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nwadler
04-02-2004, 03:25 AM
What is up with this vehicle is this an april fools day joke or somthing. Some enlightenment would be great on who this company is and what is up with this vehicle.
http://www.americanlafrance.com/NewDeliveries/Truck/226

firespec35
04-02-2004, 03:53 AM
you're kidding, right? come on the pic is a CG image imposed on a pic of Iraq.

I'm leaving now before I have a stroke from frustration.

nwadler
04-02-2004, 04:01 AM
I dont know what to believe I think this has to be one of the biggest april fools day jokes ever.

chriswv3
04-02-2004, 04:03 AM
It is an april fools joke.....it was on their web page last year....i remember seeing it and thanking how cool it would be to actually have one......hahaha

nwadler
04-02-2004, 04:07 AM
Thats what I thought gives you another idea of a brush truck,

NJFFSA16
04-02-2004, 04:27 AM
Truck Specifications:
Specs for the Extreme, NC - Eagle Modified “Tank-er” :rolleyes:

Model – Eagle 134ATVX, 6 Passenger Foam Thrower
GVWR – 77,000lbs
Wheelbase – Dual Track, Dual Steer, 7x4
Travel Height – 10’-8”
Travel Length – 28’-6”
Seating Capacity – 6-person, (5) SCBA Seats
Drive Axles / Susp. – Freightliner worm gear w/ cantelevered arm
Floating Axles / Susp. – Multi-Unix-Warbler type
Engine – Honeywell AGT 1500 Gas Turbine Engine 1,530bhp @ 26,800 rpm
Transmission – Arneson 1100-3B 3-Stage Fluid Drive
Fire Pump – ALF 3000GPM Two-Stage w/ in cab controls & monitor system
Foam System – Class B Concentrate, silicon-potassium, and pelletised copper chloride multi-mix injection system powered by turbine exhaust
Tank – 1200 gallon ALF Polypropylene Multi Agent - 1" construction w/ gel baffle system
Body Material – Stainless Steel w/ Uranium depleted plating
Top Speed – 56.3 mph
Additional – 15KW Hydraulic Generator, Hydraulic Retriver Arm, Multi-Agent 3000GPM Deck Gun, FLIR, CITV, Northrop Grumman Laser Systems ELRF.

And I have a bridge in Brooklyn....well, you know the rest:rolleyes:

SafetyPro
04-02-2004, 06:49 PM
Yup, was up last year, if not the year before that also.