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Fire truck rolls over during demonstration.
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Previously:
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...137#post149640
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...3576#post99483
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...010#post115171
As a retired firefighter I can attest to how hard this is to do. They all appear top heavy but the truth is most are not. The ones that are top heavy are the aerial platforms and ladder trucks. Our main engine had a 1000 gallon tank and it sat directly over top of the frame rails.
A little too exuberant in trying to put on a demonstration of their rapid response time.
One way that may have happened could have been they purposely had slightly less than a full tank of water in an attempt to shave off a few hundred lbs so they could increase their travel speed and shorten their braking distance.
It was clear they were planning on coming in hot and fast make a sharp right while stopping placing the burning car and the rt side of the fire truck in view of the crowd for a better view of the goings on of extinguishing the flames. When the water in the tank sloshed to the side they driver decided to correct and continue on straight for another run but he over corrected aided by the energy of the water sloshing to the other side.
all he wound up with in the process was a big aww sh*t wiping out all of the years of attaboys he may have built up.
There goes a career.
Unbaffled water tank slosh is a known problem, had one roll over near me in the 1990's, a mate was a retained fireman called out to the crash, in the final report it was recorded as a failure by the driver to ensure the tank was correctly refilled by the previous shift that had been out on a shout. What it didn't detail was the known issue with the sight-glass isolation valves getting filled up with debris leading to the sight glass being 'full', even with almost completely empty tanks, especially on 'spare' rarely used appliances sent out to stations whilst their machines were in for repairs/service.
"ditto" What Frank said
Hal Roache's "Key Stone Cops" used to drive just like this. You think maybe these guys were trying to get into the movies?