Posted by Willy-N on Monday, June 09, 2003 at 2:29AM :
In Reply to: Re: If you do? posted by EdC on Monday, June 09, 2003 at 2:12AM :
Those are all good ideas. In fact better than our brush rigs on my Volenteer Fire Dept I am on now! We used plain old Pick up with slip in units and before that M-37s and PW for the Brush rigs. We do have to pass inspections with a truck here. It has to carry certain things to be for hire. But they will pay you for your truck if it has a tank and the fire is bad and resorses are short. When we had are big fire here people were making money with 2X4 old trucks with a tank/pump and any hose that woud squirt water with as long as you had a Red Card. I have held a Red Card for 6 years and been on some big fires around here. I keep my stuff at the house year round just in case. When they are close to home I hate to leave my own home!! My wife and daughter had to take care of the place the last time for allmost 3 days till it got to my property then I stayed in the area till it was out. The cops tried to throw them out but they would not leave. To many animals to take care of. Mark H.