1958 F.W.D.

"Ok, who's the U-Boat Commander?" (5,000 points to the first person to name the movie.....) And I didn't go any southier than Pawley's Island, SC.

I am a purist but it does look good........

Roll her in flour and look for the wet spot

Lick all the folds until you taste shit and then back up one..........

Me too Mike.....I would have been sleeping out in the garage......Hey.....Wait a minute........that might not be such a bad thing.....

I had no idea he had that many road tractors, they were well hidden by trees and box truck bodies. That B-Rollback.....I am salivating.....That would look good restored with an FWD on the deck.

OD, this is literally 10 minutes from my house and I pass it every day on the way to/from work. I didn't know there was an auction there at all until Weds AM when I was driving to work and came around the curve and saw all the cars parked on the side and people running around on the property- The owner must have died because I stopped there about 4 or 5 years ago to ask if I could go on the property to look at an old White-Freightliner single screw cabover. I was walking towards the house and the second I stepped foot on his front walk he starts screaming for me to get the eff off his property and he ain't selling shit and this and that............Wow never any of those B's- were hidded by trees and truck bodies. He did have quite a few buses too but a lot of them looked too old and wasted away to be able to do anything with. A shame. Betcha a lot of that stuff gets shredded and we're all shaving with them this time next year.

HAPPY BOIFDAY CHEWBACCA.......YA BIG FURRY OAFY-LOOKING BASTID!!!!

The end is in sight. The salesman was in the plant today and found several items which will require attention and a punch list has been created. Our final inspection team departs Wednesday for a Thursday/Friday inspection, not Tuesday as I mistakenly reported the other day. Truck is tentatively scheduled to depart Holden, La on Tuesday with arrival in Hatfield Pa (The dealer) on Thursday where it will receive a Pa State Inspection, a wash and some other misc. items. It will then be driven to the firehouse where it will be available for inspection by members and the general public on Friday 7/31 until Monday 8/3 when it and the 1989 Duplex/Quality Engine 11-1 will return to the dealer for equipment swap/mounting. All photos courtesy of Ferrara Fire Apparatus, Inc.

I always use 80/20 ground beef and add a tube of Bob Evans sage sausage.

Yes. Smoke inhalation in your sleep is the merciful way to go. Doesn't take away from the pain of losing your friend though.

I have never smoked meat before but the more I see it being done the more intrigued I become. I just put a 10lb pork shoulder in a crock pot of barbecue sauce and spices at 11pm for tomorrow afternoon's dinner. Gonna shred it into pulled pork. Have a few buddies coming over after the firetruck show.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/triborough/7868646304/ Link to our 2007 Spartan/Toyne which has the front bumper line as well. Hose is stored in a "trough" recessed into the bumper and secured with two seat belt-like straps. You can see the discharge on the right with the gated wye.

1. Hose will be accordian loaded onto the top of the bumper and held in place with straps. 2. In my opinion having used both full-size and mini-pumpers- they are a complete and total waste of time and money. The chassis are usually under-rated for the amount of hose and equipment that you usually wind up throwing onto a mini. I would rather spend my money on the full size pumper that is guaranteed to have the horsepower and torque to turn the pump, have all of the ladders, hose and equipment that I will need not only for that pesky car fire, but also the house or commercial building fires. And when operating on a limited-access/high speed highway, given the number of hits of emergency vehicles that occur, I want the luxury of a full-size pumper protecting me when I am operating in front of it.

Bumper will have a car fire/trash/dumpster fire line on it (100 feet of inch and three quarter) Will have a 2.5" line plumbed all the way to the front bumper, with a gated wye on the end at the bumper- we could run two inch and three quarters or a single 2.5" line if we wanted to. I don't ever remember running a deuce and a half on the one we have now, but we figure, "we're paying for the plumbed line, go big or go home."

UPDATE: Final everything is in the end stages. Our crew flies down Tuesday to do the final acceptance inspection on Weds. Due to work and family obligations I will not be able to go- this is the first new truck I have been involved with in a long time that I have not been one of the final inspectors of. Note the Cow Piss tank. Even though emergency vehicles received an exemption from pollution laws, the engine builders all refuse to accommodate- costs them more money to re-tool the production line for a fraction of the industry so unfortunately- we're stuck with cow piss. All photos courtesy of Ferrara Fire Apparatus.

My heartfelt condolences to you and the families. Sucks to have survived Vietnam, live a good life only to die in a fire. Makes me want to scream,

http://dailydispatch.com/StateNews/OR/2015/July/10/Coos.County.Norway.mobile.home.fire.claims.two.aspx

Paul I'll put the word out on my FB, have a lot of firefighting friends all over the place.

I have never found pictures of pedestrians more titilating. ( see what I did there??? LMAO!!!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gciFoEbOA8

$5000 for no title and in the condition it's in???? Someone needs to put down the bottle and step away

I did not receive an invite, but I did take Vlad there when he was here 2 years ago, right after Macungie.....(at the invitation of their Chief Mechanic/Caretaker who happens to be a member on here, forgive me I cannot remember your screen name or real name....???) and if you have the opportunity you MUST see the Mahan Collection!!!

UPDATE 7/15/2015: Out of the paint shop!!!! Striping and decals being applied (gold leaf applied after delivery.) Interior fit-out of compartment shelves and brackets in progress. Final inspection tentatively scheduled for 7/22. Note the rhino-liner'd front bumper. HatCity note your chevrons on the rear.

Excellent trip report!