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TWO fire engines which were until recently in active service are being offered for sale by Buckinghamshire Fire & Rescue Service.
They have reached the end of their working lives as front-line appliances and are to be sold by sealed-bid tender next month.
The first – a Volvo FL618 Snozzle fire appliance – was based at Aylesbury Fire Station from 1992 to 2003, before moving to Waddesdon Fire Station. It was transferred to Buckinghamshire Fire & Rescue Service's training school at Haddenham Fire Station in 2006 for use as a driver training vehicle.
It has a 5.5-litre turbo diesel engine, a six-speed manual gearbox, a Godiva fire pump, a two-boom hydraulic water monitor and 116,000 kilometres (72,500 miles) on the clock.
The second - a Volvo FL7 fire appliance - started its life as a rescue pump at High Wycombe Fire Station in 1993. It was transferred to Beaconsfield Fire Station in 2001, where it remained until last month.
It has a 6.7-litre turbo diesel engine, a Volvo automatic gearbox, a Rosenbauer fire pump and 205,000 kilometres (128,000 miles) on the clock. Its sister vehicle was sold for 5,000 by sealed-bid tender last year.
The bidding closes at 11am on Thursday 1 May, and offers will be accepted on official tender documents only. Prospective buyers are advised to inspect the vehicles before submitting a bid.
A 5.5-litre Volvo FL618 box body, a four-litre Mercedes 711D van and a trailer are also being sold.
Click here for a document giving more details. For further information or tender documents, please contact Carole Griffiths on 01296 744614 (line open from 9am on Monday 7 April) or email cgriffiths@bucksfire.gov.uk
Last year, five of our old fire engines and a Chevrolet recovery truck were sold by sealed-bid tender. There were 38 bids and the sale raised 16,012.50. Here are the vehicles and the prices they went for (click appliance name for picture):
Volvo FL7 fire appliance - 5,000
Volvo 6.7lt turbo diesel engine
Volvo automatic gearbox
Rosenbauer fire pump
Registered February 1993 (K reg)
176,000 kms
Volvo FL617 fire appliance - 3,500
Volvo 5.5lt turbo diesel engine
6-speed manual gearbox
Godiva 500 GPM fire pump
Registered August 1992 (K reg)
162,000 kms
Chevrolet 6.2L V8 diesel - 3,500
RHD
Automatic gearbox
Spec lift recovery truck with front and rear winch.
Registered August 1998 (F reg)
76,000 miles
Renault Midliner fire appliance - 1,850
Automatic gearbox
Godiva 500 GPM fire pump
Registered August 1994 (M reg)
64,000 kms
Mercedes 1222 fire appliance - 1,762.50
220hp V6 engine
Automatic gearbox
Godiva 500 GPM fire pump
Registered May 1987 (D reg)
Renault Midliner fire appliance - 400
Automatic gearbox
Godiva 500 GPM fire pump
Registered May 1994 (J reg)
92,000 kms
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