Posted by notjustair on August 25, 2018 at 22:11:17 from (174.78.109.166):
Some may remember I recently bought a retired pumper truck (on a ‘64 Ford F600 chassis) to put a bale bed on and make a chore truck out of. It has been very well cared for a runs like a top with no leaks or odd sounds. When I bought it the thing had just over 2200 miles. Total.
I kept thinking about that mileage and just couldn’t believe it penciled out to replace the truck. I know that it is old, but nothing is worn on it and parts are still readily available. When I picked it up it was in one of the volunteer’s barns. He said he sure hated to see it go because they liked the pump on it so much better than their new truck because it primed easier and was more powerful.
Here our VFD has a pumper truck as well although I’ve never seen it. They just use pickups with bumper mounted sprayers and backpack blowers to put out field fires, which is about all they see. It brings me to my question. Are departments required to replace machines due to age regardless of wear and use? When I drove school buses we couldn’t run them past 19 years unless we had special situation permission from the state. This seems like a time a county ought to get that permission.
I got the title in the mail the other day. It had been retitled in 1991 when districts were reorganized. It had 1667 actual miles then. In the following 27 years she got about 600 more. That is just amazing to me - it’s like a little old lady story with a Ford Falcon as the car...
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