There is a fire department up in Canada that has a goat all painted up red,
with a roll cage on the tractor, and a 450 gallon water tank in the carrier.
Maple Ridge, maybe?
As I understand it, the turning radius is "two Safeway parking lots". While
the rest of the offroad specs are impressive, this seems to be at odds with
that. Jim
paul carrier wrote:
> At 09:17 AM 5/24/01 -0400, you wrote:
> >I don't blame him, I LOVE my Gamma Goat!!!
>
> Few years ago I was working forest fires in eastern Oregon, it had got bad
> enough they flew a
> Marine BN up from Cp Pendelton.
> I had hauled them up on a ridge and was just getting settled in with a
> paperback when I heard IT.
> Goats howling around the corner.
>
> Two bright YELLOW Gamma Goats, crews looked like mountain men, long beards
> suspenders and
> flannel shirts.
>
> The goats had a water tank mounted in the bed with a tool rack hung on each
> side.
>
> Good rig for the job...
>
> SSG Paul D. Carrier
> Readiness NCO (63H & 45K)
> Det 2 Co. B 145 SPT BN
> Camp Withycombe, Clackamas OR
>
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