Anybody need an engine? 8V92 /w jakes $3500

[oldmansax]

This was posted on the Wanderlodge board. I have no interest in it. Could be a deal for someone who needs/wants another engine.

http://stlouis.craigslist.org/pts/2850046691.html

TOM

[luvrbus]

Tom, 38,000 miles and another 6,000 hrs idle and run time lol bet you a cold one it has been rebuilt 3 or 4 times in the 38,000 miles

[Oonrahnjay]

      Yeah, Clifford, fire truck engines are run HARD for a few miles and then spend a lot of time running water pumps.   It is not an easy life.

[oldmansax]

Not going to argue with you guys, you are right in most cases. Some trucks do have a little different life though. My (former) fire company has the largest area in the state to cover. As I was usually the first man at the station, I drove the first piece of equipment out of the door. The front line engine very seldom had a run less than 15 miles to the scene & was almost always the attack engine so it ran at speed for the duration of the call. The shortest run for the ambulance 70 miles, assuming we transported the patient to the local hospital. If the patient was at the far end of our first due area, the transport was about 100 miles. If we transported to the regional medical center, 150 miles, to shock trauma in Baltimore,250 miles. The first thing that happened when the first guy got to the station was the equipment that was on that call got started. That gave it a little time to warm up before it left.

The point I'm making is I would not hesitate to use an engine from a station like ours for a replacement. Big city engines would give me pause.

Then again, any engine that runs is better than one that doesn't!   

TOM

[chev49]

the volunteer fire department next to me uses surplus fire equipment. Normally, when they have a meeting they will start the ambulence and the fire truck in the main building. Every six months or so they will go to the building in the back and start the other two.
It is rare that they get washed..makes me wonder about any preventative maintenence as i have never seen anyone in the last 10 yrs working on one, or taking one down to the shop, etc...
I don't think i would want any of their engines...

[Seayfam]

Depending on the fire station... I wouldn't hesitate to use one.
I was a mechanic for the city I live in, one of my jobs was to work on and maintain the emergency equipment.
Any time a fire truck went out on a call, when it returned, I went and brought it to the public works shop and checked everything out and filled it with fuel. Then I would bring it back to the fire station, pull I into the nice 70f shop, plug in all the heaters and air. The next time the truck had to go out on a call, it was full of air and up to temp. So no cold starts ever.

A few years ago we shipped one of our older engines down to California to get it completely overhauled, paint pumps and everything else. It only had 36,000 miles on it also, the shop down there completely checked it out including putting it on their dyno. They said that it all checked out and was as good as new. So that didn't get replaced.