Excellent episode...Still catching up to all the good times while also living my own adventures..Great to know that you two Wild Cats are out there ...Indeed , as you said Rick, God Bless America !! Love Her Or Leave Her Still Applies !!!!!!!!!!
Wow! What an experience. I had to watch the moment twice when you first laid eyes and comment about Sparky. That's what it's all about. Pretty tense loading and Minnesota can keep the Dino-spiders!
A beautiful grab, Rick. I love seeing a classic get saved from turning into a pile of rust. As for the spiders - put sparky in a trailer, start the motor, and let it self-fumigate. Works great on pole-barns full of wasps, too.
it's nice to know there's good people in this world like your friend Brian up there in Minnesota if you ever need help like him down here in Medford and I know we're not too far away from each other you look me up and let me know I'll help you out.
We do get down to Southern Oregon once or twice each year and appreciate the offer. I can't express enough how thankful we were for the help we got from Brian, Craig and Tim. Just some great guys. Thanks Fer Watchin'. -Rick
THIS was worth waiting to see. CTR-44 and 45 were a waste of bandwidth but this was great. Looking forward to seeing Sparky cleaned up, repaired and running.
Just trying to tell the whole story my Friend. A lot of people have been waiting for us to get this one home. Sparky will be cleaned up and running in the next episode. Thanks Fer Watchin'. -Rick
we called that 20' poll with hook an overhaul poll. used as the other viewer told you. basically pulls smoldering or burning stuff apart while the hose team sprays it down. also to pull false ceiling tiles down so they don't fall on us. love that truck and smokey too.
Great video guys. The Minnisota division did a lot of work. I was at the edge of my seat when you loaded the truck onto the trailer. Good luck with your new find. Thanks
You really did the smart thing by trailering that rig home. I have rescued rigs like this before and driving them a couple miles is hair-raising enough let alone 1700 miles right after a 20 year hibernation. Saw the rear wheel kinda stutter when he was pulling it backwards with the roll-back. Tells me the brakes or wheel bearings are resisting movement after all of this idle time.
I can send them back if you like. Went outside the day after we unloaded Sparky and two of them had already built webs. Ugh...Thanks Fer Watchin'. -Rick
I always think it's amazing how you get these old trucks running after sitting for years, on sight and what seems like an hour or three. I surmise one thing that helps is that the electrical systems are less complicated than today's cars, but even then a bad coil could send you into an hour of trouble shooting time. I'm further amazed at the knowledge you have of these trucks. You have to wonder how these trucks ended up where they were. Apparently this fire truck had been running when it was parked and left sit for all those years.
first off,Tim knew how to use that flatbed.having many years in the business myself ,its easy to spot. Brian is a awesome guy for doing everything for you both,that "poker"is called a pike pole,mainly used for pulling ceilings down during and after a fire. glad, everything finally came together.
And if you look closely it appears that it isn't even a real pike pole. It looks like a boat hook. Pike pole heads are usually cut out of a piece of flat stock whereas the hook on this one appears to be round. You see a lot of his on older rigs. Boat hooks are cheaper and more plentiful than real pike poles.
Wish I was there to help, but Germany called. Good work guys! Those spiders are big! Glad you made it to MN and got your hands on Sparky. It will be a great addition to your fleet. I was hoping you would have tried the siren, but at that time of night it would have disturbed the neighbors.
Oh we tried the siren my Friend...just not right there. You'll hear it in "Sparky 4". Wish we could've met you too Craig. Just know that you were in our thoughts as we worked on it that night. The groundwork you and Brian did saved us a bunch of time and effort. Thank you my Friend. -Rick
The thought DID cross my mind. Unfortunately, we had left our belongings in a motel room 300-miles back and it was all booked up for the next day. Trust me, it was a VERY long night. Thanks Fer Watchin'. -Rick
I was feeling the stress as you were going for balance on the flatdeck. Assume the lucky boy gets a new clutch before too long. Thanks for sharing the experience.
Gopher actually handled the haul very well. I have increased respect for that truck after this journey. And Brian has proven himself to be a true friend and a man of upstanding character. Thanks Fer Watchin'. -Rick
so glad to see you finally got this truck in your possession Rick thanks fer the video i know you said you've had some technical difficulty's out at CTR glad its all working now you guys rock love watching your videos and Jaimie you are an awesome chic for sure
thank you ctr iv been cking 2times aday since ctr 45 was posted #3 dale sr rip #1forever. bles you guys bring sparty home and save travels cant wait for more post
That's AMAZING! Rick & Jamie Sweet! Sparky is coming home :) Tonight i'm going with a friend to look at a late 1986 Suzuki LT 320cc 4 Stroke ATV 5 speed high low range chain drive with a custom wide rack & big wide rear tires! it's needs a little work. It Runs :D
NICE RESCUE Rick , HA HA I'm not afraid either ,but I've been concerned a few times !! I don't think I inhaled the whole time you was loading him up , lol God Bless you two .
Rick, I always thought GMC'S were the flagships of General Motors, even above Cadillac, hence the name GMC. It sadden me when they came together with Chevrolet and the badges were to only difference, that being that I'm a retired Pontiac / GMC technician.
I agree. Its pretty cool to see the extra structural and design elements they used to lavish upon the GMC trucks though. The mid to late 50's GMC trucks are also where the expression "Cowboy-Cadillac" came from. If you pull up a picture of the front end on any 1955-1959 GMC truck and put it beside the same year front end photo of a Cadillac, you will clearly see the resemblance. Thanks Fer Stopping by again Richard. -Rick
That's a reducer attached to the running board. It's just threaded onto its mount. You can remove it with a spanner wrench and use it to reduce your hard suction from, what looked like, 5" to 2 1/2". The big black hoses are called "Hard Suction" and are used to draft from a pond, river, pool, whatever you can find. They are essentially a big coil of wire to keep the hose from being sucked flat. Hydrants have in the neighborhood of 80 pounds of pressure and you don't need hard suction with a hydrant. There is large soft-suction hose for use with hydrants. In any event they connect to the intake on the side of the pump panel that has the cap with the two "ears" on it. That's called the steamer connection harkening back to the days when steam powered fire engines fought fire.
30:42 Looks like an adapter, on the modern engines the bracket that would store them like that have a lever to release it. It looks like it has a lever and it looks like the fitting attached has a gasket so I'm pretty sure it's an adapter fitting stored on a bracket.
The pole is called a pike pole used for ceiling breach and pull it is used during a building fire and after a building fire. The pike poll is used after the fire is extinguised to help locate possible hot spots.
It was heavy, but Gopher made it easy. Just put it in Tow/Haul and set the cruise-control and we went through the mountains without even using the brakes. Thanks Fer Watchin'. -Rick
Those are "Barn Spiders" Jamie. They tear down (eat) their web every morning and build a new one every evening. That's why there were brand new webs when you all rolled up on Sparky that evening. The sun had just gone down, so they got busy with the evening's web building! Oh yeah....they're pretty big! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barn_spider
those look like harmless barn spiders. they are huge but they eat all the bad spiders and they don't bother humans. I have 5 or 6 just around my porch light.
Had that experience coming back from a fire. Climbed down to shove the rod back and this young german shepard came from nowhere and decided to clean my face while I was laying on the ground.
Man, that was a pretty hairy job balancing that heavy truck with just a clutch on that trailer. I was on the edge of my seat. I actually got nervous. You must have nerves of steal.
pretty spiders an you want big an deadly spidees go to south america with there brazillin walkin spider or come here to australia as we got some big an highly deadly spidees . check out the mexican blue tarantula , that one stunning coloured spidee . nice fire truck too .
Hey a while back we saw a 1951 Ladder truck with a V12 engine? Paid for, however could not haul it, What ever became of the 51 fire truck? 51 is my birthday you see, Nick Wiese
I am not sure but I think that hose end mounted on the running board is there to hold a spare nozzle.... I had a old model of a fire truck and I think they had a spare nozzle mounted that way on it
It sounded like Sparky just couldn't wait for the chance to live again, for a truck that has sat for who knows how many years he sounded really sweet, and he definitely sounds like he's got a very good chunk of power under him. I got the impression as you were driving him onto the trailer that maybe his clutch was a bit weak. Of course, the clutch is going to be working hard to drive the PTO for the pump and such when he was on duty so the clutch will have done a lot more work than the 22,000 miles would suggest. I do wonder if maybe old age (for a fire truck) and the weakening clutch is what ended his career, and maybe what helped preserve him, as I can't imagine many people would be interested in an old fire truck with an iffy clutch when he was disposed of...
That is for the intake to reduce the size of the hose coming into the pump. (Intake cap) The crank he showed you is for winding in the hose if for some reason the electric motor will not work. The hoses are no dought dry rotted, you might be able to get some used ones from your local department that they no longer use that are in better shape.Hat poker as you called it is a pike pole , if you used it on a power line you would get knocked on your butt. Don't try to run the pump and till you have all the discharges caps on, as the pump will not work right sucking in air, the vales not might be closed all the way from sitting so long. I been around fire trucks since I was 14 years old and in the fire service for 40 years. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me and would be more then glad to help you.
Thank you. We appreciate your information as well as your service to the community. Now if we could just get you out to the Classic Truck Ranch to go over both fire trucks.....Thanks Fer Watchin'. -Rick
I really hope you guys see this but I have a 1950 international l-130 dually dump truck. and I was hoping that the tires on the GMC are the same on my truck. the split rims are cracked. if you have 6 bolt pattern eight inch from each lug on the tire.
To be completely honest, most of my trucks have split rims on them, but I don't know if any of them will fit your International. If you can send me some photos of your rims with a tape measure showing the measurements through the Classic Truck Rescue Facebook page, I will see what I can find. Thanks Fer Watchin'. -Rick
The doohickey on the running board is a reducer that adapts the large intake for the pump (it looks like a 4.5" or 5" intake) down to 2.5" or 3" thread, so it can be fed from a smaller hoseline. If you turn the big part at the bottom, it will unscrew off the running board and leave a threaded mounting plate behind. The hoses on the side of the body are suction hose - they are for drafting from a static water source, not a hydrant. The pole mounted on top of the body above the ladder racks is a fourteen-foot pike pole; it would be used to take out second-floor windows from outside to let smoke out, pull siding or soffits to expose fire, or indoors on high ceilings to pull plaster and lath as the firefighters checked for extension and hot spots. It should never, ever be used to move wires - wood handles are conductive when wet!
Thank you my Friend. Sounds to me like you know what you are talking about. This is all good, helpful information and we appreciate it. Thanks Fer Watchin'. -Rick
Excellent episode...Still catching up to all the good times while also living my own adventures..Great to know that you two Wild Cats are out there ...Indeed , as you said Rick, God Bless America !! Love Her Or Leave Her Still Applies !!!!!!!!!!
More to come!
Wow! What an experience. I had to watch the moment twice when you first laid eyes and comment about Sparky. That's what it's all about. Pretty tense loading and Minnesota can keep the Dino-spiders!
They sent some of the Dino-spiders home with us. Thanks Lee. -Rick
Good work, team! Brian put in overtime on this one!
A beautiful grab, Rick. I love seeing a classic get saved from turning into a pile of rust. As for the spiders - put sparky in a trailer, start the motor, and let it self-fumigate. Works great on pole-barns full of wasps, too.
Awesome. I will give that a shot, because they do not want to leave. Thank you and Thanks Fer Watchin'. -Rick
On another note thanks for saving all the old iron!
Thank you my Friend and Thanks Fer Watchin'. -Rick
Rick&Jamie good to see sparky come home finaly. And thanks to all of you who gave Rick&Jamie help to get sparky home.
Couldn't have done it without them. Thanks Fer Stopping by again James. -Rick
it's nice to know there's good people in this world like your friend Brian up there in Minnesota if you ever need help like him down here in Medford and I know we're not too far away from each other you look me up and let me know I'll help you out.
We do get down to Southern Oregon once or twice each year and appreciate the offer. I can't express enough how thankful we were for the help we got from Brian, Craig and Tim. Just some great guys. Thanks Fer Watchin'. -Rick
Excellent save, Sparky and the Spiders will be happy in their new home. Thanks Rick, Jamie and Brian. Thanks fer showin.... Angelo
THIS was worth waiting to see. CTR-44 and 45 were a waste of bandwidth but this was great. Looking forward to seeing Sparky cleaned up, repaired and running.
Just trying to tell the whole story my Friend. A lot of people have been waiting for us to get this one home. Sparky will be cleaned up and running in the next episode. Thanks Fer Watchin'. -Rick
Should have skipped 44 and 45 and went straight to this one...IMHO. Just glad to see Sparky is going where he belongs.
we called that 20' poll with hook an overhaul poll. used as the other viewer told you. basically pulls smoldering or burning stuff apart while the hose team sprays it down. also to pull false ceiling tiles down so they don't fall on us. love that truck and smokey too.
great job to all Rick & Jamie & the minisoda team ok Minnesota another great job & save
Great video guys. The Minnisota division did a lot of work. I was at the edge of my seat when you loaded the truck onto the trailer. Good luck with your new find. Thanks
Minnesota Division was awesome. Love those guys. Trust me, I was on the edge of Sparkies driver's seat too! Thanks Fer Watchin'. -Rick
Another great save and a old Fire Fighter to boot! Rick ya guys done well again.
You really did the smart thing by trailering that rig home. I have rescued rigs like this before and driving them a couple miles is hair-raising enough let alone 1700 miles right after a 20 year hibernation. Saw the rear wheel kinda stutter when he was pulling it backwards with the roll-back. Tells me the brakes or wheel bearings are resisting movement after all of this idle time.
Glad your trip to "Sota was successful. Thanks for taking those spiders with you.
I can send them back if you like. Went outside the day after we unloaded Sparky and two of them had already built webs. Ugh...Thanks Fer Watchin'. -Rick
By Golly, Rick & Jamie & Brian of course, 'Ole-Sparky sure is a Hansome Feller Ain't he ? Thanks fer sharing, Friends. ATB Terry God Bless
I always think it's amazing how you get these old trucks running after sitting for years, on sight and what seems like an hour or three. I surmise one thing that helps is that the electrical systems are less complicated than today's cars, but even then a bad coil could send you into an hour of trouble shooting time. I'm further amazed at the knowledge you have of these trucks. You have to wonder how these trucks ended up where they were. Apparently this fire truck had been running when it was parked and left sit for all those years.
bleeping awesome rick and Jamie nice rescue
Thank you Charles and Thanks Fer Watchin. -Rick
first off,Tim knew how to use that flatbed.having many years in the business myself ,its easy to spot. Brian is a awesome guy for doing everything for you both,that "poker"is called a pike pole,mainly used for pulling ceilings down during and after a fire. glad, everything finally came together.
Thank you Roger and Thanks Fer Watchin'. -Rick
And if you look closely it appears that it isn't even a real pike pole. It looks like a boat hook. Pike pole heads are usually cut out of a piece of flat stock whereas the hook on this one appears to be round. You see a lot of his on older rigs. Boat hooks are cheaper and more plentiful than real pike poles.
that's one cool old fire truck yall got there,will go great with the collection!!! great job to yall !
Thank you my Friend and Thanks Fer Watchin'. -Rick
The long arm of CTR, grabbing those trucks from wherever they hide. Great score guy's!!
Thank you Hugh. The arm felt a bit stretched on that one though. Thanks Fer Watchin'. -Rick
Wish I was there to help, but Germany called. Good work guys! Those spiders are big! Glad you made it to MN and got your hands on Sparky. It will be a great addition to your fleet. I was hoping you would have tried the siren, but at that time of night it would have disturbed the neighbors.
Oh we tried the siren my Friend...just not right there. You'll hear it in "Sparky 4". Wish we could've met you too Craig. Just know that you were in our thoughts as we worked on it that night. The groundwork you and Brian did saved us a bunch of time and effort. Thank you my Friend. -Rick
These old trucks never cease to amaze me lol
awesome job preparing the fire truck Brian!
Brian did an awesome job. Thanks Fer Watchin'. -Rick
Good job
That was a bit shaky going on but Brian is right You guys are a good pair. Cheers and Peace Out
This video is really a testament of your love for these old trucks and more importantly one of Jamie's love for you.
Nothing better than Duluth water, Duluth Minnesota.
enjoyed the video guys, the ol firetruck is in pretty good shape
Thank you. We'll have Sparky all cleaned up for the next and final "Sparky" video. Thanks Fer Watchin'. -Rick
What a great adventure, but I would have waited till morning if I seen those giant spiders! Lol Thanks again for your videos
The thought DID cross my mind. Unfortunately, we had left our belongings in a motel room 300-miles back and it was all booked up for the next day. Trust me, it was a VERY long night. Thanks Fer Watchin'. -Rick
I was feeling the stress as you were going for balance on the flatdeck. Assume the lucky boy gets a new clutch before too long. Thanks for sharing the experience.
I know this is an oldie - but man - what an exciting pickup!!!!
I bet you have more demand for the pickup trucks but I love the big commercial rigs. The wreckers, dump truck and the fire trucks are amazing.
It look good it great your taking it home
He's home and safe my friend. Thanks Fer Watchin'. -Rick
The chrome looks great for as much neglect as it has had.
All I can come up with is 'awesome' guys. atb Oh that includes Brian, Tim and Craig. too.
OMG!! The suspense when loading Sparky on the trailer!!
what a beast that ford good job getting her home
great job to classic truck rescue Minnesota division
Gopher actually handled the haul very well. I have increased respect for that truck after this journey. And Brian has proven himself to be a true friend and a man of upstanding character. Thanks Fer Watchin'. -Rick
so glad to see you finally got this truck in your possession Rick thanks fer the video i know you said you've had some technical difficulty's out at CTR glad its all working now you guys rock love watching your videos and Jaimie you are an awesome chic for sure
She really is my Friend. thank you and Thanks Fer Watchin'. -Rick
thank you ctr iv been cking 2times aday since ctr 45 was posted #3 dale sr rip #1forever. bles you guys bring sparty home and save travels cant wait for more post
I'll start updating a bit faster now that my computer problems are sorted-out. Thanks Fer Watchin'. -Rick
The mount on the running board is for a nozzle. Thank you, Brian
Thanks for the info and Thanks Again Fer Watchin'. -Rick
good job loading the fire truck
Thank you. It was a bit hairy with no brakes and the trailer not wanting to tilt back down, but teamwork paid off. Thanks Fer Watchin'. -Rick
The great thing about you tube is ya make friends all over the world.
I absolutely agree Joel. Thanks Fer Watchin'. -Rick
love watching Jamie she dances great
The pole is called a pike pole.
The hoses are called hard sucksun hose. I was a volunteer fire fighter for a year. Keep up the good work
Thank you for the info.
@@ClassicTruckRescue you are welcome. Stay safe.
Awesome truck great video another entertaining CTR !!!
That's AMAZING! Rick & Jamie Sweet! Sparky is coming home :) Tonight i'm going with a friend to look at a late 1986 Suzuki LT 320cc 4 Stroke ATV 5 speed high low range chain drive with a custom wide rack & big wide rear tires! it's needs a little work. It Runs :D
Sounds like a handy little ride to have around. Good luck with it and Thanks Fer Watchin'. -Rick
You saved another fine fire truck! A true Classic Fire Truck Rescue...
SKip
A Rescue and a Vacation combined. Thanks Fer Watchin' -Rick
NICE RESCUE Rick , HA HA I'm not afraid either ,but I've been concerned a few times !! I don't think I inhaled the whole time you was loading him up , lol God Bless you two .
It was a hairy moment or two. Trust me, I was holding my breath too. God Bless you also my friend and Thanks Fer Watchin'. -Rick
Some beautiful truck rick..love it..and good job sir..cowboy..😁😳
love it when new toys get home
Me too. Thanks Fer watchin' Lawrence. -Rick
What an AWESOME Fire Truck :-) Moved under its own power despite being a little arthritic from sitting so long. Well Done Sparky :-)
another great video rick
What a trip!
It was a long one my Friend. Thanks Fer Watchin'. -Rick
That was a pretty scary load! I kept thinking it was going to go backwards and fall off.
33:23 Called a Pike Pole. They're mainly used for overhaul but not for power lines.
Yes God Bless America
Amen My Friend and Thanks Fer Watchin'. -Rick
Sparky is coming Home Yeah !!!!!!!!!!!
I agree! Finally...Thanks Fer Watchin'. -Rick
The pole with the hook is called a pike pole. It is used to pull down walls and insulation to get at hot spots where fire is inside walls.
Thank you Marty. We do appreciate it when viewers share knowledge with us and help us learn about our equipment. Thanks Fer Watchin'. -Rick
Nice work guy's, an girl, Rick yer gunna have to get ya a trailer with a good size winch fer them biggins.
Rick, I always thought GMC'S were the flagships of General Motors, even above Cadillac, hence the name GMC. It sadden me when they came together with Chevrolet and the badges were to only difference, that being that I'm a retired Pontiac / GMC technician.
I agree. Its pretty cool to see the extra structural and design elements they used to lavish upon the GMC trucks though. The mid to late 50's GMC trucks are also where the expression "Cowboy-Cadillac" came from. If you pull up a picture of the front end on any 1955-1959 GMC truck and put it beside the same year front end photo of a Cadillac, you will clearly see the resemblance. Thanks Fer Stopping by again Richard. -Rick
That's a reducer attached to the running board. It's just threaded onto its mount. You can remove it with a spanner wrench and use it to reduce your hard suction from, what looked like, 5" to 2 1/2". The big black hoses are called "Hard Suction" and are used to draft from a pond, river, pool, whatever you can find. They are essentially a big coil of wire to keep the hose from being sucked flat. Hydrants have in the neighborhood of 80 pounds of pressure and you don't need hard suction with a hydrant. There is large soft-suction hose for use with hydrants. In any event they connect to the intake on the side of the pump panel that has the cap with the two "ears" on it. That's called the steamer connection harkening back to the days when steam powered fire engines fought fire.
30:42 Looks like an adapter, on the modern engines the bracket that would store them like that have a lever to release it. It looks like it has a lever and it looks like the fitting attached has a gasket so I'm pretty sure it's an adapter fitting stored on a bracket.
The pole is called a pike pole used for ceiling breach and pull it is used during a building fire and after a building fire. The pike poll is used after the fire is extinguised to help locate possible hot spots.
That's quite a load! I would have liked to see you go on some scales with it then go empty to see how much you were towing.
It was heavy, but Gopher made it easy. Just put it in Tow/Haul and set the cruise-control and we went through the mountains without even using the brakes. Thanks Fer Watchin'. -Rick
Nice.
Thank you my Friend and Thanks Fer Stopping by Again. -Rick
Long awaited arrival. Good to see you two.
:> )
Wolf spiders have to eat too ya' know. The are catching what bug happens to fly by.
Is that what those were? Ugh...Thanks Fer watchin'. -Rick
the attachment for the hose on the running board is actually to hold and haul a nozzle ;)
Thank you my Friend and Thanks Fer Stopping by again. -Rick
Anyone pick up on the fact the Bee Gee's were singing 'Stayin' Alive' As the gang was pulling up to rescue another classic truck?
Appropriate...But I didn't put the two together until you mentioned it. Thanks Fer Watchin'. -Rick
Needs some work.
spiders got sparky love for that truck
Rick it is a pike poll to do over hauling of pulling down the Cielling of a Structure FIre
Those are "Barn Spiders" Jamie. They tear down (eat) their web every morning and build a new one every evening. That's why there were brand new webs when you all rolled up on Sparky that evening. The sun had just gone down, so they got busy with the evening's web building! Oh yeah....they're pretty big!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barn_spider
A spiders eyes will glow, if you shine a light on them. :)
The fitting on the running board is an adapter it should unscrew it will go into the pump and it is a reducer to smaller hose
That is what another viewer said. Thank you, we do appreciate it when people share their knowledge about these things with us. -Rick
those look like harmless barn spiders. they are huge but they eat all the bad spiders and they don't bother humans. I have 5 or 6 just around my porch light.
Oh good, because we did bring some home with us. Thanks Fer Watchin'. -Rick
WOW!!!!!!!!!!! CATCH YOUR BREATH Jamie, it's ONLY a spider. fantastic sparky goes HOME.
29:28 That's called a booster line or red line. Now days it's rarely used or installed.
Its called a pike pole it used to ventilate space mainly for mop up make sure no embers basically an extra arm
Thank you and Thanks Fer Watchin'. -Rick
Wooot wooot.
Minnesota wolf spiders !
So the problem of why the truck wouldn't go into gear was the PTO was in gear instead of the transmission ?
Correct. Thanks Fer Watchin'. -Rick
Had that experience coming back from a fire. Climbed down to shove the rod back and this young german shepard came from nowhere and decided to clean my face while I was laying on the ground.
Man, that was a pretty hairy job balancing that heavy truck with just a clutch on that trailer. I was on the edge of my seat. I actually got nervous. You must have nerves of steal.
pretty spiders an you want big an deadly spidees go to south america with there brazillin walkin spider or come here to australia as we got some big an highly deadly spidees . check out the mexican blue tarantula , that one stunning coloured spidee . nice fire truck too .
Old but pritty
damn, that trailer is way overloaded with that truck. lol.
Probably, but it got the job done. Thanks Fer watchin'. -Rick
Hey a while back we saw a 1951 Ladder truck with a V12 engine? Paid for, however could not haul it, What ever became of the 51 fire truck? 51 is my birthday you see, Nick Wiese
Nice old fire engine , what year is it , and are you going to keep it ? Or fix or sell it anyway super kool truck great job on getting it to fire up
Ricky have you thought of adding a rear winch to Jamies
truck , that would help in your truck rescues.
It sure would. If I had the funds I'd do it right now. Thanks Fer Watchin'. -Rick
I am not sure but I think that hose end mounted on the running board is there to hold a spare nozzle.... I had a old model of a fire truck and I think they had a spare nozzle mounted that way on it
I've been told it is a reducer to go from large to smaller hoses. Thanks Fer Watchin'. -Rick
thanks... that also makes sense..
no worries y'all hate spiders 2
Its a love-hate relationship. I love it when they go away. Thanks Fer Watchin'. -Rick
It sounded like Sparky just couldn't wait for the chance to live again, for a truck that has sat for who knows how many years he sounded really sweet, and he definitely sounds like he's got a very good chunk of power under him. I got the impression as you were driving him onto the trailer that maybe his clutch was a bit weak. Of course, the clutch is going to be working hard to drive the PTO for the pump and such when he was on duty so the clutch will have done a lot more work than the 22,000 miles would suggest. I do wonder if maybe old age (for a fire truck) and the weakening clutch is what ended his career, and maybe what helped preserve him, as I can't imagine many people would be interested in an old fire truck with an iffy clutch when he was disposed of...
I have one my self in storeage
That is for the intake to reduce the size of the hose coming into the pump. (Intake cap) The crank he showed you is for winding in the hose if for some reason the electric motor will not work. The hoses are no dought dry rotted, you might be able to get some used ones from your local department that they no longer use that are in better shape.Hat poker as you called it is a pike pole , if you used it on a power line you would get knocked on your butt. Don't try to run the pump and till you have all the discharges caps on, as the pump will not work right sucking in air, the vales not might be closed all the way from sitting so long. I been around fire trucks since I was 14 years old and in the fire service for 40 years. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me and would be more then glad to help you.
Thank you. We appreciate your information as well as your service to the community. Now if we could just get you out to the Classic Truck Ranch to go over both fire trucks.....Thanks Fer Watchin'. -Rick
If you have questions, just send me a picture and I will do my best to answer it since I am all the way over here on the east coast
I really hope you guys see this but I have a 1950 international l-130 dually dump truck. and I was hoping that the tires on the GMC are the same on my truck. the split rims are cracked. if you have 6 bolt pattern eight inch from each lug on the tire.
To be completely honest, most of my trucks have split rims on them, but I don't know if any of them will fit your International. If you can send me some photos of your rims with a tape measure showing the measurements through the Classic Truck Rescue Facebook page, I will see what I can find. Thanks Fer Watchin'. -Rick
what's you're email
plus it's on three tires for now so I need tires for the winter
I can't put my email on here my Friend. I did that once before and it didn't work out well.
OK
Rick, how much did Sparky cost you? Nice Truck...!!
The doohickey on the running board is a reducer that adapts the large intake for the pump (it looks like a 4.5" or 5" intake) down to 2.5" or 3" thread, so it can be fed from a smaller hoseline. If you turn the big part at the bottom, it will unscrew off the running board and leave a threaded mounting plate behind.
The hoses on the side of the body are suction hose - they are for drafting from a static water source, not a hydrant. The pole mounted on top of the body above the ladder racks is a fourteen-foot pike pole; it would be used to take out second-floor windows from outside to let smoke out, pull siding or soffits to expose fire, or indoors on high ceilings to pull plaster and lath as the firefighters checked for extension and hot spots. It should never, ever be used to move wires - wood handles are conductive when wet!
Thank you my Friend. Sounds to me like you know what you are talking about. This is all good, helpful information and we appreciate it. Thanks Fer Watchin'. -Rick
tell Jamie (hope I spell her name right) that those spiders ate all the bees/wasps that would hve built nest in and under Sparky
Don't you think you may need a winch?
I have one, but could not mount it on the trailer we had to rent for this trip. I agree though...trust me, I agree. Thanks Fer Watchin'. -Rick
It didn't go into gear because it was probably in pump gear.
is that the 336 gmc v8?
Yes it is. Thanks Fer Watchin'. -Rick
put the wheel chock in front of the trailer tires