South Carolina BS thread under new MANAGEMENT and lives in SC

Used to have to wear my cowboy boots & pack a hockey stick when takin’ out the trash as a kid. Sneks just loved sitting under those hot aluminum cans.

 

Years ago I was sleeping on a rock next to a creek and woke up to a snek beside me. No bites occurred, and it got away safe, too!

 

YESSS!

 

They just asked me to teach an OffRoad class with our wildland brush trucks and go over winching, negotiating obstacles, how to use 4x4. Yee yee! Time to get some trucks stuck!

 

That should be fun! Off camber + shifting water weight + brush fire obstacles...

 

I need to learn how to use 4x4. It's been so long I've forgotten which way to turn the knob! Too High and For Low, right?

 

I’m building tank traps with a tractor. They are gonna learn how to winch lol

 

We need pictures of brush trucks. Some of my local FD’s used have a Scottsdale and a Humvee. Don’t know if they still do or not, but they were badass.

 

Here's our Chevy 2500.. it's not a full fledged brush truck, but it does the job. We've got an older Chevy diesel military truck that we acquired from Forestry. Gotta finish plumbing that one before it goes in service.

 

We have two f350s. The 7.3 has a box on the back with cafs pump. The 6.0 has a regular bed with a skid unit. We have a f450 dually with a skid unit that they use for command truck on prescribed fires. Nothing super special. We had a Polaris ranger 1000 crew cab with a skid unit but it couldn’t handle the water weight and broke drive belts, so they converted it to OffRoad patient transport vehicle.

Looks awesome! I’ve seen some Unimog brush trucks when I did wildland out west. Really awesome.

 

Sweet! Does the Polaris 1000 have any lift or bigger than factory tires ?

 

He is tired of doing lifts for people who only want to sell the vehicle two days after the lift is
installed.

 

Did you guys get the new engine built? It's been what three, four years or more? This has been my Zoom avatar for the past couple of years.

 

Pretty sure he likes repeat customers over one and done's

 

I know I’m late seeing this… work, sleep, work. This is one of the reasons I started doing travel nursing. How I was treated. I got so burnt out where I was and being treated like crap. Now I’m making more working three nights a week than I was working 5. Being able to spend more time with my son, family, not dealing with the politics has been a win win for me.

I don’t mind at all. Your SIL should look in to it. There are options to staying fairly local.

 

How I feel knowing my wife is making three digits per hour, 12-14hr shifts, 4 days a week.




Thanks nursing shortage. We love you.

 

We did! Rescue 16 has been in service for about a year and a half now. Fouts Bros equipment mounted a rescue body onto the chassis we had. Bought new extrication tools and a full set of stabilization struts last year.

 

Shit when is it . I may come up with the runner lol

 

That is great! Hopefully all those plates of BBQ folks were mowing down helped you guys out! Definitely some good Q. Hopefully we can get back out there next time!