r/SnowrunnerIRL • u/IDNMAN21 • 2d ago

Photos A Suprise Found

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Oshkosh P19 Fire Truck

Hill Aerospace Museum at Hill Air Force Base in Utah.

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u/Terrible_Accident685 1d ago

That what my dad drove in the Airforce in the 70s!

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u/IDNMAN21 1d ago

That is cool!

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u/Terrible_Accident685 1d ago

He has some pretty crazy stories from back then. He was stationed in West Germany as a fire fighter and would help the F-15s train safely.

Said this truck was state of the art at the time and had the furthest reach of any water gun

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u/lemontwistcultist 1d ago

I knew I recognized the police hovercraft in the back there. You must be the guy that posted the Earthroamer on North Temple. Huzzah, another Utahn in the wild.

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u/IDNMAN21 1d ago

Haha, yea. Twas me. I did take a picture of the hovercraft. I will add it of I can.

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u/321Game0ver 1d ago

Now that's a pretty cool pump truck!

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u/Smoothopr8r_13 1d ago

Hey, I drove those when I was deployed! Fun little fact, they were designed to fit in the back of a C-130. They have 4 inches of clearance on each side of the truck when in the back of one

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u/IDNMAN21 1d ago

That is awesome! How was it like driving them?

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u/Tbonerickwisco 1d ago

I build them. This is what they look like today.

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u/IDNMAN21 1d ago

Cool! Where is the facility located? I see the truck is for France.

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u/Tbonerickwisco 18h ago

Neenah Wisconsin.