kstate90
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Here are a few pics from this week of my ride. It is a 1970 AM General 5ton 6x6 that we converted to a heavy brush truck. It is one heck of a truck. In the last 3 weeks we have fought 16 grass fires in our district which covers about 350 square miles in Clay, Cloud and Ottawa Counties in North Central, KS and it has been to 8 of them. Four of them were large fire incidents over 300 acres. The fire in the pictures burned around 800 acres and was on some pretty severe terrain. The hill is known as Diptheria Hill in Clay County, KS. Google it and it is kind of some interesting reading. We have three of these trucks and use the heck out of them. I only got mine stuck once trying to help get another stuck truck out. Just after these pictures were taken I had to pull the International truck out as we were leaving the fire it hit a boggy spot and sank. We hooked two 20' sections of 1/2 chain on and pulled it out. This truck carries 1200 gallons of water, a 1500 gallon dump tank, and equipment.
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