I'm a mechanic in NZ. We had a decommissioned International 1970s fire engine to fix and then i got to deliver it to the owner 20 miles away. They haven't been used for years in the NZ fire service, but people still recognize it as a fire engine so on the motorways people see it and get out of the way for you. It was the best run i've ever had on the motorway. And no I didn't use the lights and siren.

some fireman is watching this with his head in his hands.

@deejay1313

4 жыл бұрын

Many firemen. Most are sobbing.

@keirwhite453

Жыл бұрын

I can agree as I'm at firefighter

10:43 see the red bar? Use it, this may save your life, if that cab drops I don’t need to tell you what’s going to happen.

@crosstian

4 жыл бұрын

Was just thinking that, fuck getting under there without it

@ChrisLuvsRoses

4 жыл бұрын

Ok i noticed it too and commented then i figured id go look in the comments to see if im right. Im assuming i am but ive never even touched a fire engine other than sitting in one as a kid. But glad to see im not the only one that noticed

@tedex8100

4 жыл бұрын

Well sptted mate. I missed it completely.

@oneway_sting

4 жыл бұрын

my mate said he works on fire engines that are still in service. that red bar is for strengthening/support rod. that is not used to hold it up, it's being compressed up with cylinders, pumped up manually and for to release you let the air out :D

@savagedk

4 жыл бұрын

@@oneway_sting You can clearly see it is bolted to the chassis in the front end and the back end is secured only with a pin. Pull that pin and the red bar can move. I don't think you would support anything with a loose pin... you can see it clearly at 10:43

'Hits two tones' becomes a kid again for a second

P197 FUJ Ex Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service, was a frontline pump, then replaced by a Scania and became a training pump, before become spare and in the end decommissioned.

@RWL2012

4 жыл бұрын

interesting how it's ex-Staffordshire with a Shropshire registration!

The ladder is a LACON 13.5 metre ladder, it weighs 100kg, and is usually removed by 4 men! Its a great bit of kit, really strong. Ring your local fire station and ask them for advice.

Well the siren brought out your inner child and made me chuckle 😂

Just showed my Dad who’s a fireman this and he laughed at them trying to get the ladder down.

@andrewdaley3081

4 жыл бұрын

All the gear no idea. Andy England🇬🇧 😉

@seymourpro6097

4 жыл бұрын

That entertained several thousand (retired and serving) firemen

@alisterwest6987

4 жыл бұрын

He had to be trained I would imagine he hadn't a clue what to do either until he was taught 🤔

@n3lee

4 жыл бұрын

Don't have that sort of ladder here in the states -- interesting setup! ours are more traditional extension types!

@andrewfurniss8944

4 жыл бұрын

“Strap On”....always made us laugh. Little firefighter in joke there...

Your schoolboy tittering over the two tones made me cry with laughter. Great video!

This fine lady deserves to be treated better. She has done more then you will ever do in your entire lifetimes

That laugh you are like a big kid with a new toy, so funny😂

18:54 The absolute best part of the video! Every boys dream!!!

you guys are a classic safety officers nightmare

Looks like a lot of fun!! All those alarms, sounded more like a jumbo jet :)

what could be better 2 guys having a laugh and playing with the ultimate boys toy

Great video!! You guys are a good laugh!! Keep up the good work!!

It keeps running so all the equipment stays running. I believe the moment someone tries to drive it away, it cuts out. Last thing you want is the equipment killing the batteries leaving you stranded. Ambulances have it as well.

@dmcn3226

4 жыл бұрын

The ambulance that was at an incident I witnessed didn't have. I had to jump start it lol.

@nigelkunning115

4 жыл бұрын

Some emergency vehicles that stay running without the key, often have the kill switch wired to the brake pedal ;)

The 135 ladder is a 4 person job, becareful it’s a proper rascal!

Just think, I’d be eating my dinner one minute and in the next driving that flat out down the high street. Glad he wasn’t my officer in charge 😂😂😂

The audio in your videos is awful you need a better microphone and I would have enjoyed this 10x more

@Jeroen.Brouwer

4 жыл бұрын

yeah that fog horn is really anoying :)

Looks great project you have here🔧🔧

I worked for Dennis (or as it was known Hestair Dennis) for many years, this brings back happy days.

@wendymeredith1308

4 жыл бұрын

It's Guildford through and through just like me

Please be careful putting out the fires, its a lot more complicated thn just spraying water on everything, you will probably need training on chemicals and how to cut the roofs off a vauxhall corsa and such like. Good luck and make sure your wellingtons dont melt :-O

Good stuff lol great love the bit with ladders. rofl

Why is everyone slating this guy in the comments. Shut up he’s having a laugh

@navysealsniper1074

2 жыл бұрын

I totally agree with you buddy

To get the cab tilt to work remove the ladders first not by the line 😂 turn the cab tilt button on then put the cab lock into the raise position, go to the near side front locker. Should have a non latching switch near the top of the locker and that will raise the cab electronically. In the engine bay is a big red bar. That is the safety prop and I would definitely use it. Drop me a message if you need any more info.

@RandyDarkshade2

4 жыл бұрын

How can they electronically tilt the cab when the batteries are dead?

@firemanspam999

4 жыл бұрын

@@RandyDarkshade2 I'm sure in the video when they went through all the switches the cab tilt button was mentioned, I was just giving some advice on how you can use it obviously when the batteries are fully charged...

@RandyDarkshade2

4 жыл бұрын

@@firemanspam999 Oh I see. :)

See that red bar on the chassis it’s for propping up the raised cab in case the hydraulics fail !!

@philyew3617

4 жыл бұрын

Errr Yeh I noticed that as well. A Case of... Are those the ends of your fingers or mine?

@abdullahz4804

4 жыл бұрын

@@philyew3617 Hot

@tupolev154foundin5

4 жыл бұрын

yeah , that was sooooo scary when i saw it too, i worked at a scania dealer/workshop in the netherlands and there was one guy who allways sayed, “it would take up time to do that” lets say we heard a loud bang one day, luckely he wasnt under it

getting the 135 off is a 4 man job

I know of another guy who has a Dennis firetruck, Lawrie of Lawrie's Mechanical Marvels, he's been having issues with the air-pump that charges the brake system. The sound isn't always available in this video, at first I thought it was my computer, but another video will have sound.

That truck looks mint

- Made me laugh out loud. “Order your apppliance to, report of persons trapped under mishandled 135…”

I’m purely guessing but might it stay on when you take the key out in order to lock the doors but keep engine running for pumps/quick emergency driving off?

I'd go down to the local firehouse and bung someone a few Bob to come back and start it up, lol.

09:56 onwards the red bar is the "cab-prop" hinged at one end, swivels up and locates under the cab. Please use it next time, if the cab falls whilst you're under there....happy birthday to you squashed tomatoes and stew! Anyway, lol be tempting to use the sirens regardless of the hefty fine and community order. Have fun, I'm sure you're gonna! 🤩😀😎

WHAT DOES EVERYONE THINK OF THE CAB (FIRE ENGINE) DESIGN TO THE NEW DESIGNS.🚒🚒🚒🚒

Didn’t lend this to extinction rebellion the other week did you? 😂🤣😂

You’ve earned a sub. From a fellow yam yam 😂

will it run ! probably the most meticulously maintained public service vehicle on the uk roads and its a Dennis ! of course it will run

Is that a water inlet to the tank at the start of vid whete you were?

Would be amazing to see an update video as i really enjoyed this video

It's like watching the chuckle brothers.....OMG.....😂😂

@johnmercury2272

4 жыл бұрын

To me to you :-)

@njkip

4 жыл бұрын

LMAO 😂

Did you fill it with red paint and sell it recently?

good video,entertaining watchingthem try to unhitch the 135 lol

The engine carries on going when the key is out so the driver can aid the scene while the engine, pump, lights etc are still working without the keys being stolen. It works the same way in police cars and I imagine ambulances too. Hilarious video!

@forevercomputing

4 жыл бұрын

Finally, someone else understands this! You are correct. Ambulances as well are included.

You do not seem to sure how lorry bits work, low air warning etc. How are you going to drive it or going to take a test in it???

4 man lift and the velcro strap holding the 3 sections together has come undone. That's why the ladder opened up when it was slipped off the back.

Just an idea, if you don't know what your doing , contact a professional company and pay them to do it for you. Even better, contact your local fire service, those lads lived with these for a few years and would know them inside out.

You ever thought about like going to a Fire Station. And just Asking some questions. Maybe one or two Might be able to even go Where This is and Just help you learn a few things about it.

@chaoszombie9995

4 жыл бұрын

Chakat Nightsparkle you know, this is one of those things where you look at it and go “ah fuck it”

@NaeMuckle

4 жыл бұрын

You sound like you read IKEA instructions

And it came with half a tank of fuel, brilliant.

Theres a master switch on them. Also with the ladder the pawls have become free so you have extended the ladder. The two red handles you should pull and the whole ladder should roll free. you will have to re-set the ladder again. This is fun to watch, I was shouting at the screen! Haha. Easy when you know. 👍 good luck.

Top that .....Playin with a fire truck🚒

@forevercomputing

4 жыл бұрын

Easy - driving one!

Pls don't hate 'cuz he's having so much fun

Brilliant

Did he discover that the propeller shaft is missing at the end of the video?

Prepare to slip the 13. 5 metre ladder!!

I just subscribed to your channel and hello from New Hampshire usa.

@Havakadoo

4 жыл бұрын

Hey, I'm from New Hampshire as well lol

@pauljohansson7697

4 жыл бұрын

@@Havakadoo where in New Hampshire?

@Havakadoo

4 жыл бұрын

@@pauljohansson7697 merrimack

@pauljohansson7697

4 жыл бұрын

I am from Hill. It is a small town between Franklin and Bristol.

@jt-bg6ey

4 жыл бұрын

Hi from Hampshire England

That rope/ line as it’s called in the fire service is used to extend the ladder, it’s not to pull the ladder off the back of the appliance :)

@nathanc407

4 жыл бұрын

That “catch” is also called pawls 😂

A friend of mine owns a 1986 Dennis RS . that one looks a lot younger. It can be done.

@forevercomputing

4 жыл бұрын

1986 - D 1997 - P - yea

I can agree as I'm a firefighter myself

Noted the folks having a laugh at you trying out stuff and having fun. Fine for the ex fire fighters but speaking as a retired vicar, I think you’re doing pretty well. Not painful to watch.

What's up with the sound!

Very painful to watch oh lol. As I know by experience every UK Emergency vehicle has a engine cut off switch that is what that buzzer noise is , you have to switch that switch then it should then start up. Also there are many different switches that do things normal vehicles do not have like power inverters , generators auxillary lights scene lights , Two tones , whalers whelpers and warning horn etc , also many UK Emergency vehicles had uprated more powerful engines and drivetrain than standard vehicles as well as extra alternators and batteries and recharge systems for the extra power that the additional equipment uses and to save the batteries going flat but sometimes these recharge units can fail. This Dennis fire engine should have a decent sized water tank and pump system and if you have the equipment that came with it can also link up to a external street water supply via a manhole cover on the pavement and I think you pump water out of places that have flooded too. Hope this helps. Our family have owned and ran many ex emergency vehicles one we had was ex London Ambulance A custom UVG Laserline bodied LDV 400 Convoy based with a 4 speed Automatic and a Rover 3.5 engine with two alternators for the additional equipment that was used during service , to say it was quick was a understatement lol , it was all original including working blue lights , scene lights , two tones and air suspension inside was very big and spacious with cupboards night heater everything still in place and original and with power steering for 3.55 tonnes was a hoot to drive. We purchased it because we needed to move house and could not find anything else for the money and we paid 625 pounds and went to Essex to get It in 2015. when we were cleaning the inside out the next day we found the estate keys for unlocking the barriers on housing estates and new unused needles and other medical stuff from 2005. We welded in new fllor pans and steps and fixed the leaking windscreen rubber and After a year of owning the Ambulance we did some research and found out it was on scene in the 2005 London bombings and we also found out that as of 2018 when we had it there were only 22 left in the UK! , so very rare indeed. we sold it in March 2019 and the new owner loves it.

@michaelflat2790

4 жыл бұрын

agree, my grandad has a Dennis RS fire engine, very big very powerful 200hp back in the 80s was pretty quick for a fire engine. And yes painful to watch too :P

Does European trucks/fire trucks have airbrakes like American ones do?

Not bad condition for supposed scrap. Is it going to be one one of those party bus style fire engines?

Watching folk who have never had any experience with a 135 is painfullllllllll :)

@1_foxtrot_012

4 жыл бұрын

2 men trying a 4 man lift with not enough space

@trumpetrider565

4 жыл бұрын

Confined pitch 😂😂😂🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

@karlhunt3797

4 жыл бұрын

What's this rope? Surely two men can manoeuvre it? 🤣🤣🤣

The rope is to extent the ladder and the black pads are feet it's a min 2 person lift I've trained on it

When I find an American Unit to do the same, I will post my hijinks for you guys in return! Big fun!

@wetlettuce4768

4 жыл бұрын

I've just looked on ebay and there's a few for sale, but they cost a small fortune. Guess it's because American fire departments keep their gear forever.

@charmcitytoe

4 жыл бұрын

@@wetlettuce4768 They do. That's why I don't own one yet. Volunteer departments have it the worst because they don't have the funding. City departments keep a lot of their engines as auxiliaries for a bunch of years. It doesn't make for a competitive market.

I believe that was a Cheshire Fire Rescue which are still in use

proper diesel engine right there.

Abs light goes off after you get over 10 mph

The guys Never watched A Fireman All truck Systems training film

First-time here and enjoyed that 🤣 but can you use the prop for the cab, that will squish the shit out of you

Jesus, Like watching 2 old women trying to suss it out! Christ, good luck girls.

I'm sure that was our Prl at Burton Fire Station, Staffs

The logic of most of these comments could be taken and applied to anything. "Guy buys a car and isn't even a racing driver" honestly so stupid

The "Radio" button plays the song that's played on the radio out loud from the siren!! It's kind of hard to understand.

What are you going to do with it? I would convert it into an awesome motor-home, if that's possible.

@huskyvacs

4 жыл бұрын

No. Stop ruining firefighting equipment for a stupid RV. In no way, shape, or form this would ever in 1,000 years work as an RV.

@pauljb6207

4 жыл бұрын

@@huskyvacs OK, it's decommissioned so it's no longer firefighting equipment, so what would you do with it?

@js7617

4 жыл бұрын

It’s not

Would have been easier to give a couple of Fire Fighters a drink to sort for you. They are always up for earning a bit extra.

You ought to at least put the handbrake on before you do actually get it started in case the air builds up and it runs you over. Its the long lever by the master switch with the red end to it. The buzzing is because the air pressure isn't up.

@jimellison9580

4 жыл бұрын

This video was posted in June, just sayin - but you are right tho

U from Birmingham??

Did you film it with a potato?

If the hydraulics fail the cab won't come down slowly it will be instant. Use the red prop.

@forevercomputing

4 жыл бұрын

Even I saw that - painted to stand out...

- this is so funny watching people wanting to play firefighter and knowing nothing about the equipment they’ve bought

Have you thougts about paying one of your local firemen to talk you through how to operate the components of this fire engine? Lol

at 16:07 it was the run lock you have to put your foot on the clutch mate

@nickdennis6953

4 жыл бұрын

oliver bradley a Dennis don’t have a clutch it’s a automatic 😂

@williamPearcewill

4 жыл бұрын

@@nickdennis6953 put your foot on anything it'll stop

@oliverbradley592

4 жыл бұрын

I realised after i said it that it doesn't have a clutch XD my apologies

@nickdennis6953

4 жыл бұрын

oliver bradley lol 😂👍🏻

@forevercomputing

4 жыл бұрын

They're supposed to keep running with the key removed. Master off is the engine stop.

Just love the way you tug on the ladder extending line as though the ladder will then roll off the mounting. That 464 has not been off that gantry in a while and just needs a damn good tug whilst releasing the two rear catches. There should also be a safety chain you haven't released which is why the top extension extended as you pulled the ladder back. We had to fit central locking on all the lockers as 'mummys little darlings' had great fun stealing life critical equipment..that's when they weren't lobbing bricks at you.

18:55 epic

lol. towing a truck with a fork lift. so far our record for 'weird things' is towing one with a golf II gtd. lol.

@forevercomputing

4 жыл бұрын

Has wheels, no incline, not surprised...

Is it from 1997 ?

12:32 Internal sirens.....Interesting :-)

As a firefighter this is painful to watch 😂

@ayidkiddo9013

4 жыл бұрын

I can't help it too, but now it's still good for training the new firefighters in the academy like a "retired pumper" 😂 the nostalgic moment looking at the Saber, now scania took over its job

Hi, many moons ago , long before all the special lighting, I drove one similar to this, and was the ONLY vehicle I ever drove which,,had a GATED SHIFT LEVER, GOO OLD DENNNIS , are they still being made? Why I ask, is I see, more other brands over in UK, CHEERS FROM NJ....USA🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🇺🇸

lol the plate ends with fuj i guess the fire engine ain't happy

That 8.3 litre C-series Cummins turbo diesel (256 bhp, 750 lb ft ) must be worth a bob or two...

Didn’t happen to fill it with red dye , and spray the Treasury by any chance

@ollylewin

4 жыл бұрын

Haha I came looking for this comment 😂

@mark-1rc502

4 жыл бұрын

Oliver Lewin A gentleman Never Tells 🤣

Never ever work under a half jacked/Unpropped body or cab it may save time and effort but it could end your life

Mate, the first problem is the steering wheel is on the wrong side. Get that fixed and it will all be good then, har!

Theres also an easier way to get the ladder off, un lock it and drive off likea madman, usually does the job

Watch Londons Burning, Training video right there lol.

Great vids mate. How much did you pay for the engine and where did you buy it from buddy plz.