Australian Rigs

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Thought I would start with a 1 off shot, to gauge interest of what people think....



Will start with a



1987 Hino

Mills Tui/Carey Gully Engineering

Darley HM350

3000 litres of water

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Scania P310

Mills Tui Pump/Rescue

Main pumpWaterous single stage CSC20

High pressure pumpWaterous single stage CPK 2

2010 Model

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More, please....always like the rigs from down under, an interesting combination of North American and British designs.

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2010 Scania P310

Liquip

Rear mount Godiva pump 1250 GPM

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Rear shot of same truck, showing pump panel etc

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1990 Volvo FL7

Moores/Brigade workshops

Palfinger crane



This is the spare heavy rescue, 4 man crew, covers citywide heavy rescue and local door pops on the home station ground.

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Rear shot showing the crane

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I also have to apologize that some shots are not up to scratch, all taken on my cell phone....never seem to have my camera on shift when a new rig arrives !

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Fleet 144 - spare rig

1986 Volvo F7

Mills Tui

Darley SEH1000 (I think)





Will be going to disposal this year.

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2006 Isuzu FTR900

SEM

Rosenbauer NH30

[firetrucks]

please keep them coming pumper8032

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204 (new)

Scania 94D

Moores/workshops

HIAB crane



Sorry for the bad lighting

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Scania 94D

BA Tender

SEM



Couldn't move it, was having some work done on it

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1995 Scania 113M

Bronto Skylift/Australian Fire Co (now closed down)

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2090 Communications bus

Scania/Mills Tui



Sorry I couldn't move it, the driver had the sides extended and the PTO generator in use

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361

Scania 94D

Liquip



In for a training course, driver had the keys with him

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Now that I am getting into this a bit more I must remember to bring my camera with me to work, the iPhone just doesn't cut it, so I am sorry they are a bit dodgy. I will raid my collection at home and see what I can come up with.

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Rear shot of same truck, showing pump panel etc

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Does the standard Australian engine carry hose in rolls like alot of European designs, or do they have hosebeds like American-style apparatus?



Great shots...thanks for sharing.

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We don't have hose beds, but we do run some 38mm and 50mm lines flaked in trays, with TFT branches ready to go, also some 64mm hose for supply. Otherwise everything else is in dutch rolls like the Europeans, we are tending to lean more towards the british way of doing things, as that is where our first settlers came from and they brought their techniques and construction methods with them. but having said that we have a lot of American influence in the bodies, with mostly mid mount pumps, deck guns, etc.



One thing that has dissapeared altogether is the ladder trucks, everything is BRONTO BRONTO BRONTO now. They are a good machine, but sooooo slow to set up !



Oh and don't choke on your dinner, but we mostly used booster reels for first attack.......

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Oh and don't choke on your dinner, but we mostly used booster reels for first attack.......

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Not so bad....isn't it totally different construction techniques and materials than how we do it in America?





LOVE the pics...keep them coming!!