I took a trip up to Forest Lake for the parade yesterday and shot a few, including this one. It was bought by the Harris, MN Fire Department. When talking to the Chief, I mentioned that I thought that it came from Sparks NV. His jaw dropped, because only then, did he realize that he was dealing with a real geek.
My god.... do you guys have ANYTHING ugly apparatus wise in Minnesota?? There really isn't any one piece I could pick out of there that I could say I don't like. The huge fully enclosed/raised roof crew compartment pumpers are amazing looking! Some of the use of commercial chassis trucks is amazing, I had heard that the city of Minneapolis had a WhiteGMC or Volvo midmount ladder truck running in it's ranks... that would be something to see!!
Not to hijack John's thread on him but I have finally got a bunch of my most recent stuff scanned and ready to go. First up is the Plato Fire Dept. in Plato, MN (McCleod County) First up is their newest rig, Engine 436 a 2001 Spartan/Luverne. 1750/1000/20A Serial# 11139
Dennis Metzger
Eden Prairie, MN
Canon EOS T3i
All photos Copyright Metzger.Media 2014 unless otherwise noted
07-07-2006, 02:21 PM (This post was last modified: 07-07-2006, 02:23 PM by photog999.)
Last one for Plato is Rescue 433 a 1983 Ford/Road Rescue. It carries a full set of Holmatro Rescue Tools. <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> This is X-Eden Prairie, MN
Dennis Metzger
Eden Prairie, MN
Canon EOS T3i
All photos Copyright Metzger.Media 2014 unless otherwise noted
Next stop is far northwestern Minnesota in the City of Thief River Falls. First up is Engine 75 a 1975 Ford C/General with a 1000 pump and tank. This is the last yellow rig on the dept.
Dennis Metzger
Eden Prairie, MN
Canon EOS T3i
All photos Copyright Metzger.Media 2014 unless otherwise noted