Old Minesite Fire Truck

[auntys_eyes]

Check out this great old girl. Formerly based at the Kalgoorlie Nickel Smelter and called 'The Grunt', she is now housed at the Mining Hall of Fame in Kalgoorlie. Believe it or not it is a product of the Oshkosh Truck Corp.


From the compliance plate:
Truck, Fire Fighting, Air Transportable, Multipurpose Specification MIL-T-83235
Oshkosh Truck Corp. Model No M-1500
Capacity: Water 1500 Gal, Foam Concentrate 180 Gal
Vehicle Weight: 30,410
Gross Weight Max: 45,500
Date of Acceptance: November '76
Department of Defense

[treeny]

NICE!! great photos AE

[Always RX]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing

[wasaint]

AE you deliver once again Top shots!!!!!!!!!

[Fastlane]

Any idea how long ago it was decommisioned? Has a new BHP logo on it..

[hold3n]

how old do fire trucks get before they take them out the fleet

[treeny]

i would imagine that for private enterprise fire trucks there is no time limit for when a truck is taken out of service, if it is maintained to an operational condition then its all good. common sense says that after a certain number of years service there is no point in trying to maintain an old truck so they must replace them.