WPFD has a lot of talented folks. When we aren’t fighting fires or responding to other emergency calls, we are very hands on with mechanical maintenance, electrical retrofits, communications improvements and more. When we are able to get a newer or more modern truck chassis, every once in a while, we get to apply all of those skills at one time to build a fire vehicle (we call them an apparatus) from scratch.
Recently we acquired 4 newer heavy duty pickup trucks to build Brush Trucks for fighting woods, grass, and field types of fires. All of these are 2008 Ford Super-Duty trucks with crew cabs to carry as many people as possible into the fire zone. Honestly, we are just thrilled to have trucks that are from this just a few years old. Our current trucks, that are being replace, are 25-34 years old.
Checkout photos of our trucks that already beginning the transformation to become outstanding Brush Trucks!
BT3- Cage modification
BT3- Cage modification
BT3- Cage modification
BT2- Poly Tank Mounted
BT2- Pump manifold- An intersection for water flow
BT2- Fresh Paint- Nice ‘n RED
BT2- 402 measuring for fuel tank compartment
BT2- 483 Painting compartment pieces
BT2-Getting ready for storage boxes
BT2- Wood Compartment Rails
BT1- Adding nice diamond plate touches
BT1- Chainsaw box
BT1- completed boxes
BT1- mounted plumbing manifold
BT1- Completed box & diamond plating
BT2- Bedrail mounted
BT2- Plumbing assembly
BT2- 411 -We are gonna need some glue and duct-tape
BT2- 402 Plumbing the tank to pump run
BT2- 402 “We are gonna have to move that valve”
BT1- New LED Lightbar intalled
BT1- LED Chassis and Lightbar fired up
BT1- LED Lightbar really dances- nice ‘n bright
BT1- 402 with plasma cutter and 418 ‘Ice Baggin” the paint
BT1- Tough to cut the metal without melting the paint
BT 2 – Flatbed – Construction will start soon
BT2- Before
All Trucks will use flatbeds with similar tank, pump, and equipment configurations
Future Brush Truck 2
Future Brush Truck 1
Trucks Delivered. Awaiting Construction!
BT1- Tank, Pump, Hose and Boxes under Constuction
BT 1-Lots of ‘discussing’ of many options
BT 1 -Getting close to water completion but still need paint for manifold
BT1- Decisions Decisions
Bt1- Looking Good. Lighting, Communications, and Decals come soon.
410 showing some of our handi-work on BT 1
BT1 -I may look complicated, but it is beautiful to us.
Future Brush Truck 4
Future Brush Truck 3 – Theirs has a nice brush guard already
Future Brush Truck 3
BT3
Rear Cages will be removed to leave flatbed
Cage will be removed to leave flatbed like other trucks
