Let me say first – I definitely, sincerely, recommend that you buy yourself a fire truck. If you can find a good, solid, diesel, automatic transmission fire truck with less than 100k miles for less than $5k and preferably from a fire department, that way you know maintenance was done regularly – buy it, have fun, sell it before it […]
A few things have been learned since buying the fire truck: It is as cool as I had imagined. Parts that are specifically for fire trucks can be ridiculously expensive. (Siren brake $179.00) It gets pretty bad gas mileage. My neighbors are very patient. (It is parked at my work most of the time.) It confuses people at the school […]
After waiting for over a month, I received an email from the Kinloch Fire Department with the news that the title was proceeding, and although it would be another few weeks before they had it, I could go ahead and buy the truck. Sweet! We headed over there on our way to the lake and exchanged cash for the title. Kari […]
I have a problem of looking at Craigslist too often. I look at cars, trucks, boats, atvs, casual encounters, you know, normal stuff. I just do it way too much. Whatever. I was looking at Craigslist for a cheap diesel truck, because clearly that is what will make my life complete, when I come across an ad for a 1985 Seagrave Fire […]
