Thank you Chris.....😂😂😂! That's the most I've laughed in a while!!! Watching y'all put gas in the truck and cranking it 😂😂. You two should take that skit on the road!👍😂
My dad used to sell fire trucks, so I was all over them as a kid growing up. Watching you guys on that rig brought back memories. I'm sure the neighbor was just as impressed with y'all blowing the siren up the drive way as the rest of us!
I think that old fire trucks can be given to smaller communities that lack fire departments, and/or be converted to fight fires in forested or other hard to reach, areas.
There's a trick to installing those o-rings on the transfer tube of the Holley Carbs. . Put the o-rings on the tube just at the end. Don't put them all the way up to the bump in the tube. As you install the tube the o-ring will roll it's self into the hole and onto the tube farther sealing it. It might also have a stuck float .
if the o-rings are shot, so are all the bowl and metering block gaskets. they dry out, shrink and pull in at the middle on all four sides(top/bottom is worse), that opens all sorts of passage ports, makes the accel. pump not work, fuel/air metering wrong and fuel leak everywhere. also the power valve/s will be spanked. the ethanol and detergents in fuel really spanks them to death. the later blue gaskets are much better at holding up, but even so. ditto on the o-ring placement and them rolling into place upon assembly. that said I absolutely hate the fuel crossover tube style.
Your float is stuck open on the carb. Tap the front of the carb with a hammer until it possibly frees up. That’s why the gas was pouring out of the top of the carb
I had an old petrol dodge fire truck that I used for domestic water supplies they don’t have baffles in the water tanks which are square not round making it dangerous to drive turn corners and stop, it actually killed an entire crew and it was dubbed the ‘widow maker’
Possession is nine tenths of the law. I'd say that is your firetruck now Chris. New fluids, filters and a carb rebuild and she'll be as good as.... well used. 😊
10 bucks says the pump on that bad boy still works. Can’t say much for the water tank though. Usually those are the first to go in those old trucks. Make sure there is some water in the tank so that way you don’t dry pump it. And let her rip.
@@firewalker1372 , it's not that hard to put in a new pump, and/or water tank. Also, they can be upgraded with a rust proof one, and they can also bed filled with nontoxic firefighting materials in lieu of water with a little more refinement.
Good to see an old veteran up and running again. Even if it just set during its tour of duty, which I doubt. If it was able it could probably tell some good stories.
Probably blew a fuse in the siren control box. I used to drive one it had 500 plus cubic inch engine. It was a long nose. Truck ran great and during pump testing it out pumped newer models. You could peal shingles off a roof running a 3 inch line down to 1 inch brass nozzle. Took 3 men to hold the line at 150 psi. It would lift you off the ground. Maybe we had a little fun during training sessions. It pumped over 1 thousand gallon per minute. Enjoyed the video.
Thank you Chris for taking us along on the short ride. I am glad to see the fire truck being driven. For a minute you probably though you were in your dump truck. That's what it reminds me of. I was about excited as you were. Well we know one thing, it will run. As always keep up the excitement and see you on the next adventure. Bye.
Well if there was any doubt it is gone now. Chris is just an overgrown kid at heart. Kinda like the rest of us here. Boys and their toys. Same games we played in the sand box with Tonka sixty years ago.
yeah that sounded great. my father was a fire chief and our town had trucks from the 60s. my job was to go down and unlock the firehall and raise the garage doors for the firemen. man that was a blast.
Yea just add water spray tracks everywhere an bam it's clean an shines Or take off bed has big Hydraulic Pump on it make a great grease truck tools even carry maybe bucket for mini
If your friend ever wants to sell it, you could use it as a giant watering truck for when you plant grass seed. 🤣 That was hilarious when you guys took off with the sirens blaring. Haha! So funny!
Chris is always hilarious when someone else is around. I’m pretty sure it has nothing to do with the camera either. Just how he is. It sure would make the day go by. Its ok I hate spiders to.
How about where Chris jumped out of that excavator front window because of that black cat that jumped on his back when Chris sat down. And the cat was scared too!
@@michaelleblanc3363 exactly the scene i was flashing back to, I had to re watch that like 15 times!!! 🤣🤣 chris thought he'd been had by that ol black cat. Lmao. That cat took off like a bottle rocket! 🤣 probably still runnin.
Really cracked me up when you were racing up the drive with the siren going with the way you two were laughing, especially when you raced by David, lmao. Was a hilarious video.
a guy could quite easily use this pumper for grass hydro- seeding Bealy Goods pond area or yours. Its pretty much ready to go. I'd say it would take no more than than 45 minutes with the right nozzle and pressure after being set up. Instant thick grass in 30 days. Perfect rig for washing mud off dozers and excavators. You got a swiss army knife with multiple uses right there.
That is worth looking into. Hydoseeding is by far the best and fastest way to get grass growing especially on steep banks like the backside of a damn or on crappy soils. It's what Geoff Beale should've used on that one side of his pond where the soil is poor and rocky.
The tank would need an agitator to keep the mulch and water mixed up. Otherwise it separates and you pump out the water and are left with nothing but soggy mulch in the tank.
We used to have a 77 American La France fire truck when I started firefighting 18 years ago. Ran like a top, slow driving though. It was a double clutcher.
The volunteer department that I belong to had a 1968 Ford American LaFrance cab over engine and a 1979 Ford Saulsbury cab over tanker. Both manual and gas motors. The tanker definitely was a double clutcher.
nah, that fire truck is far too new nowhere clapped out, rusted enough to be a candidate for DieselCreek. Watch Wes work on the other hand. Chris is picking up Charlie's bad habits though 😄
My Dad had 2 Ford T-950 dump trucks with that mighty 534 and 5x4 two stick in them from the 60's and still had the one left into the 90's. I have a LOT of hours turning wrenches on those motors....they're very basic and pretty easy to work on....taking that huge air filter off was a good call
That’s a riot! Love that classic Ford cab design. And it was a great comparison to see your friend jump into your truck with its modern beeping and bells and leather seats! Spruce it up a bit and you’ll have a nice parade vehicle
Dammit Man !! The freakin' sirens had to quit !!! LMAO.... I bet all the neighbors was thinking, what the hell is going on over at Chris's place !! lololol.... Nevermind , they are just racing the firetruck up and down the driveway !! lmao ....Oh Hell, that was a good one Chris !!! The shit you guys get into on your down time...lololol.... Great as always Man !! Was gonna tell ya to have a Great evening but, hell, don't get much better than that !! lololol... On too the next !! You guys better get to work , before ya get in trouble !! lolololol...
Everyone will beg for its clean up, chase a few gremlins out like bad battery connections and such... freshen up the carburetor gaskets and seals. One thing for sure, having one parked near a home has to make your insurance go way down. Here in the valley of Wasilla Alaska, I was just a mile out from having fire truck service and most insurance companies wouldn't touch my place... but having a fire truck there not only made insurance possible but cheaper than the folks living within a five mile radius of the department.
That was thoroughly enjoyable. Good to goof off like that once in a while. And who doesn't want to drive a firetruck almost as old as me?! I miss those old "bubble gum machine" lights.
Thanks Chris! That was a fun video. You now have another project, restoring it, maybe taking it to a local school for kids to ride and play with the sirens.
As a 36 year veteran of the fire service , I thought how cool were you to have your own American Le France. I drove one of these for years .... Drive it out on the open road when you fix the fuel leak and it will back fire at 40 to 50 mph when decelerating. LOL
Stuck floats is my guess. A good tap with a wrench on the carb bowls might free them up. May also want to stuff a rag in the fuel tank fill port to stop the bugs from crawling in. Other than that, it's a good old truck.
Chris, get the pumps working and you can clean all your equipment is record time! Look at the time savings from the fuel/service center trailer. Blast away. Dirt, grease, grime (and scary cats) from a distance.😂
You should fix it up so you can have it on standby over the summer time. See if you can get the pumps going and fill the tanks with water, could be a handy thing to have on the farm even park it near your burn pits incase they get out of hand!
What an absolute hoot LOL - animals and neighbours will be wondering what in the world. Loved it and a grand old machine that probably was involved in saving much. Didn't move it far so wet day fun.
Those old Ford Cabover Series are really becoming rare now. I had one as a single axle tractor with a ten speed and a turbo diesel engine. What makes me drool about yours is that chrome bumper and chrome grill. They made those trucks all the way from the late fifties to the late eighties. I've never seen a padded dashboard before. Nice truck, keep her greased!
Chris a former excavating/clearing subcontractor I used in to late 80's and early 90's lived near Whispering Pines and I was wondering if this Fire Truck was his ?? Calvin R was his name, he was more of a less one man show like you are, and one of the best equipment operators I ever meet in my career, I would have let him scratch my back with an excavator !!
My 1st patrol car in the mid 70's had a Federal Twin Sonic lightbar. 1 light on drivers side and 1 on pass side that rotated inside the dome. Cold weather the lights froze up and would not rotate. Had the old Federal wind up siren on top, Snow, sleet and freezing rain shut it up. The electronic siren and speaker like on this truck was Next Gen Up Town stuff. Got one of those in the later 70's. The city FD had trucks just like this cab style that were 64-66 yr models in the mid 70's.
The old cabovers are very popular now. I have almost the same firetruck with 6000 original miles that came from a VFD in Kentucky. If you pull the firetruck bed off and put on a flatbed they make a great toy hauler.
We all wanted to a) see it move, b) hear the siren, and c) see throw a powerful jet of water, so if it still has it's pumps, you could maybe see to the last one next time you work on it. I'm thinking back to when one of your neighbors called the fire department on at the farm, and the fire chief came to investigate. Just think how impressed he'd be if he was called to fire on the farm and found the Fire Truck standing by?
We started up an old 60s fire truck many years ago and as soon as it fired it was making a hissing sound then suddenly something flew out the exhaust, as we started over to see what it was then we saw it was a black hornets nest about 6’ long and hundreds of those pissed off little bastards flying all over but only 1 stung each of us. Needless to say it sat there until it ran out of that nasty rancid gas that was in it, about 3hrs luckily it had coolant and oil in it😂
Another great one chris, nice to see you getting that old ford fire truck up and running had lots of laughs with this, You just need to put some 🔥 out now 😅👍
I'm sure the neighborhood Facebook is going crazy after turning the siren on 😂. Not sure how close your neighbor is but y'all got everyone cracking up at this
if Chris leaves it there for another 10 years and a tree, the weeds overgrow it. otherwise, it's too easy for DieselCreek. Chris could accelerate the rusting , so DC wont have to wait another decade for it to clapped out rust bucket
I did some volunteer fire truck driving when I was a youngin, when the siren went off ,I was to get in a old ford just like that one ,and haul as much ass just as fast as I had nuts to haul it towards the fire . Good times ! Seems some didn’t have the confidence in my drivein,like I did tho ! Lmao !
OMG Chris you had me laughing so hard I was crying on this, and then when you actually got in it while the cab was up, I was almost on the floor.😂😂😂😂😂. Glad that you got it moved, if just by a little bit, but seemed to run pretty good. Great video!
Great video, laughed right along with you. You need this, get it mechanical sound, pumps working and ask you insurance company for a discount cause you have your own fire truck. Pluse the next time a Karen calls, pull up with this.
That's gotta be the most fun you've had in a long time. Absolutely hilarious watching you two racing around your property siren blaring both of you un histarics laughing like a couple of loony tunes cartoon characters. That red beast would be perfect for clearing the ungercarriages of your excavation equipment. Mud and other goo wouldn't stand a chance of not being blown off from the pressure it could create.
The floats are sticking in the carb you could knock on the top the carb & the floats should start working to stop the gas flow ! That truck could help when your doing the huge burnings we all love !
I don't know how much work would be required to do it, but I've always thought they would be cool to cover into an RV. Remove everything in the center of the back portion, and turn it into an RV. But still look like a fire truck on the outside.
Boys and our toys!! I bet we all smiled when the sirens worked. Time to call your friend and make a deal deal for this beauty.
Thank you Chris.....😂😂😂! That's the most I've laughed in a while!!! Watching y'all put gas in the truck and cranking it 😂😂. You two should take that skit on the road!👍😂
I knew the only purpose of this project was to run around with the lights and siren on. Niiice!
My dad used to sell fire trucks, so I was all over them as a kid growing up. Watching you guys on that rig brought back memories. I'm sure the neighbor was just as impressed with y'all blowing the siren up the drive way as the rest of us!
I think that old fire trucks can be given to smaller communities that lack fire departments, and/or be converted to fight fires in forested or other hard to reach, areas.
There's a trick to installing those o-rings on the transfer tube of the Holley Carbs. . Put the o-rings on the tube just at the end. Don't put them all the way up to the bump in the tube. As you install the tube the o-ring will roll it's self into the hole and onto the tube farther sealing it. It might also have a stuck float .
if the o-rings are shot, so are all the bowl and metering block gaskets. they dry out, shrink and pull in at the middle on all four sides(top/bottom is worse), that opens all sorts of passage ports, makes the accel. pump not work, fuel/air metering wrong and fuel leak everywhere. also the power valve/s will be spanked. the ethanol and detergents in fuel really spanks them to death. the later blue gaskets are much better at holding up, but even so.
ditto on the o-ring placement and them rolling into place upon assembly. that said I absolutely hate the fuel crossover tube style.
You definitely need a fire truck in the fleet. Cuz why not!
Perfect thing to have on hand for brush pile burn days!
Your float is stuck open on the carb. Tap the front of the carb with a hammer until it possibly frees up. That’s why the gas was pouring out of the top of the carb
If you have to tell someone who's making a will-it-start video that, what's the use?
Someone who sets as many fires as you do probably should have one Chris.😂
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I had an old petrol dodge fire truck that I used for domestic water supplies they don’t have baffles in the water tanks which are square not round making it dangerous to drive turn corners and stop, it actually killed an entire crew and it was dubbed the ‘widow maker’
you sure he shouldn't have an active fire station next door? 🤣🤣
maybe an exterminator on the other side for the big bad spiders? 🤣🤣🤣
Just a couple of country boys raising hell on the farm!!!
Runs just fast enough to pass the horse and buggy but not the gas station! Love these ol’ beast.
Possession is nine tenths of the law. I'd say that is your firetruck now Chris. New fluids, filters and a carb rebuild and she'll be as good as.... well used. 😊
10 bucks says the pump on that bad boy still works. Can’t say much for the water tank though. Usually those are the first to go in those old trucks. Make sure there is some water in the tank so that way you don’t dry pump it. And let her rip.
@@firewalker1372 , it's not that hard to put in a new pump, and/or water tank. Also, they can be upgraded with a rust proof one, and they can also bed filled with nontoxic firefighting materials in lieu of water with a little more refinement.
Good to see an old veteran up and running again. Even if it just set during its tour of duty, which I doubt. If it was able it could probably tell some good stories.
Always wanted to know the story behind the fire truck, and now we know. Enjoyed the effort.
Whoa! What a great ride Chris. That was almost as cool as seeing Betty back on her feet. Cool fire truck!
Probably blew a fuse in the siren control box. I used to drive one it had 500 plus cubic inch engine. It was a long nose. Truck ran great and during pump testing it out pumped newer models. You could peal shingles off a roof running a 3 inch line down to 1 inch brass nozzle. Took 3 men to hold the line at 150 psi. It would lift you off the ground. Maybe we had a little fun during training sessions. It pumped over 1 thousand gallon per minute. Enjoyed the video.
Thank you Chris for taking us along on the short ride. I am glad to see the fire truck being driven. For a minute you probably though you were in your dump truck. That's what it reminds me of. I was about excited as you were. Well we know one thing, it will run. As always keep up the excitement and see you on the next adventure. Bye.
Vienna Ga Vol Fire Dept has a 1966 Ford fire truck
It was the the work horse in its day
We still have it as a backup
Lot of memories
Well if there was any doubt it is gone now. Chris is just an overgrown kid at heart. Kinda like the rest of us here. Boys and their toys. Same games we played in the sand box with Tonka sixty years ago.
yeah that sounded great. my father was a fire chief and our town had trucks from the 60s. my job was to go down and unlock the firehall and raise the garage doors for the firemen. man that was a blast.
Ive often thought that the fire truck would be great for cleaning your tracks off.
Yea just add water spray tracks everywhere an bam it's clean an shines
Or take off bed has big Hydraulic Pump on it make a great grease truck tools even carry maybe bucket for mini
Like heavy d does.
@@jackman6256at truck there has a pto driven pump. Drop it into 4th or 5th gear. Pull a lever, and ease off the clutch, then your in pump.
If your friend ever wants to sell it, you could use it as a giant watering truck for when you plant grass seed. 🤣 That was hilarious when you guys took off with the sirens blaring. Haha! So funny!
I was thinking they were giggling like a couple of 6-year olds up to no good . . . :-)
@@sharonmiller6436 Haha. I know.. right? I was giggling too. Not gonna lie.
@@silverlicious2086 🙂 me too . . .
LD18 volunteer fire department! We start ‘‘em and put ‘‘em out!!!😂😂👍🏻
Chris is always hilarious when someone else is around. I’m pretty sure it has nothing to do with the camera either. Just how he is. It sure would make the day go by.
Its ok I hate spiders to.
How about where Chris jumped out of that excavator front window because of that black cat that jumped on his back when Chris sat down. And the cat was scared too!
@@michaelleblanc3363 exactly the scene i was flashing back to, I had to re watch that like 15 times!!! 🤣🤣 chris thought he'd been had by that ol black cat. Lmao. That cat took off like a bottle rocket! 🤣 probably still runnin.
That was hilarious. I think he is still a little “cat shy”.
@@michaelleblanc3363 what video was that in? I gotta go watch that lol 😂
You two had too much fun! Great!
Really cracked me up when you were racing up the drive with the siren going with the way you two were laughing, especially when you raced by David, lmao. Was a hilarious video.
a guy could quite easily use this pumper for grass hydro- seeding Bealy Goods pond area or yours. Its pretty much ready to go. I'd say it would take no more than than 45 minutes with the right nozzle and pressure after being set up. Instant thick grass in 30 days.
Perfect rig for washing mud off dozers and excavators. You got a swiss army knife with multiple uses right there.
That is worth looking into. Hydoseeding is by far the best and fastest way to get grass growing especially on steep banks like the backside of a damn or on crappy soils. It's what Geoff Beale should've used on that one side of his pond where the soil is poor and rocky.
The tank would need an agitator to keep the mulch and water mixed up. Otherwise it separates and you pump out the water and are left with nothing but soggy mulch in the tank.
@@rr3102 Agitator? My wife would be perfect for the job..
@@rr3102 That sounds like a do-able mod.
We used to have a 77 American La France fire truck when I started firefighting 18 years ago. Ran like a top, slow driving though. It was a double clutcher.
At the fire department in LaFayette, Al, we had a 65 straight leg Mack, it was good truck. I think someone in Texas bought it to restore.
The volunteer department that I belong to had a 1968 Ford American LaFrance cab over engine and a 1979 Ford Saulsbury cab over tanker. Both manual and gas motors. The tanker definitely was a double clutcher.
That was different!😂😂😂
Love it!!!❤❤❤
Too much fun!!!🎉🎉🎉
FIRE,FIRE,FIRE!!!😮😮😮
Thanks for some much needed fun guy's! Y'all take care and God Bless!!!😊
This brings back a lot of memories. All of our trucks were this era of cab over when I started as a volunteer Firefighter.
Holy Emergency, Batman! Gotta love a 49 year old Ford, that has been sitting dormant for a long time, to srart-up for a brief joyride! ❤✨👍😍
Yep, can't say I'd have done anything differently. Great old Ford.
Best regards from Indiana.
New volunteer fireman with his own truck?. Stay tuned.
It's official let's dig18 has become diesel Creek lol .Great video chris & I'm sure matt would be all over that .😊
Chris is in South Carolina right? So that'd be Diesel Crick :-D
@@AustinSlacker he is in NC
Think it’s the other way around there bud.
nah, that fire truck is far too new nowhere clapped out, rusted enough to be a candidate for DieselCreek. Watch Wes work on the other hand. Chris is picking up Charlie's bad habits though 😄
@@harveylong5878 might be pickin up Charlie's habit but its to add to the "neat" collection! 🤣🤣🔥🚒
I like fire trucks too!
My Dad had 2 Ford T-950 dump trucks with that mighty 534 and 5x4 two stick in them from the 60's and still had the one left into the 90's. I have a LOT of hours turning wrenches on those motors....they're very basic and pretty easy to work on....taking that huge air filter off was a good call
I. Had. 2. F. 950 .dumps. With. Plows. Nothing. Could. Stop. Them
Right on, Todd ! We had a 1967 T-950 with 5 th wheel frame. Ex Air Force, same transmissions as you. That 534 has some torque !
Thanks
That’s a riot! Love that classic Ford cab design. And it was a great comparison to see your friend jump into your truck with its modern beeping and bells and leather seats! Spruce it up a bit and you’ll have a nice parade vehicle
Dammit Man !! The freakin' sirens had to quit !!! LMAO.... I bet all the neighbors was thinking, what the hell is going on over at Chris's place !! lololol.... Nevermind , they are just racing the firetruck up and down the driveway !! lmao ....Oh Hell, that was a good one Chris !!! The shit you guys get into on your down time...lololol.... Great as always Man !! Was gonna tell ya to have a Great evening but, hell, don't get much better than that !! lololol... On too the next !! You guys better get to work , before ya get in trouble !! lolololol...
Everyone will beg for its clean up, chase a few gremlins out like bad battery connections and such... freshen up the carburetor gaskets and seals. One thing for sure, having one parked near a home has to make your insurance go way down. Here in the valley of Wasilla Alaska, I was just a mile out from having fire truck service and most insurance companies wouldn't touch my place... but having a fire truck there not only made insurance possible but cheaper than the folks living within a five mile radius of the department.
Is this Diesel Creek?
Fun video
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I didnt hear any belts screaming/squealing or see half a case of Cosby sauce get used though
You guys didn’t make much money while you worked on the truck, but you sure do have a lot of fun. You had me LMAO…😂
What a great video! Driving with the siren on and using the bull horn had me lolling.
I’m impressed that thing fired right up essentially! And that all the lights, sirens & horns work! Kids will be kids! Yahoo!
That was thoroughly enjoyable. Good to goof off like that once in a while. And who doesn't want to drive a firetruck almost as old as me?! I miss those old "bubble gum machine" lights.
Looks like fun to me, enjoyed it, I think you are going to be the fire trucks new owner by default, have fun with it! Thanks for the tag along.
Thanks Chris! That was a fun video. You now have another project, restoring it, maybe taking it to a local school for kids to ride and play with the sirens.
Geez Chris, as careful as you are with your other equipment, its hard to believe you were so wild with this old gas filled potential wildfire!!
Just another afternoon adventure complete with lights and siren. "I like It."
Absolutely one of your best videos. I must admit I was waiting for it to burst into flames though...🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
"Why are you racing around in a firetruck, Chris?" - The Cows. 🐮🐮🐮
The ending was pretty cool, it almost felt like you guys were going to a fire rescue
As a 36 year veteran of the fire service , I thought how cool were you to have your own American Le France. I drove one of these for years .... Drive it out on the open road when you fix the fuel leak and it will back fire at 40 to 50 mph when decelerating. LOL
Stuck floats is my guess. A good tap with a wrench on the carb bowls might free them up. May also want to stuff a rag in the fuel tank fill port to stop the bugs from crawling in. Other than that, it's a good old truck.
Chris, get the pumps working and you can clean all your equipment is record time! Look at the time savings from the fuel/service center trailer. Blast away. Dirt, grease, grime (and scary cats) from a distance.😂
Yes!! The scary black cat. 🤣🤣 its probably still runnin, hard to say who scared who the most that day! Lmfao
You should fix it up so you can have it on standby over the summer time.
See if you can get the pumps going and fill the tanks with water, could be a handy thing to have on the farm even park it near your burn pits incase they get out of hand!
What an absolute hoot LOL - animals and neighbours will be wondering what in the world. Loved it and a grand old machine that probably was involved in saving much. Didn't move it far so wet day fun.
Where is Diesel Creek when you need him. :) Thank you and have a great day.
wow. that Truck came back to life. It's worth leaving it there for another 2 yrs. did you see how much fun Chris had.
Those old Ford Cabover Series are really becoming rare now. I had one as a single axle tractor with a ten speed and a turbo diesel engine. What makes me drool about yours is that chrome bumper and chrome grill. They made those trucks all the way from the late fifties to the late eighties. I've never seen a padded dashboard before. Nice truck, keep her greased!
At least if any of your fields catch fire youre covered lol thats a keeper.
That would be the perfect thing to haul water around the farm
oh my word Chris lol.. what a hoot you 2 are together. so good to see the ol truck up and running again :)
Chris a former excavating/clearing subcontractor I used in to late 80's and early 90's lived near Whispering Pines and I was wondering if this Fire Truck was his ?? Calvin R was his name, he was more of a less one man show like you are, and one of the best equipment operators I ever meet in my career, I would have let him scratch my back with an excavator !!
My 1st patrol car in the mid 70's had a Federal Twin Sonic lightbar. 1 light on drivers side and 1 on pass side that rotated inside the dome. Cold weather the lights froze up and would not rotate. Had the old Federal wind up siren on top, Snow, sleet and freezing rain shut it up. The electronic siren and speaker like on this truck was Next Gen Up Town stuff. Got one of those in the later 70's. The city FD had trucks just like this cab style that were 64-66 yr models in the mid 70's.
You need to pull into Bealygood Farms with full lights & sirens. Then Ask Geoff where the barbecue is!
Great addition for the farm. You guys just having way too much fun. I love it
Sure made for great viewing guys so cheers for including us in this mayhem bro. Safe travels
Close call Chris, you almost needed a fire truck for your fire truck!
I actually saw a fire engine on fire on the NJ turnpike.
@@JadedLady that doesnt surprise me a bit!!
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The old cabovers are very popular now. I have almost the same firetruck with 6000 original miles that came from a VFD in Kentucky. If you pull the firetruck bed off and put on a flatbed they make a great toy hauler.
A Ford Cab over Just like this was the First Firetruck I learned to drive. Great memories.
The craziest "will it start" I've seen yet. And I've seen dozens.
Boys will be boys! So much fun!
All the bells and whistles HAHAHAHAHAHAHA , So funny , thanks for sharing Chris , Regards from Dublin Ireland ...
Like the fire truck too , nextime check if the water pump work on it .
Chris, I bet Matt at Diesel Creek is laughing his head off. Enjoyed the video. Very entertaining!
We all wanted to a) see it move, b) hear the siren, and c) see throw a powerful jet of water, so if it still has it's pumps, you could maybe see to the last one next time you work on it. I'm thinking back to when one of your neighbors called the fire department on at the farm, and the fire chief came to investigate. Just think how impressed he'd be if he was called to fire on the farm and found the Fire Truck standing by?
You have the perfect dog to go with the truck! Next time out for breakfast take the firetruck and Winston!
We started up an old 60s fire truck many years ago and as soon as it fired it was making a hissing sound then suddenly something flew out the exhaust, as we started over to see what it was then we saw it was a black hornets nest about 6’ long and hundreds of those pissed off little bastards flying all over but only 1 stung each of us. Needless to say it sat there until it ran out of that nasty rancid gas that was in it, about 3hrs luckily it had coolant and oil in it😂
It's LetDig18 meets Vice Gripe Garage, I'll be dipped.
Another great one chris, nice to see you getting that old ford fire truck up and running had lots of laughs with this, You just need to put some 🔥 out now 😅👍
Ol Winston would look good riding in the truck.
I'm sure the neighborhood Facebook is going crazy after turning the siren on 😂. Not sure how close your neighbor is but y'all got everyone cracking up at this
Diesel creek is probably drooling right now he’d be up for the challenge
if Chris leaves it there for another 10 years and a tree, the weeds overgrow it. otherwise, it's too easy for DieselCreek. Chris could accelerate the rusting , so DC wont have to wait another decade for it to clapped out rust bucket
Sure would be great to see that old truck restored and back on the road even if just for parades and such.
I did some volunteer fire truck driving when I was a youngin, when the siren went off ,I was to get in a old ford just like that one ,and haul as much ass just as fast as I had nuts to haul it towards the fire . Good times ! Seems some didn’t have the confidence in my drivein,like I did tho ! Lmao !
Enjoyed the ride along, makes you think of better days gone by.
OMG Chris you had me laughing so hard I was crying on this, and then when you actually got in it while the cab was up, I was almost on the floor.😂😂😂😂😂. Glad that you got it moved, if just by a little bit, but seemed to run pretty good. Great video!
Should’ve called Diesel Creek, that would’ve been wild !
Great video, laughed right along with you. You need this, get it mechanical sound, pumps working and ask you insurance company for a discount cause you have your own fire truck. Pluse the next time a Karen calls, pull up with this.
Fun video Chris. Your brave (?) for diving that puppy with a gas leak..
No guts, no glory!🤣
That's gotta be the most fun you've had in a long time.
Absolutely hilarious watching you two racing around your property siren blaring both of you un histarics laughing like a couple of loony tunes cartoon characters.
That red beast would be perfect for clearing the ungercarriages of your excavation equipment.
Mud and other goo wouldn't stand a chance of not being blown off from the pressure it could create.
What a fun video - this needs to be fixed up/painted. Kids (big and small) would love to play on this. (maybe even get the pumps to work too!)
The floats are sticking in the carb you could knock on the top the carb & the floats should start working to stop the gas flow ! That truck could help when your doing the huge burnings we all love !
Very much like the first fire truck I was on when I started my 39 year career in the fire service (it was old then). Ours was a Boardman.
I wonder if the clicky clack pump was mostly used for after engaging the discharge water pumps as to keep the engine at a steady RPM? 🤔👨🚒👍
Ran one like it for 15 years with our department. They LOVE gas but that 534 is a beast of an engine.
Lmao!!!! The funniest video!!! Two kids in a candy shop!!!
I don't know how much work would be required to do it, but I've always thought they would be cool to cover into an RV. Remove everything in the center of the back portion, and turn it into an RV. But still look like a fire truck on the outside.
OMG...you guys are too funny! I almost fell out of my chair when the siren started! I needed this after a long day at work...thanks for that! 🤣🤣🤣
Love it when the diesel guy gets flustered by a gas engine..."does gas need power?". I'm just as lost on a diesel
Boys and their toys, you are like 2 kids, great to see you enjoying yourselves.😊
That ol 534 is tough.. takes a lot to turn it