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maybe people will finally learn how to drive better

My wishes are actually to donate my body to science. After going through cadaver lab this past summer it really opened my eyes. The gift of a cadaver to medical students provides so much to them, giving them the skills to treat many others in their time practicing. Not saying organ donation doesnt save lives, I am an organ donor as well, but I wish to be a cadaver.

If I was B- I would donate. B- is rare. good luck to the girl and the family, will be praying.

Rest in peace Trooper edit - just read the website links. says the suspect was found dead in his pickup. best outcome in my opinion.

R.I.P chief.

holy cow. glad no one got hit. Never a "routine" call out there

yeah that guy wouldn't have walked away from that if it was me, not on his own two legs at least

poor Pete. Nice job guys. looks like you had your work cut out for you

x2 brother. I am so happy to hear he got the death penalty, but it should have been done a LONG time ago. This piece of trash doesn't deserve to breathe another breath of air. I am a strong believer in the death penalty and I would have no problem doing it myself. I live close by to where it happened and it horrified everyone, that poor family, my heart goes out to them. God bless them. This is only one animal involved in this case. The next one better get it too.

huh. I never had a bad flight with jet blue. I always wanted to go to alaska.

RIP LT

Congrats! great work.

Got off facebook 10/09. Never re-activated my account. Best thing I ever did, and I am 22 years old in college. everyone thinks I am nuts but I dont miss it one bit. Maybe in time to come, far down the road when I want to reconnect with people, I will return. But for now, I dont need it. Plus, I already spend too much time on this website as it is!

R.I.P. chief. A perfect reason why we all need to be screened!

ouch. Poor truck. Good think no one was hurt

I have seen other ambulances with a similar box to this. there was one at the long island fire convention that was refurbished and was pretty nice. as far as the cab and chassis, obviously not common. But who knows why they went with it. Maybe it was donated because they didnt have funds to buy one. Who knows. As long as it functions and get the staff and patient to the scene and hospital who cares. Better than not having an ambulance at all!

you cant live without your liver;). The only way to do a liver transplant from a living person is if they only transplant a total of 2 lobes from the living donor. In this officers case I am willing to bet he needed more than 2 lobes. at a temp of 108.5 there is severe protein denaturation in the body which can be, and is, quite extensive in very little time. I am not taking a jab at you dont get me wrong, but in these cases there is not time to wait for a "chosen" person.

I just bought a 2000 F250 7.3 powerstroke with the ZF6 6 speed manual tranny. I remember in the recent past, some company bought a new brush truck with a 6 speed manual tranny (and it was bad a$$). Who was it and where can I find the pictures? the only reason why I am asking is because I am looking to buy a console for my radio's and switch box and obviously with the shifter there its tougher. I was just wondering if someone can point me in the right direction. I want to see what they did. Thanks.

yeah dont mess with those things while under warranty. I know a guy who tricked out his brand new 6.4 F350. Motor blew and ford refused to cover it (rightfully so I guess) because it was highly modified. 11 grand later he has a new 6.4 twin turbo but his set up now will not fail. the 7.3 is a DOG stock. TONS of low end power but its a dog to get going. especially with my manual. So far I have an intake, 3.5" turbo back to 6" aussie stacks, and a 6 position custom tuner with Tony Wildman tunes. 1- stock, 2- daily driver, 3- tow, 4- street, 5- extreeme, 6- smoke:D. tuner made a world of difference. the truck moves now. I also have gauges on the A pillar. Future mods with some more money, but looking to do a mild lift and wheels/tires next before more performance. plenty fast for me now. I gotta figure out how to post pics up here. after your warranty is up I suggest a EGR delete along with ur other planned goodies. the new emissions kills the power they can make, but that 6.7 is a monster. I prefer the 5.9 CTD, but have nothing bad to say about cummins at all.

Actually I did not know that about the auto's these days. thanks for filling me in. I had to check it out for myself and its pretty interesting. I guess I was speaking for "older trucks" like my 7.3. I know the 7.3 was notorious for roasting the automatic's (E4OD/4R100). I think the big difference is the design of auto's these days is much better than what they were. I wanted an older truck with the indestructible 7.3:D as far as the auto's and the kill factors, I hear you. I am always nice to them, but many people dont know these things/dont care because its not theirs. the same thing goes for the engines themselves. How many people actually allow the truck to warm up before stomping on it or letting it cool down before shutting down. I am actually trying to get my ambulance corps to teach drivers some of these things to prevent some common, but major issues that happen. I, for one, at the beginning of my shift will fire the truck up and let it warm up. even if I dont go on a run, the truck is warm (as a diesel should be) and ready to roll. Some calls you cant wait for it to warm up and this is why I do this. oil and lube is in place and parts are good to run. likewise, when returning from a run, I will let it idle about 10 minutes before shutting down. Just simple things people should do to treat them right. Fire trucks these days I know have the quick spool or quick oil set up so they are ready to roll as soon as you fire it up. I wish something like this was implemented in my VAC. 6.7 cummins huh? wanna have a tug of war

I didnt know of that standard. Interesting. Not only that, but I feel that not as many people these days know how to drive a standard shift. Also I am sure in the past there were incidence of parking brakes failing and trucks rolling if not properly chucked. As far as ambulances go, the ride of a stick shift is not as smooth as an auto which I can see leading to problems in the back of the rig. IVs, suctioning, etc. especially if the driver is not sufficient with a handshaker. Fire apparatus transmissions (at least in my department) are auto but can be shifted to the drivers desire. I can see how this would be better than a conventional clutch pedal/shifter. I prefer a manual transmission. This truck I just bought took me over a year to find. Stick shift diesels in general are harder to find as far as POVs go, But I feel they are more suited for the size/weight of the truck and the torque diesel puts out. I also just prefer to throw gears myself over an automatic. Not to mention I never have to use the brakes. It is too bad though. lots of tranny problems from automatics would never happen if people knew how to drive a stick. My VAC is actually going away from fords and moving to chevy's due to the problems with the 6.0/6.4 and the auto trans. can beat an alison tranny I admit, and I am a ford guy. funny story - I have been away at PA school all summer and over my one week break I picked up a shift at my VAC. We went on a run around 3 am and I had a family member ride up front with me. coming from my truck to the ambulance, just hearing the diesel made me want to shift. so coming up to every red light I would stomp on the floor thinking I needed to depress the clutch, and I would move my hand looking for the shifter to downshift. it was just force of habit. needless to say I got some funny looks from the family member the first couple lights, until I had to explain. We both laughed about it.

ohh man that would be awesome. See if you can get any names of the console too. But anything is appreciated.

thank you for sharing. Great photos. NEVER FORGET

thanks I'll check it out

its all good buddy. I am probably just going to have to have my buddy weld something up. its a tight space and all of the emergency vehicles I have seen have bucket seats whereas I have a bench. So they can replace the center console, I cannot. Ill figure something out. Maybe Ill try to post up some pictures here and see what you guys think.