I was browsing The SA Government Auction List and found this right down the bottom of the list
FIRE TRUCK OCTOBER 1987 HINO 4WD GT175K MAN GST Inclusive
Engine: 6CYL (Diesel) Kms: 34122 Colour: WHITE
Reg No: UQM730 Engine No: H07CE28445 VIN:
Ex: COUNTRY FIRE SERVICES
Options: Air Snorkel, Bull Bar, Air Conditioner, Pump & Hoses, Water Tank
Not sure which brigade it belonged to but Just thought I would put it out there if anyone was interested or not. :-P
pip will definately probably be able to tell ya which brigade heh :wink:
im gonna guess....Region 1 Light Group area
Ex Browns Well CFS.
Yep..ex Browns Well...
There was another one sold the week before as well...as well as the old Onka Car 2 (looks like sold for about $16,500 or so...
Pip
Hey heres a thought... why don't CFS refurbish a couple (3 or 4) of the older units and send them over to KI and have them on standby, so all we need to do is organise and send over crews to man the units (be it that they are older ones) but that way they can hit the ground running, and do what we do best. This would also help in the decision making process as to where the next big fire might be here on the main land and try and not deplete that groups resource's..... any thoughts?
P.S. and yes I know we will end up sending appliances anyway, but this could be a good way of trying to contain the fire as quick as possible in the eairly parts of the fire by getting crews over there ASAP (by air) to start working.
there are already plans are to have 10-12 appliances there in storage...any news on this btw?
Quote from: Dezza on September 14, 2007, 03:32:14 PM
pip will definately probably be able to tell ya which brigade heh :wink:
im gonna guess....Region 1 Light Group area
Umm Dezza, you might want to check what regions particular groups belong to. Light Group is Region TWO (2).
Keep an eye out Robe car two and another command car where shipped out thursday for the auctions i would say.
lol....i was thinking as i was typing, alpha-one :P
In regard to prepositioning trucks to KI, 4 x 34 appliances were driven over last week, I only know this as one of our day crew members was asked to drive one, and had a nice day out and then flown home in time for dinner.(his words) :-D
5 old 34's on the Island now, for use during big fires.....all listed on Promo site already (photos to come soon).... the 34's were:
Echunga 34
Freeling 34
Hindmarsh Valley 34
Kingscote 34 (which was replaced by a new 34 a while ago)
Paringa 34
And don't forget there is a few BWC's going over to KI, once they are completed. Using Old CFS Appliances.
Two More Of For Auction This Week
61 FIRE TRUCK SEPTEMBER 1987 HINO 4WD GT175 MAN GST Inclusive
Engine: 6CYL (Diesel) Kms: 39167 Colour: WHITE
Reg No: UQR368 Engine No: H07CE27046 VIN:
Ex: COUNTRY FIRE SERVICES
Options: Air Snorkel, Bull Bar, Power Steering, Pump & Hoses, No Air Conditioning, Water Tank
62 FIRE TRUCK DECEMBER 1987 HINO 4WD GT175 MAN GST Inclusive
Engine: 6CYL (Diesel) Kms: 23170 Colour: WHITE
Reg No: XQO290 Engine No: H07C30111 VIN:
Ex: COUNTRY FIRE SERVICES
Options: Air Snorkel, Power Steering, Pump & Hoses, No Air Conditioning, Water Tank
UQR368 ex Kapinnie 34 & XQO290 ex Mt Graham 34
Pip
How much do these trucks get at auction?
Similar age / condition appliances at these auctions have sold for about
$20,000 each
Pip
Quote from: HV_RKO007 on September 18, 2007, 03:57:36 PM
And don't forget there is a few BWC's going over to KI, once they are completed. Using Old CFS Appliances.
What about the adelaide plains\lower mid north & yorke penninsula, no tankers in these areas at all & very much needed.
Those appliances are not that old and have not done many KM's.I think they where rear entry???
Gilbert Group has got a tanker, im not sure PIP may be able to shed some light but I'm pretty sure this was a joint purchase between Rhynie and Riverton thus the call sign "Riverton-Rhynie Tanker". Tankers are scant thats for sure.
Yes & while they would be the closest tanker they are still to far for some of the adelaide plains\Lower mid north
The Chassis is ex Ironbank.....but not sure of the funding arrangements for it..
Pip
its is the riverton rhynie tanker but only ever herd it use the call sign rhynie tanker
Im gonna take a potshot and say ex Kalangadoo 34 :-)
Quote from: Pipster on January 28, 2008, 04:50:35 PM
The Chassis is ex Ironbank.....but not sure of the funding arrangements for it..
Pip
the funding for tanker is made up of money raised from compenys, farmer,and the local people around the gilbert vally every year people pay to have there names on the tanker and in doing so. money raised go's towards the tanker. the last tanker the group had was falling apart the the diff was shot the chasie on one side was all rusty and the cab was full of rust and trying to get parts was hard to find the old tanker was an old dodge
Quote from: sesroadcrashrescue on January 29, 2008, 10:24:19 AM
its is the riverton rhynie tanker but only ever herd it use the call sign rhynie tanker
the old tanker was knowen as rhynie tanker and when the new one was bulit they just kept the name as it was but tanker is some times cerwed by members of the riverton cfs plus bulk of the work done when the tanker was being bulit was done in riverton as well
Quote from: Robert34 on January 29, 2008, 11:13:33 AM
Im gonna take a potshot and say ex Kalangadoo 34 :-)
Robert you have seen pics of the old kalangadoo 34 being used in the private sector as bwc. :?
I just thought that was its call sign as it is plastered on the side.....
I'm pretty sure I've heard it referred to as that....any way so long as you get their attention.
Could be a good way to make some cash...
The old Jervois 24 sold at the government auctions for $20k.
Recently the new Jervois 34 went for its first service at CMI Hino and guess what was on their forecourt??
The old 24, body removed, coat of paint, tyres changed for old worn out ones, other bits and pieces removed, light bar taken off and the silicon used to fill the holes not even smoothed out. How much..... $42k..... yep that's right, forty two thousand dollars......
I believe it has now been dropped into the high 30's.......
How did the old trucks being positioned on KI help with the big incidents there at the end of last year?
Just reading through this thread and thought that since they were put there for a big incident, and a big incident happened, would be interesting to reflect on this particular use of resources...
well they where meant to be left alone and be crewed as a strike team by the first arriving mainland crews. But when we arrived they had been taken buy local crews which makes sense when there at 13 going fires across the island. this meant that the first arriving crews got split up across the various fires.