Boy how I miss Ole' Bessy.... that thing was a great truck.... terrible to get ground ladders off of and it sure didn't carry enough of them.... but boy what a truck. It had a great turning radius (was the size of a pumper), could pump with the best of them (and sometimes better than the best of them) and could be fit in tight areas. I was the last one to drive it and fly it before it left Columbia.... I trained the department who bought it from us how to operate and drive it as a matter of fact. They got a heck of a deal on her too, I went up to visit and got to drive it again.. they love the old girl and I am glad that it went to somewhere it is being apprciated. I, of course, told them that when it comes time to sell it........ it will become mine... even if I have to sell my children (well, in this case I guess other people's children since I have none). Here is another picture of it, this time with it set up, posed by none other than yours truely (with a POS camera).
Dave
Dave