Delivery: Hillsborough County, FL, Brush
Hillsborough County Fire Department has taken delivery of four new Skeeter Brush Trucks Type 5 wildland units.
The units are built on Ford F550 4x4 gas engine with four-door cabs. They have a custom-built Skeeter aluminum front bumper with Warn M15000 electric front-mount winches.
The bodies are Skeeter Rescue Side aluminum with hinged doors, and compartment LED strip lighting.
Suppression equipment includes 400-gallon poly water tanks, a Darley 2 BE 18V pump and stainless-steel manifold. They have Hannay reels with 200-foot reel capacity.
The front bumpers feature Akron Forestry monitors with electric joy stick control.
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