Author Topic: PCFD Station 13 takes delivery of their off road heavy haulers.  (Read 4582 times)

Offline Bill Blackhurst

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Hello everyone. It has been awhile since I've done any Playmobil City Fire Department photo stories, or custom vehicle stories, well at last I'm doing one. The wizard's & crews at Playmobil City Emergency Apparatus Repair Division have been working on 3 all wheel drive low loader heavy haulers that started out as standard 3935 construction equipment haulers. The trucks are assigned to Playmobil City Fire Department District 1 Station 3 where all of the other forest firefighting equipment is stationed. These trucks will transport the tracked brush units B1, B2, B3 to any regions that they are needed in. The trucks have been outfitted with front cab guards, 80,000 pound capacity cable winches, door window protectors, & custom stripes to match PCFD water tankers, T1 & T2. In addition to being all wheel drive, they are also capable of being used to shuttle water tankers as needed for refilling exchanges which means they are double duty on a fire scene. I hope you like these new trucks.



A front view of the 3 trucks.


A left side close up view showing the red cab guards, 80,000 pound capacity cable winches, door window protectors, & custom red stripes that match PCFD water tankers T1 & T2.


Another left view showing the trucks & trailers connected with their firefighting equipment loaded & ready to roll.


A picture of B3 loaded & HH3.


A front close up view showing some of the custom modifications.


Right side view of custom stripe.


Right 3/4 view.


A picture showing HH1, HH2, & HH3 with water tankers connected for shuttle assignments.


A close up of the two.


Left side truck close up picture.


Rear hitch coupling shown connected to the water tanker.

I hope you like these customs.

« Last Edit: January 29, 2012, 15:53:10 by Bill Blackhurst »
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Re: PCFD Station 13 takes delivery of their off road heavy haulers.
« Reply #1 on: January 29, 2012, 05:00:08 »
Oh, it's great to see the heavy haulers at last! They look really fantastic. :clap: :clap: :clap:

I know a lot of work has gone into these customs. Great job! Station 3 is definitely going to be ready and waiting for a nice forest fire photo story. ;D
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Re: PCFD Station 13 takes delivery of their off road heavy haulers.
« Reply #2 on: January 29, 2012, 07:51:54 »
Superb!!! Excellent work yet again Bill!! and as always, carefully detailed creations!!! :clap: :clap:

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Re: PCFD Station 13 takes delivery of their off road heavy haulers.
« Reply #3 on: January 29, 2012, 09:21:30 »
 :clap: nice one bill nice one
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Re: PCFD Station 13 takes delivery of their off road heavy haulers.
« Reply #4 on: January 29, 2012, 15:46:21 »
Those are beautiful designs! Although I don't know much about fire-fighting equiptment like this, the care and detail you added make it look just perfect  :clap:!
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Re: PCFD Station 13 takes delivery of their off road heavy haulers.
« Reply #5 on: January 29, 2012, 15:56:59 »
Thank you everyone for your kind comments & support :)! Your opinions are most valued! :thanks:
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Re: PCFD Station 13 takes delivery of their off road heavy haulers.
« Reply #6 on: January 29, 2012, 16:06:41 »
Great customs and some nice pics to show them from every side  ;)

Like them a lot.
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Re: PCFD Station 13 takes delivery of their off road heavy haulers.
« Reply #7 on: January 29, 2012, 16:23:49 »
Great looking trucks!
I wonder about water moving though - what about those big rubber bladders you see on flatbed trucks sometimes moving liquids? Seems like it would be more efficient use of the truck to put one of those on the trailer rather than pull the small tank?
http://www.huskyportable.com/bladder-tanks_id46.html actually - these look a lot like 30 88 3720 - Jump crash mat - Would it fit on the big trailer I wonder?

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Re: PCFD Station 13 takes delivery of their off road heavy haulers.
« Reply #8 on: January 29, 2012, 17:14:29 »
Great looking trucks!
I wonder about water moving though - what about those big rubber bladders you see on flatbed trucks sometimes moving liquids? Seems like it would be more efficient use of the truck to put one of those on the trailer rather than pull the small tank?
http://www.huskyportable.com/bladder-tanks_id46.html actually - these look a lot like 30 88 3720 - Jump crash mat - Would it fit on the big trailer I wonder?

Thank you Tim, for your positive assessment! I thought about those tanks too! It was also an issue thinking about tight turning radius's in accessing water supplies in remote territories with limited turn around spaces. The small tanker can be disconnected & manipulated by personnel instead of the super large low loader trailer which could be prone to causing traffic jambs. However I haven't given up on the idea yet ;)! The second issue is finding some of the 30 88 3720 air mattresses on eBay, in good condition :-\. They seem so expensive & rare lately.
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Re: PCFD Station 13 takes delivery of their off road heavy haulers.
« Reply #9 on: January 29, 2012, 17:15:23 »
Thank you everyone for your kind words regarding these customs! :)
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