Milk Truck Converted To A Fire Department Water Tanker

Milk Truck Converted To A Fire Department Water Tanker TRUCKS Conversions 24-1-33 FARM SHOW is a great publication that provides a wonderful service to people like me. I am a milk hauler in central Minnesota but when I'm not on the route, you'll find me in the fields tending crops. I'm sending along a picture of a recent conversion of a milk truck to a fire department water tanker. Last summer the Upsala, Minn., fire department purchased a used 1986 Freightliner milk truck from one of their volunteer members. With help from their friends at CAP Enterprises, Melrose, Minn., they removed the back cabinet from the tank and installed loading and dump valves on the back. A rack on the right side of the truck was built to carry a collapsible, 3,500-gal. drop tank for fighting rural fires. After the conversion, the truck was painted and lights and sirens installed. This resulted in a very low cost and effective water tanker. For more information, contact "Diesel" Dan Burgraff, Box 142, Upsala, Minn. 56384. (Jason Malisheske, Box 62, Sartell, Minn. 56377 ph 320 253-4106)

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