The Difference Between Municipal Fire Trucks and Airport Fire Trucks

Re:The Difference Between Municipal Fire Trucks and Airport ... by Paddywack on Thursday April 10, 2025 @04:28PM (#43647748)

I randomly bought a fire truck a few months ago. I was looking for something to convert into a camper van, and found my truck: (A) low mileage, compared to other trucks because of the usage. Ambulances etc. are super high mileage. (B) they have excellent maintenance, so it’s ship shape (C) low comparable purchase cost due to tiny resale market.

I’m loving it. Kids love it. Community loves it. Wife tolerates it. Converted it into a camper and party truck!

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Re:The Difference Between Municipal Fire Trucks and Airport ... by wubrr on Thursday April 10, 2025 @04:29PM (#43647758)

You should write a an article/share some pics :)

Wondering how it went overall, how hard parts were to find, how hard maintenance is - do you do it yourself? Do you need special tools?

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Re:The Difference Between Municipal Fire Trucks and Airport ... by Paddywack on Thursday April 10, 2025 @04:46PM (#43647876)

I may write a post. A lot of the effort was removing weight without killing the aesthetics. It has been an awesome outlet for creativity and fiddling. I have built everything myself, with input from tradies - everyone just loves helping. Maintanance I leave to the mechanics.

So far it has (a) back bench converted into sleeper area (b) slushie machines, foam machine, beer keg pourer, slide out bbq (c) built a roof that you can sleep in. (D) roof lifts with linear actuators to expose dj lights/smoke machine in the centre (e) plumbing / electrics etc so we can use off-grid.

It has heaps of storage space and is super fun and easy to drive!

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Re:The Difference Between Municipal Fire Trucks and Airport ... by wubrr on Thursday April 10, 2025 @05:27PM (#43648169)

Very cool, thanks for sharing!

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