West Sussex "Super G's"
Ian, Mike,
Seeing as we will be in Sussex for a few days, where do they keep their "G" wagens, the 12 that they bought off ATL, might take their 2nd cousin to visit them, OH, and see if I can buy one :roll:
I understand these were the ones with the Heavy Duty axles and presumably a PTO ?, now what would I need one of those for!!
Cheers
Marcus
Wide axles yep. PTO don't know
i reckon pto is a very likely possibility, to drive water pumps etc.
PTO was fitted to the one above, however the lever was blanked off to prevent them using it, the pumps on the back are portable and run off a donkey engine. dont see you buying one in the distant future, they still have 1970's LR109's in service. :roll: They would have more G's, but MBuk put a stop to that.
I'm pretty sure the vehicle depicted isn't West Sussex Fire & Rescue Service. This looks more like the ex-demo machine with a unique body which was sold to Hampshire Fire Brigade for use in the New Forest area. The West Sussex vehicles are on the same HD chassis, but are crew cabs, i.e. four door cabins, with dropside pickup bodies and lift-off, GRP hard-tops. The transfer boxes were fitted with pto and there was also an electronic "hand" throttle control to maintain engine revs when driving pto equipment. However, these were not used, at least not at time of delivery. West Sussex may have since found a use for them. The vehicle actually carried a portable pump unit which could be off-loaded and left at the scene whilst the truck could be used on other duties such as ferrying personnel, equipment etc. etc. That was the theory, anyway. West Sussex Fire Brigade HQ is in Chichester; the vehicles are scattered all over the County. Coincidentally, I saw one on Friday when driving in the Uckfield/Haywards Heath area. It looked good.... naturally.
I'm pretty sure the vehicle depicted isn't West Sussex Fire & Rescue Service. This looks more like the ex-demo machine with a unique body which was sold to Hampshire Fire Brigade for use in the New Forest area. The West Sussex vehicles are on the same HD chassis, but are crew cabs, i.e. four door cabins, with dropside pickup bodies and lift-off, GRP hard-tops. The transfer boxes were fitted with pto and there was also an electronic "hand" throttle control to maintain engine revs when driving pto equipment. However, these were not used, at least not at time of delivery. West Sussex may have since found a use for them. The vehicle actually carried a portable pump unit which could be off-loaded and left at the scene whilst the truck could be used on other duties such as ferrying personnel, equipment etc. etc. That was the theory, anyway. West Sussex Fire Brigade HQ is in Chichester; the vehicles are scattered all over the County. Coincidentally, I saw one on Friday when driving in the Uckfield/Haywards Heath area. It looked good.... naturally.
I love these threads!
Mike, you must be right.... the first four pictures were taken at the Beaulieu 4x4 show in 2004 and the last one at the same event in 2003. So more than likely that these are the Hampshire Gs you are referring to. The numberplate is obscured in the last picture but it may well be the same G in all of them.
Cheerzs
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Thanks for the photos Jesus, and yes Mark I reckoned to drive pumps etc.
Marcus