Monday, November 20, 2017

1959 fire dept training... but wow, the rigs coming out of the building

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  1. A couple of old Dodge's a Divco, I think the radio car is a Chevy. Other than the garage door dropping on the truck it doesn't look like too bad of a response.

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    1. that was a surprise comical moment... looks like very "springy" roll up doors with too much bounce back

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  2. Looking at this video, reminds me of this Frink snowplow video. https://youtu.be/TZR2WbD3Hz0
    The first few moments show trucks that seeming look way too big to fit through the door that they are coming out of... The "little" truck is a Linn Tractor Truck. Linns were produced as half tracks... They did the same work as the Walter trucks in this video, but they did not go back and forth ramming the snow drifts, they just kept pushing... Their speed maxed out about 15 mph.
    Most of the video is filmed within 70 miles of Syracuse New York, most of it filmed in the "Tug Hill" region, where it snows just about daily, during the winter, thanks to Lake Ontario and "lake effect" snow. The area averages 200" of snow...
    In February, 2007 the hamlet of Redfield received 11.8 feet in ten days...
    Here is a video from this past February... https://weather.com/storms/winter/news/lake-effect-snow-redfield-boylston-oswego-county-new-york-february-2017

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    1. Thanks! I was born and raised on the south shore of Lake Superior, and had enough lake effect to last a life time. I appreciate the videos! Love them!

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