The hard way to get a new truck

[lakesregionscapes]

This is how we finished our year up last fall...
Fire station was 4 1/2 minutes away - took the fire truck 20 minutes to get down the right dirt road to find us! So much for 911. (Had the fire crew covering from the next town over - or they might have found us sooner). Insurance was liability only, because of the trucks age (total a late '80's truck, and you'll be lucky to get 1'500.- out of them; not worth it); sooo, unfortunately we got to eat this one.... The truck was my husband's baby - big motor, sweet interior. Didn't catch anything else - was in the woods, next to customer's summer house....close call! Did loose a brand new backpack blower, and some hand tools - keep looking for missing things, and blaming it on the truck....
Spent all winter hunting for a used full-size bed 1/2 or 3/4 ton pickup 4x4 at a reasonable price, in decent condition... Apparently, around here only short-bed crewcabs are "in". Finally found a nice '98 Ram to replace our "flammable ford", (was an '86 F250), and "too broke to fix" '88 Dodge Ram....
Only thing was - not the truck we intended to replace this year. The dump still needs to go before it catches too.

Just remember - it can always get worse....

[Splicer]

Details please...What was the cause if you know?

[MMLawn]

Yeah, what exactly was the cause of the fire. I mean I doubt it just spontaniously combusted...

[DUSTYCEDAR]

i cant understand why the fire dept couldent find u with the nice smoke signals u were sending up

[mkwl]

i cant understand why the fire dept couldent find u with the nice smoke signals u were sending up

You'd be surprised;) Do you know what caused it?

[BMFD92]

As a volunteer fire fighter. It takes time to get to the station and then to the call depending on your distance from the fire house. It usually takes us 5 to as much as 15 minutes to get the truck on the road. I don't understand how they could miss that fire though.:dizzy:

[Dixie Rob]

That looks pretty rough. It's happened to me before with a little S-10. **** happens I guess! Nothin you can do about something like that.

[CrewCutEnterprises]

As a volunteer fire fighter. It takes time to get to the station and then to the call depending on your distance from the fire house. It usually takes us 5 to as much as 15 minutes to get the truck on the road. I don't understand how they could miss that fire though.:dizzy:


As a Volunteer at one of the Busiest stations In MD www.wlhvfd.com. We run 3000 calls a year. But Even when our responce time is 5 minutes, Sometimes........ you see smoke, and with the wind blowing, you can drive around it in a circle before you find the road it is on......

ANOTHER RANT..... Check you house, my pet peeve is numbers not on houses, or numbers spelled out. IE nineteen fifty five... i nstead of 1955.

Ok Im done.

Also how did you loose the blower, couldent have grabbed it?
Here is a truck that hit a tractor trailer last week, he would have walked away, but we held him down, damn drunk drivers, in on the right

[South Florida Lawns]

Yeah, what exactly was the cause of the fire. I mean I doubt it just spontaniously combusted...


Don't you know mike?

It was a Ford.:laugh: :laugh:



Seriously its good to hear that no one was hurt or that it was hooked up to a trailer.

[J&R Landscaping]

What caused the fire? Any damage to the customers property?

[MMLawn]

Don't you know mike?

It was a Ford.:laugh: :laugh:
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That's why I ask, if it was a Chevy...or one of those fake pictures of your make-believe girlfriends I could understand it :laugh: :laugh:

[mkwl]

As a volunteer fire fighter. It takes time to get to the station and then to the call depending on your distance from the fire house. It usually takes us 5 to as much as 15 minutes to get the truck on the road. I don't understand how they could miss that fire though.:dizzy:

Why does it take fire men/women so long to get moving. From the time I receive a call on my radio to the time I'm in the ambulance is only about 3 minutes. We're always at the accident/incodent before the local FD's arrive. :weightlifter:

[CrewCutEnterprises]

Why does it take fire men/women so long to get moving. From the time I receive a call on my radio to the time I'm in the ambulance is only about 3 minutes. We're always at the accident/incodent before the local FD's arrive. :weightlifter:


Wait , Im unsure what you mean. I Think from where he is from they respond from home, to the firehouse then take the fire truck to the scene.

I assume your an EMT, As I am, and a firefighter. If a local med call comes out in our area, we respond in our engine with emt's/fireman. We DONT have an ambulance or Paramedic. They respond from the next staion and take about 5 mins more, they send us because we get there first and can give basic first aid cpr.

Also in Jersy cant you respond in your personal vehicle with lights??? Here you have to be a cheif to have lights i n your car

[rfed32]

in pa u can respond in ur personal car also ny city....

but what caused the fire...or did u set it on fire...na just kiding....

my ucles 02' f250 was up in flames about 2mos ago...about 2 grand in snap on tools....he was pissed...but stuff happens and u just gotta bit the big one and go on....good luck with the new truck...try to put up some pics would love to see

[i_plant_art]

by the looks of the ground the truck is on it looks like the customer will be getting a new sod/see job huh LOL nice pic though i always like to see things on fire.

[BMFD92]

As a Volunteer at one of the Busiest stations In MD www.wlhvfd.com. We run 3000 calls a year. But Even when our responce time is 5 minutes, Sometimes........ you see smoke, and with the wind blowing, you can drive around it in a circle before you find the road it is on......

ANOTHER RANT..... Check you house, my pet peeve is numbers not on houses, or numbers spelled out. IE nineteen fifty five... i nstead of 1955.

Ok Im done.

Also how did you loose the blower, couldent have grabbed it?
Here is a truck that hit a tractor trailer last week, he would have walked away, but we held him down, damn drunk drivers, in on the right

It all depends on what type of area you live in and the wind speeds. Also if it is cold out then the wind banks down from the temperature. So you are right. Nice department. How close are you to kentland? www.engine92.com is my company. I was in the October issue of reader's digest because I pulled some guy out of a working house fire. When you go to the pictures section go to the apple lane fire. That was the fire. In one pic you can see the garage door open and that is where I entered.

[BMFD92]

Why does it take fire men/women so long to get moving. From the time I receive a call on my radio to the time I'm in the ambulance is only about 3 minutes. We're always at the accident/incodent before the local FD's arrive. :weightlifter:

We have to gear up and wait for a solid crew. We get out in 3-5 minutes but their can also be up to 10 minutes of driving time in our district.

[lakesregionscapes]

It appears to have been an engine fire...not sure why: truck was running very well, pretty clean for late 80's. Kid working for us took it up the hill to get some tools (it was his second to last day, he was moving to GA that weekend). When he drove back down, it died 30ft short of where he was going to park - luckily, or it really would have caught the woods on fire. It was smoking a bit, so he dashed to get my husband, who dashed back, hoping the radiator blew. He saw black smoke, grabbed the extinguisher and sprayed through the grille, and just under the hood (popped latch, but didn't open.....) Just made it worse. Grabbed the cellphone, called 911, (clearly identified street and #), tried a second extingisher from the other truck... And decided it was too hot to be standing that close. With the station only 1.3 miles away, figured they'd be there in a heartbeat. By the time they all thought of the backpack and other tools in the bed, they were afraid the gas tank would go, (which it did just as I pulled up).
I was just heading out of the next town over to bring the guys coffee, behind an ambulance - as it turned out, heading the same place as I was... Tuftonboro police and rescue got there same time as I did (less than 10 minutes), but the Wolfeboro tanker that was covering for Tuftonboro (on a structure fire another town over) went down one dirt road too far over; we're talking wooded, hilly waterfront, with dirt roads in a dozen different directions, and multi-million dollar "cottages" everywhere - we could see them in the customers' sister's driveway, 90 feet away: they had to back the truck up 1/2 mile to turn it around. By the time they were within range, there was little left to do but watch the wreck burn out...
The second kid with us, AJ, was taking EMT classes, and his manual was on the seat: it was only 60% burnt, and still had legible pages - aside from 3-4 wrenches and the reese hitch insert it's the only thing that was recognizable out of the corpse- AJ's the one who took the picture with his cellphone; his Dad is on the fire department for Wolfeboro, and was all about getting pictures of his guys working... Our local departments are volunteer, and they do well most of the time - it was just a miserable combination of circumstances.
A home five houses up from us burned down three days later: put the whole thing into perspective for us - but it sure does screw up your day. Our skidsteer was stranded onsite until we had the dump hitch welded to tow it home.... Never mind driving a crochety old 2WD dually 1 ton with worn tires to do snow removal (snowblowing) for 2 months, 'til we found the replacement pickup. I hit a tree with it before we were done .... minor damage, thankfully.

Whoever asked for details is probably asleep by now... ;-)

[lakesregionscapes]

No damage to the customer's property. Singed a big pine on the property line, not too badly. The landscapers (us) cleaned up the mess, and all you could see was a chared patch on the dirt turnaround....

[LawnGuy73]

So what was the cause ?

[Badgerz]

..........
It appears to have been an engine fire...

[crab]

thats not bad,burned a f350 dump to the ground myself.hope youre new trucks a dodge,havn't torched mine yet and i have 3.good job

[Idealtim]

Do you have any after pics?

[Lil'MowinMan93]

Don't you know mike?

It was a Ford.:laugh: :laugh:



Seriously its good to hear that no one was hurt or that it was hooked up to a trailer.

Haha! I love it when people make fun of fords! :gmctruck:GMC/CHEVY BABY!

[Lawn Freak]

Did it have cruise control? I've read many times where something in the cruise control relay under the hood gets too much power and therefore ingniting the truck. My truck is a 94' F-150 and I just took it in about two months ago to have the recall done on it.

[Merlin300]

It really doesn't matter if the dept. got there in 5 minutes or 15. The truck would have been totaled. I have seen the smallest of fires under the dash or the engine compartment for that matter total vehicles. For some reason, the insurance companies total fire victims often. With water, smoke, extinguisher and fire damage, the smallest of fires cause lots of dollars in damage.

[DRM Ventures]

as a firefighter of 18 years (volunteer, part-time and fulltime) I can tell you that any department that has it's head screwed on right will not risk alot to "save" a vehicle on fire, with no life hazard, or exposure hazard.....exactly for the reasons stated above.....

Don't be surprised if your house catches fire and there is no one inside....to see firefighters being cautious and not risking their lives to save bulldozer fodder.......

[G.M.Landscaping]

Wow, Digging deep to rip on a Ford.:confused:Must be bored.

[LindblomRJ]

Wow, Digging deep to rip on a Ford.:confused:Must be bored.

I was thinking the same thing. Yeah the fire has been out for more than two years. :hammerhead: