....This is what my dad does we build and rebuild fire trucks for the military and airport firedepts.
looks like theyre gonna have another one to "fix"
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looks like theyre gonna have another one to "fix"
Mike K
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NO way!! Imagine the clutches we would be replacing! Remember these would be operators that don’t know how to drive manual.
I would be HIGHLY tempted to wire in an engine shutdown switch when the tranny temp reaches a certain temp...........
I may suggest that but the vehicles are so old that they may not go for it. They bought the whole fleet back in 2000 (E350 vans and F350 pickups) with the life expectancy of 7 years. They have held up so well that they will be keeping them for a few more years. I will be sure to bring it up though.
Now that I think about it I was just assuming it was a different tranny, I will have a look under there. I thought it would have been the same 5.4L and tranny that they used in the F150 and the V10/Diesel got the bigger transmission.
I have told them that the factory transmission is a dummy guage and that is all, I didn’t get much response. Job security I guess.
Wow! I didn’t get to see our truck on fire in person but I heard it was burning for 3 hours straight. It was too far away for the fire department to get to it.
Dennis, I know what you are thinking, I thought the same thing when I first got here and they told me to pull over when the trannies overheated. Hell and when I first got here it was -25*F! It has warmed up quite a bit, the snow is just starting to melt.
Yeah just a flat sheet of metal they call the Magic Carpet
and they drag it back with this:http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/4879/dsc00518ak5.jpg
Remember it’s mostly snow and ice so it will have little to no rolling resistance.
Yeah I will be suggesting a few ideas that is for sure, I didn’t think the overheating was this bad.
Mike,
That is CRAZY!!!!
Time to call Brian and get them to ship some BTS Trannies to yall
No kidding! It’s the talk of the town
Thanks for the link I will look into it later, with all of these replies it is almost time for work
Electric fans would be a great idea too!
2 more pictures
Mike K
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The "Operators" can't drive stick?
I am sure a couple people would do just fine, after all we still have a few old military dueces left that have manuals in them and an old P&H crane that is manual but i would be willing to bet that the majority can't.
Some of the shuttle drivers had to GET thier drivers license just so they could get the job down here... as in... they never drove before.
BamaSixGun
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Hey Mike, what I would like to know is this.
What has happened to the guy/girl that was driving that vehicle and did not heed your warnings to stop driving when the tranny temps started goin up?
Were they scolded, yelled at, fired, etc?
What has happened to the guy/girl that was driving that vehicle and did not heed your warnings to stop driving when the tranny temps started goin up?
Were they scolded, yelled at, fired, etc?
ktpauley
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I bet they don't know how to doulbe clutch the Dueces. Lots of grinding going on there.
Stephen, they took the person's bunny boots, and ECW gear away for a week.
Keith
Stephen, they took the person's bunny boots, and ECW gear away for a week.
Keith
Mike K
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Absolutly nothing happened to them. We were told that he is one of the untouchables (he has been here a long time) so its not his fualt and therefor must be our fault. There will be an investigation to find out what we did wrong.
Serriously.
BamaSixGun
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That sticks bad Mike. I hope all goes well with this for you. I know ya'll must have to keep repair/maintenance records to a T, so if you're covered in all the things you have done to the trucks, you should come out of this clean.
