Chopped Volvo fire truck .

[Eagleview]

How long is the bed.
Can yiu haul your tractor on it?

The bed is only 17' long to keep it light for the water and also manouverable around tight house sites . I did though , design it so it could also carry the tractor . The bucket/rake grapple sits over the cab and the rear tractor wheels sit directly over the truck drive tyres .

Thank you Tig and RobertN for your kind words . (i see now by your sig. why you liked it red)

 

[tlbuser]

This is my other truck that i built . The cabin was rusted out and needed a "little" work .

Yea, just a tad bit of time on these. Both are really nice resto-mods . On the second set of pics., is the second axle steerable?

 

[EddieWalker]

Nice job. It looks like it came from the factory that way. In fact, it's almost impossible to see that it used to be a fire truck!!!!

I used to drive a water truck, actually a few different types, and the poney motor for the pump was allot better then a PTO for spraying while driving. If I was just using hte hose and parked, it didn't matter, bur for dusting the roads, the PTO pumps were a real pain to get engine speed and water presure just right.

How many gallons will the water tank be? The small 1,000 gallon tanks were great for small areas, but ran out of water way too fast. 3,000 gallons was the norm and a good comprimise on being able to drive the truck and have enough to be useful. Five thousand gallons was just too much weight when full for the trucks that I drove. Steering, stopping and getting stuck were constant headaches. Many times I would try to turn and the front tires would just keep sliding along straing until I could stop. One time I was on a hill and the front tires came off the ground on me. I sat there draining the tank until the front tires came back down. I guess it was about a thousand gallons that I had to dump.

Eddie

 

[LBrown59]

The bed is only 17' long to keep it light for the water and also manouverable around tight house sites . I did though , design it so it could also carry the tractor . The bucket/rake grapple sits over the cab and the rear tractor wheels sit directly over the truck drive tyres .

With a 17' bed it would easly carry my bx23 with fel and BH attached.

 

[MarkV]

I sat there draining the tank until the front tires came back down. I guess it was about a thousand gallons that I had to dump.

Eddie

Eddie that isn't the only thing I would have drained.

Iron Horse that is really nice work. Is the water truck for construction site use?

MarkV

 

[em14]

Iron Horse - You do great work ... First Class stuff!
Leo

 

[GeneD14]

Iron Horse,

I'm impressed with your work. Those are some big projects. Thanks for the pictures.

 

[Eagleview]

Thank's chaps , the tank is for domestic water only . We have a lot of houses on tank water only . The demand has dropped because the El'Nino event is over , but he will be back (Arnie). The tank is 10,000 litre (2200 gallons)(shown sitting on the chassis before i built the tray body) It is a good size as i charge 1 cent per litre supplied and delivered , so that's $100 per load . 10 or 11 loads for a day is not uncommon . tlbuser , yes it is a twin steer configuration . The rollback body is of my design , i had a patent on it for a while as it is the only one of it's kind . It's the only one that can not only tilt and slide back (which they all do) but it can also tip too 55 degrees which enables it to tip even wet clay etc . It was awsome at recovering burnt trucks as when i returned to the auction yards with them i could tip them to full height and slide them off as the wheels would never turn . The other guys used to have to chain thiers to a tree etc and drive out from under them . This photo shows it loading a 26 ton dozer , way over it's legal ability but did it with no fuss . It was lightweight too , strength is not in weight , but in fabrication . Making full use of every molocule of steel without making it heavy .

 

[Eagleview]

Ive just loaded the tractor for work tomorrow . As you can see , there is no room left over . I have fitted a towbar so if i need extra implements with me , i can just bring the trailer .

 

[LBrown59]

Is this the truck you built that dumps like a dump truck and rolls back like a roll back.