Prince Georges County brush trucks and jeeps

[brucobuff]

Laurel had several jeeps and 6x6s in past years, this 1967 Diamond Reo was purchased thru state surplus in 1978. Work had not yet begun to convert it to a brush truck when the 'Blizzard of 79' hit. This rig was hastily cobbled up as a special unit to respond 1st out. It carried hose rolls, ladders, and tools, along with 2 SCBAs. After the blizzard, it was sold to neighbor Bowie VFD, who did a heavy rebuild on it,along with a 250/500 pump& tank, new body and front cage. It was in service until 1990-91, and then sold privately. It was stored at the old Sta. 15 in Montgomery Co., for several yrs.
Laurel photos by John Floyd,my collection
Bowie photos by WW Jenkins
Think the ff driving in the 2nd pic is having fun?!

[brucobuff]

Laurel's 6x6 was supposed to replace this 1967 Jeep CJ5 10/60.A LVFD legend is reportedly this jeep attempted to cross the nearby Patuxent River to reach a brush fire, hit a deep spot, and sank out of sight except for the red bubble light, which supposedly kept revolving. It was repaired and sold to a private citizen. It was dubbed the "submarine" in honor.
LVFD photo, WWJ collection

[brucobuff]

Bowie VFD replaced the 6x6 with this 1994 Ford F-250/Slagle 250/200.
J. Floyd photo, my collection
BVFD BR43 was an 1987 Ford F-350 80/200
WWJ photo

[brucobuff]

Glenn Dale VFA
1989 Chevy 4X4/Slagle 200/100
County-owned, 1 of several, IIRC this was the last brush pieces bought by the county?
Consulting some old rosters, PGFD had at least 18 brush pieces dept. wide in 1977, by 1997 this had fallen to 14, how many now?
1993 photo by WW Jenkins

[brucobuff]

Oxon Hill VFD
1968 IH L-1800/Young 250/300
Also had 1975 IH/Young that was identical
J. Floyd photo, my collection

[Engine33Truck]

Laurel's 6x6 was supposed to replace this 1967 Jeep CJ5 10/60.A LVFD legend is reportedly this jeep attempted to cross the nearby Patuxent River to reach a brush fire, hit a deep spot, and sank out of sight except for the red bubble light, which supposedly kept revolving. It was repaired and sold to a private citizen. It was dubbed the "submarine" in honor.
LVFD photo, WWJ collection

I love these photos!  Deuce-n-halfs, Jeeps, and Loadstars all used as brush trucks! And this story is probably as true as the story floating around KFD of our 1958ish Dodge M37 scaling Queen's Point!  But interesting nonetheless!

[brucobuff]

2 Kaiser Jeeps:
Greenbelt VFD
1968 M715 250/100
1993 WW Jenkins photo

Ritchie VFD
1975 M715 85/200
J. Floyd photo, WWJ collection

[brucobuff]

Accokeek VFD
1968 Jeep CJ5 10/65
In 1993, this was stored at Baden's station and had been OOS for some time, does have an interesting protective cage...
WWJ photo

[brucobuff]

Baden VFD
1978 Jeep CJ5 65/75
1993 photo by WW Jenkins
The 1978 jeep was lost in 2008. Reported to have hit a burning haybale and flipped, then the haybale fire extended to the jeep with the results shown...

[daysleeper47]

Two things: Baden has really bad luck with brush trucks. And I believe the brush units that are white with the red strip and have the PG County logo are County owned, not owned by the volunteer company.

[brucobuff]

2 Internationals:
Beltsville VFD
1960 IH/Glenn Culbert/American  250/?
G. Culbert photo, my collection
Berwyn Heights VFD
1960 IH/American 500/?
R. Kimball photo, my collection

That's all from me for now

[squad546]

I'll have to dig through the Floyd collection I have but odds are brucobuff has all the same rigs. I know there's one of an ALF 900 stuck in the mud, does that count?

[Engine33Truck]

I dunno if that'd be a brush truck, but that's certainly an interesting picture that I'd love to see!

[mdfiremodeler]

West Lanham Hills VFD
1962 Jeep ?
x BX-48
Picture taken by me in 1983
* Brucobuff- do you have the correct info for this unit?

[infernoemeq]

some nice old rigs, love the 6x6 and old jeeps.