Vehicle 5493, the twin to my favorite Animal Control truck 5490. A 1991 Ford F-250 cloth seat, AM/FM stereo 4 speaker sound, tilt steering wheel and cruise control!!! A gigantic plus for those long desert drives. This photo was taken when I was on a late afternoon call out to the Trona area, about a 2 hour drive, one way, from the Victorville area.
The photo above, is of me arriving in the morning at the County Yards in San Bernardino in the early 1990's. In this style of cages the small rear side cages were the places to store stuff.
The worst truck I had to drive, a mid 1980's 1/2 ton Dodge with a 6 cylinder and 4 speed manual transmission. A gutless pain to drive except on flat areas. Taken out near Rancho Cucamonga in Etiwanda. That entire area is all houses and shopping centers now.
Same area as the above photo and in the area of the long gone thing that made Rancho Cucamonga famous, other than Jack Benny, the grape vineyards. This was shortly after I'd been assigned 5490. The single opening in the back was for dead animals. Open it up and pull out an aluminum box to put the dead animals inside. Although tall it was only two wheel drive. It was the first truck that actually had good range with dual gas tanks. The later trucks came with around 30 gallon single tanks.
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