Something new in the Yard

[moosebgy]

Picked this up the other day. I know it isn't quite military but it was at the firehouse at the Coast Guard base on Kodiak. And it is kinda green. It's a 1982 Spartan Crash Rescue 4X4 Firetruck. 492hp Detroit Silver Series engine, Allison auto trans, and I believe it has 13 ton rockwell axles with a detroit locker in the rear and no slip in the front on 52in Michilen tires. And it's fun to drive around. Now I just have to convince the wife it's not her offroad rig.

 

[ojsdna744]

convert the read end into some sort of camper, that would make the PERFECT off-road camper for those trips up the Knik!!

 

[maddawg308]

That's pretty cool! How much room is inside? Something that big would make a great camper, but man, if you have to gut the inside of all the fire truck related stuff to make it liveable, it'd be a lot of work!

 

[Towman2277]

If you get her stuck, you gonna' need a BIG winch!!!!

 

[rizzo]

cool

 

[WillWagner]

Does it still have all the pumps? It should have a foam unit too! Water...fun, Foam...smelly, but fun too! Are all the monitor controlls in tact and working?

 

[moosebgy]

As far as the truck goes, it is still all there. 1500gal water tank, 200gal foam tank, dry chemical setup and as far as I can tell the pump is still operational. I haven't tested everything yet, it's on my to do list. It would make quite the off-road camper but would take alot of work to setup. As far as camping out the Knik, I'd hate to get all that glacier silt in the running gear. I'd hate to have to try and replace the axles or transmission, or get it stuck crossing Jim Creek. It doesn't have a winch (yet) and I'd hate to have to pay someone with a rig big enough to pull it out.

 

[ojsdna744]

As far as camping out the Knik, I'd hate to get all that glacier silt in the running gear. I'd hate to have to try and replace the axles or transmission, or get it stuck crossing Jim Creek.

It's funny how fast I forget the nasty part of off-roading up there and only remember the good. That silt does get absolutely EVERYWHERE! Not sure I'd take the deuce out into it come to think of it. Enjoy your new toy!

 

[motorolanut]

Cool wheres the plane crash!!