More trucks and such

Another photo of the rear view of 5010. Taken at one of my favorite lunch break places at the time, Chino Airport.
The truck had the old Datsun cages welded to the frame and 'fenders' fabricated to take up the wheel width difference. The left rear cage was my 'storage' cage where I put all my equipment I didn't want in the cab. The depart never got extended cabs until just before I left. Too bad, they would have been so useful all those years! The top lights I installed myself. I didn't like the only lights being the ones on the bumper. They often failed for one reason or another so I put these on top all wired in so they were running, turn and stop. My idea worked so well that upper lights were installed on most trucks and all new cages.

Taken in 2003 when I was a supervisor, I was hooking up the departments "Command Post" 24 foot long toy hauler trailer to take it out for the County Employees Pick Nick.
A hot muggy San Bernardino day!









At the second running springs fire near where it started on Highway 330 above Highland California in Sept. 2003. The department had two horse/stock trailers at the time.










Last photo is of me at 5:30 in the morning at the Sheriff's Command Post in Running Springs during the same fire in Sept. '03. My assigned truck is still hooked up to the trailer. A 2000 Chevy one ton 2 wheel drive, it had really struggled to get the command post trailer up to this area. The truck just didn't have a powerful enough motor for pulling this trailer!