WHY SUCH A LARGE GRASS/BRUSH RIG

NOW I UNDERSTAND HAVING LOTS OF WATER AND 4X4 ON A GRASS/BRUSH RIG IF YOU HAVE URBAN-INTERFACE WORK TO BE DONE. WHERE I AM FROM WE DONT HAVE 30,000 ACRE WILDLAND FIRES. WE HAVE 1 ACRE FEILD FIRES. WHY WOULD YOU NEED A LARGE DIESEL TRUCK WITH 500 GALLONS WILL ALL THE AMENITIES WHERE YOU DONT HAVE THOSE WIND FED WILDLAND FIRES. ALL YOUR GONNA DO IS BEAT UP A BRAND NEW $70,000-$100,000 RIG IN THE WOODS AND FIELDS? EVERYONE KNOWS THAT BIGGER MEANS HEAVIER AND HEAVIER MEANS IT SINKS IN THE SAND, MUD, FIELDS, AND AN OTHER SURFACE THAT IS NOT PAVEMENT. IN 10 YEARS I ONLY KNOW OF ONE FIRE THAT WE NEEDED A BIGGER RIG, AND WE CALLED FOR A STRUCTURAL ENGINE, PROBLEM SOLVED. I HAVE FOUGHT FOREST FIRES IN NEW MEXICO WITH BIG AND SMALL TRUCKS WITH FOAM ON THE SMALLER ONES AND I KNOW YOU NEED WATER IN THE WEST.

0 members like this

▶ Reply to This

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by Mick Shelley on April 22, 2009 at 9:27am

Why Not, The Bigger, The Better

▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by Courtney Sanders on April 23, 2009 at 5:36pm

I belong to both types of depts. : The conservative that buy what is needed for the job ( 1987 jeep w/85 gals. of water with a 18 gal./min. pump and two garden hoses) that has only needed pulled out 2 times in ten years, because it works. And the one that spends the $70,000 for an over weight over kill truck (2006 f250 ext. cab diesel w/skid unit w/200gals. of water + foam) that needs a wrecker to pull it out every time it responds to a grass fire, because they can and it looks good in a parade.

I understand the needs for other depts. being different, but the two depts. I'm talking about are neighboring and run mutual aid too each other.

Why Not, The Bigger, The Better

Because:

The bigger, in this, case get stuck easier!

▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by PFC Harmon on April 23, 2009 at 5:49pm

We have an F-550 with a full utility bed and 300 gallons of water, it has only got stuck once. A lot of off road driving is not what you have but how you drive it. The one time our 550 got stuck I pulled it out with my 1/2 ton 4x4 dodge, when you get stuck just stop the deeper you go the worse you off you are.