fire . Also with the mutual aide that we call , all of them have tankers that they can bring as well, esp. if you have over 10 brush trucks on a scene you will need plenty water.
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Permalink Reply by Joey "BigShow" De Piano on
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We are near the Pinelands in NJ and all but handfull of the depts have let the state forrest fire take the trucks over ..the depts who still have them have members of the State Fire Firrest service , not sure I would let a pumper or engine go off good old concrete or blacktop..
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Permalink Reply by Donnie Mathias on
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We have 5 fire engine's 1 salvage truck and 2 brush truck's . So i guess my opinion is that every apparatus has its place were i live at is on a island and most of it is refuge so they do have brush fire and some of are trucks are to big or heavy to get to some place's. So yes rural fire department's need brush truck's.
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Permalink Reply by Trainer on
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Well I may catch some flack over this, so be it. I’m not a fan of a brush truck unless you got the budget or built one yourself. They are to single operations oriented, besides the fact that some dept’s have the bad habit of rolling them to car fires and MVA’s. They don’t carry enough water or equipment to do the job. If you have got by so far this way, you’re lucky. Our district is smack dab in the middle of brush truck heaven, rural farm ground, wooded areas, CRP ground, but we have never had one. We have always used an engine, and just recently ordered a wildland truck, which I think, is a much better choice. Now some will say it’s too heavy; my money job is heavy equipment, been around it all my life, weight and horsepower in the right balance is the key, at least in the dirt we got. We will give up some maneuverability but if it’s too tight for this, probably to tight for a P/U. Bottom line, we have not compromised a class A pumper for a pickup truck.
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Permalink Reply by Fire Chick on
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brush trucks are great...when i got a fire in the middle of the woods or in the middle of a field it can get you right out to the fire or atleast closer then any engine would.. i glad we have one.. because if not we would not get to some of the fires without walkin atleast and mile and would be hard with no water
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Ok, if you want to call a International 7400, 4x4, 330hp, 700gal water, 1000 GPM pump and roll pump, 800’ 2 ½, 400’ 5”, 2-200’ 1 ¾ pre con attack lines and 100’ 1” reel hose, a brush truck, then be my guest, but you got to admit, beats the hell out of a pickup.
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Permalink Reply by Smoke Eater on
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I have tried both and I would say if you have the budget for a small brush truck, go for it. I have seen depts. take thier engines into a field for a field fire and they just get hung up due to water leaking out under the truck. A grass rig is definately the way to go. But that is just my opinion. Someone else may see things differently and that's cool too. It just depends on how a dept. operates.
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Permalink Reply by Robert Venable on
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We wouldn't survive here without one.We have to many areas that can only be acessesd by our attack(brush)truck.Had an incident the other day where a farmer was on a combine working his cornfield when the combine caught on fire then caught the field on fire.First unit out was our engine because they dispatched it as combine on fire.Mutual aid brought their brush unit.Our second unit was our tanker with me onboard.We couldn't find hookup for forestry line so I pulled 50ft. of 1 3 /4 line and had to drag it around the field.Kept getting hung up on the cut corn stalks sticking up about a foot.Hardest work I've ever done trying to drag that hose around. If we'd brought our attack could of rode on top and put fire out .
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Permalink Reply by Asst. Chief Bigshow on
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At our dept. we have a brush truck. It is a Chevy Z-71 4x4 p/u. It has been out fitted with a lift kit and a 250 gal tank with a 100ft of 1in line. It works great for us cause we can take it places we can't get to with our tanker. Plus we use it for a quick response truck as well. We can get on scene quicker with it. That way if we don't need our tanker we can cancel it. That 250 gal is not a lot but it makes a difference sometimes. I'm glad we purchased it.
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