• barrett-jackson

    Monster 1937 International Fire Truck Auctioned For $26,000

    We know all about Big Red; it's a monster-ized 1937 International fire truck that we first saw at the Woodward Dream Cruise. The beast weighs in at a whopping 30,000-pounds and measures 38-feet long; it's the world's heaviest and longest monster truck. But now it's just sold at the Palm Beach Barret-Jackson auction for— only $26,000. Now obviously this isn't a traditionally practical vehicle, but for sheer pounds of awesome-to-dollar value, we think this thing was a steal.

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    4:15 PM on Thu Mar 27 2008
    By Mark Arnold
    5,720 views, 32 comments

    Latest by markspyguy: I saw that on woodward ave. more »

  • offbeat news

    Firetruck Loses Control In Rain, Overcorrects Like Whoa


    When you're fighting fires and saving lives every second counts. And while driving an emergency vehicle means you're exempt from the laws of traffic, there are no exemptions from the laws of physics as this firetruck driver learns when the rig starts to drift and a slight overcorrection has some awesome looking and, thankfully, non-fatal consequences. The video comes from a dash-mounted cam and is thus not quite HD quality but you still get the idea. [Google Video]

    1:00 PM on Wed Jan 9 2008
    By Matt Hardigree
    1,873 views, 34 comments

    Latest by Tomsk the red-nosed reindeer: @Novaload: The gal I had a crush on at the sunset of my college career was/is a volunteer firefighter, ergo more »

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