Dougsr Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 I saw this truck near Jena,LA at the little settlement of Whitehall today. I thought when I come back I will get a picture for Vinny. I did not get any info from it. No one was there so I did not want to go messing around it.Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Maikshilo Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Doug, looks like a truck from govt. liquidations. Probably a DM 400? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Yup, that's one of them air plane fuel trucks. DM with a Cat motor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougsr Posted March 12, 2013 Author Share Posted March 12, 2013 I thought that when I saw the muffler under the front bumper.Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 I thought that when I saw the muffler under the front bumper.DougYep, haha, that's pretty cool. Looks like a quickly paint job. Wanted to make that big green tanker look like a fire truck. There's red overspray everywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldogboy Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 That's a former USAF aircraft refueler. Refuelers have the mufflers mounted under the front bumper away from the fuel tank. Most USAF refuelers were built on Mack or Dodge chassis. Many found their way into civlian fire service after their military service was finished. bulldogboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougsr Posted March 12, 2013 Author Share Posted March 12, 2013 Vinny these guys are "Red Necks". It is a wonder they did as well as they did with it. LolDoug 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 I know where there's a Dodge that was a air plane fuel truck. Doesn't have the tank on it now, its just a straight job. Does anyone know what the Dodges had for motors? Were they Caterpillers too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1958 F.W.D. Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Many of these ex USAF fuel tenders did indeed go on to civilian fire department service as water tankers. And many, many of them became victims of roll-overs- but not just for poor driving: they were designed primarily to operate on flight lines their entire lives, never meant for road speeds or conditions. Just miles of perfect flatness and speeds rarely exceeding 25mph. The tanks on these had little to no baffles. So when they started filling them with water (which is about 2 pounds heavier than a gallon of JP8) they were overweight. Then throw in curves and no baffles.....bad things man, bad things. Quote TWO STROKES ARE FOR GARDEN TOOLS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougsr Posted March 13, 2013 Author Share Posted March 13, 2013 The little town where I live the fire dept had an old Dodge like that. I think it had an auto trans. It was real slow. It sounded like it was hauling butt but was running about 35 or 40 mph.Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Vinny these guys are "Red Necks". It is a wonder they did as well as they did with it. LolDoug[/quoteThere's ALOT of them round' here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2stacksuperdog Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Vinny these guys are "Red Necks". It is a wonder they did as well as they did with it. LolDoug[/quoteThere's ALOT of them round' here.We got a quite a few of them around here too. Quote Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fxfymn Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 What makes them even more dangerous is most places cut openings between the compartments so the water will flow from all of them at once. At least they had enough sense to remove all of the warning devices. I hope that means they never drive it in a response mode.Probably about 2000 gallons which means it is 6 tons heavier with water than fuel. Quote Money, sex, and fire; everybody thinks everyone else is getting more than they are! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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