The 250 Gallon Mini Pumper

[Mud Diver]

I see a TM for a 250 gallon mini-pumper fire truck. HAs anyone actually seen one of these, and if so, have they ever been for sale?

 

[Guyfang]

What TM?

Hey, I lived in Yorba Linda back in the 60's-70's. Plamosa Drive, most of the time.

 

[Mud Diver]

Under the CUCV TM section there is a technical manual for the mini pumper. I’ve never seen an Army mini pumper.

I'm sure Yorba Linda is quite crowded compared to when you were here. Still a nice part of California.

 

[msgjd]

I see a TM for a 250 gallon mini-pumper fire truck. HAs anyone actually seen one of these, and if so, have they ever been for sale?

don't know of any cucv-type pumpers, but the local FD had an OEM military setup on a dodge M37-type.. It had a 300g pod of same design as the 600g fuel pods seen on 1950's-90's deuces and 5-tons .. i have mentioned it on SS before and still haven't come cross pics i took of it 40-50 years ago

 

[KallyLC]

Looking at the details in the TM, it's just a regular 6.2 equipped civilian spec truck. It's unusual that there's a proper TM for it, but it's not 24v, and has none of the other CUCV features. It's not really related to the CUCV any more than any other civilian squarebody is.

There's so many squarebody-based mini pumpers out there if you search online. This one's been modified a bit, but matches up pretty well with the diagrams in the TM, even down to the big lights in the grill. They're definitely out there if you know what you're looking for.