Minnesota Apparatus

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[quote name='grubber33270' date='19 April 2010 - 12:54 AM' timestamp='1271658847' post='377092']

Here are 4 Photos that i would like to post that i dont think i will post on my site. i just dont know where i would put them.



First three Are big Red Former truck for Minneapolis i will let someone else post details on it.





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"Big Red" was a former 1958 Walters Army crash truck (serial #588533) that was purchased as military surplus by the Minneapolis Fire Department back in 1976. The department converted the big rig into MFD "Foam-Hose 1" by remounting a 1500 GPM Waterous pump out of a 1948 Mack engine and putting it in the Walters. Two 2000 GPM turrets were also mounted on the rear corners of the rig and a hose body was constructed to carry 4-inch hose. Big Red ran out of Minneapolis Fire Station 7 for a number of years to all second alarm fires in the City of Minneapolis.