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More biners!!!
As I drove to work this morning my son, Alex, a fireman, called me to say the city he works for was having an equipment auction at the "barn" where City eqpt is maintained...it could be for most anything...cars, lawn mowers, blah, blah. I told him I might get by but really had too much going at work and didn't think I really would.
About a 1/2 hour later he called me at the office and said, "Don't bother, there isn't much here to look at." THen he called back a few minutes later and said, "I just bought a fire truck!"
I said, "Alex....do you need some counseling???"
He has been a firefighter for about 1.5 years now and seems to be loving it. He was late getting home this morning...they had a fire at 3:30 AM, got it out, got to the station about 6:30AM....he gets off at 7 AM. He called me at 7:08 AM and said he would be late, they were headed to another fire...two on the same shift is real unusual.
The 3:30 fire was a pretty involved house fire, lots of damage. The second one was a car that caught fire in the driveway and set the front of the house on fire..they saved that house.
Who knows, maybe those two fires inspired him somehow. Whatever the case, when he found out the 1967 retired City of Austell fire truck was for sale he stepped in to listen. There were a few bids for $125, then $150, then $200 he just piped in at $500 and it was SOLD!!!
It runs, brakes did not work. He filled the master cylinder with fluid pumped it a few times and now has brakes. One of the other bidders has already offered him $200 for the big siren.
So, here are some pictures...
About a 1/2 hour later he called me at the office and said, "Don't bother, there isn't much here to look at." THen he called back a few minutes later and said, "I just bought a fire truck!"
I said, "Alex....do you need some counseling???"
He has been a firefighter for about 1.5 years now and seems to be loving it. He was late getting home this morning...they had a fire at 3:30 AM, got it out, got to the station about 6:30AM....he gets off at 7 AM. He called me at 7:08 AM and said he would be late, they were headed to another fire...two on the same shift is real unusual.
The 3:30 fire was a pretty involved house fire, lots of damage. The second one was a car that caught fire in the driveway and set the front of the house on fire..they saved that house.
Who knows, maybe those two fires inspired him somehow. Whatever the case, when he found out the 1967 retired City of Austell fire truck was for sale he stepped in to listen. There were a few bids for $125, then $150, then $200 he just piped in at $500 and it was SOLD!!!
It runs, brakes did not work. He filled the master cylinder with fluid pumped it a few times and now has brakes. One of the other bidders has already offered him $200 for the big siren.
So, here are some pictures...
Great pics. Levi would trip on doing that!
