1998-Ford-F-800-4X4 Crew Cab

[Flagster]

Found this on CTT while searching for vehicles I have no business owning...why so expensive...lots of hardware on the bed but 55K???

http://www.commercialtrucktrader.com/find/listing/1998-Ford-F-800-4X4-104052695

 

[peneumbra]

Why So Expensive...

This is a wildland fire engine; they rent out to the USFS or BLM or state forestry departments for something like $1,000 per day. To build up a new one with all that equipment (pump, booster tank, hose, fittings, tools and toolboxes, radios) you're looking at over $200,000...

 

[Clutch]

That thing has one Hell of a on board shower...:ylsmoke:

 

[Flagster]

That thing has one Hell of a on board shower...:ylsmoke:

yeah...guess I wouldn't have to worry about putting out my camp fire...

 

[peneumbra]

Fire Season Rentals...

Given the fact that fire season in the western U.S. is getting longer and hotter and busier, someone could make a ton of money with a rig like this. Better still: a tractor-semitrailer setup with all stainless showers. You take it to fire camp so the crews have hot showers when they get off the line; I think the current federal contracts are paying around $2,000 a day for these...

 

[Sedonut]

As an old fire truck it is high. If it can pay for itself in a few months it is cheap.