5 ton questions help a newbie out

[ClanOGallagher]

 

[8madjack]

Ha! That's going to be super useful this time of year! Big departure from a deuce or a 5-ton though.

 

[ClanOGallagher]

Ha! That's going to be super useful this time of year! Big departure from a deuce or a 5-ton though.

Yes it is a huge difference then the deuce or 5ton I wanted but this is the 8.3L Cummins as the 5ton's I have looked at and it's a 4 door which will be helpful with my wife and 4 kids. Funny side note my local fire station is right across the street from my house and they have the exact same fire truck only it's a 96 and mine is an 04 so they're a little jealous but are willing to come over and walk me thru everything and show me how it all works

 

[ClanOGallagher]

Oh and the fire crew said it's worth about 5 to 6 times as much as I'm paying for it. So if that's the case I can sell it and have no problem getting all the other MV's I want

 

[98G]

Oh and the fire crew said it's worth about 5 to 6 times as much as I'm paying for it. So if that's the case I can sell it and have no problem getting all the other MV's I want

I hate to be the voice of doom and gloom.... but I strongly suspect California is going to want you to have a class B CDL for that.

Heavy enough to trigger the requirement, and too new to fall into the exemption.

(But then again i seem to remember you drive for a living, so you probably already have the needed licensure...)

 

[8madjack]

That's cool bro good score!

 

[ClanOGallagher]

I hate to be the voice of doom and gloom.... but I strongly suspect California is going to want you to have a class B CDL for that.

Heavy enough to trigger the requirement, and too new to fall into the exemption.

(But then again i seem to remember you drive for a living, so you probably already have the needed licensure...)

A with all endorsements to drive anything on the roads in the U.S

 

[ClanOGallagher]

Ok new info on my new truck, this came from Camp Slayer which was a US military base in Iraq, an annex of the Victory Base Complex, established early into the 2003 Iraq War. Located on the southeastern corner of the Baghdad International Airport.
Pretty awesome that I was able to track down info on it so fast. Who knows maybe someone here on this site has seen or touched this very truck... how awesome would that be

 

[ClanOGallagher]

 

[ClanOGallagher]

And it's home!

 

[8madjack]

Cool bro, I'll leep an eye peeled for it!

 

[my blood flows OD]

That is a cool rig.
a fire truck like that would make a sweet camper build project.

 

[ClanOGallagher]

So this is a 350hp 8.3 Cummins turbo diesel and man does it get up and go! I think I want to do intake and exhaust to start then start playing with other things to pump up the HP

 

[ClanOGallagher]

I'll go and get it registered next week and then I'll go drive it around who's close by?

 

[ClanOGallagher]

That is a cool rig.
a fire truck like that would make a sweet camper build project.

It's a cab over so I can't have anything go over the cab so I was thinking of getting rid of the pumper bed and making it a flatbed/crawler hauler and haul a camp trailer behind it. Now all I need it a 5 ton for the axles and tcase to make it a 4x4 then it's my ultimate rig...

 

[8madjack]

I'm by placerville. Bet the fire department is gonna wring their hands when you start tearing into it!

 

[ClanOGallagher]

My local fire department is 2 doors down from me they are a little jealous cause they have the exact same fire truck only it's a 96 and mine is an 04

 

[8madjack]

My local fire department is 2 doors down from me they are a little jealous cause they have the exact same fire truck only it's a 96 and mine is an 04

Exactly why they're gonna cry when you start tearing it up!

 

[ClanOGallagher]

 

[ClanOGallagher]

Here is my truck in around 2005 in Iraq in service. Just found a guy who used to drive it. How awesome is that