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08/25/2026

Low mileage doesn’t tell the whole story. A pumper can accumulate thousands of engine hours while pumping, idling on scene, and operating equipment — without adding miles to the odometer.

Before buying a used pumper, check:

• Odometer mileage
• Engine hours
• Pump hours, if available
• Maintenance records
• Pump test and inspection history

Calculate your pumper’s mileage-to-engine-hours ratio:

https://firetruck.center/fire-truck-engine-hours-vs-mileage/

What ratio does your department’s first-out pumper have?

2013 Sutphen SP-90 Aerial PlatformApparatus will be sold with a mechanical inspection, current pump test and aerial cert...
08/17/2026

2013 Sutphen SP-90 Aerial Platform
Apparatus will be sold with a mechanical inspection, current pump test and aerial certification

• Sutphen custom chassis (2013 model year)
• Cummins ISL9 450hp diesel engine with Jake Brake
• Allison automatic transmission
• Mileage: 19,434 miles
• Engine hours: 2,480
• 85′ stated aerial reach with auto-leveling bucket
• Forward and rear stabilizing outriggers
• 1500 GPM Hale fire pump
• 500-gallon water tank
• Cummins Onan onboard generator
• Kussmaul battery-maintenance system
• Firecom headset communication system
• Electrical cord reel with junction boxes
• Ladder spotlights and scene lighting
• Backup camera system
• Clean Southern undercarriage
• Overall apparatus length: 48′
• Height: 10′
• Width: 8’7″

Price: $395,000

Our vehicles go through detailed inspections and all applicable testing and certifications. Nationwide delivery, financing, and extended warranties are available.

2007 Chevrolet Kodiak C5500 4x4 Rescue Truck - SOLD• Chevrolet Kodiak C5500 Crew Cab 4x4 chassis (2007 model year)• 6.6L...
08/12/2026

2007 Chevrolet Kodiak C5500 4x4 Rescue Truck - SOLD

• Chevrolet Kodiak C5500 Crew Cab 4x4 chassis (2007 model year)
• 6.6L Duramax V8 turbo-diesel engine
• Allison automatic transmission
• Mileage: 32,948 miles
• Onboard generator and inverter
• Boom-mounted light tower for scene illumination
• Hydraulic hose reel lines
• Multiple high-capacity exterior equipment compartments
• Fully extending storage shelves for rescue tools and equipment
• Spacious 4-door Crew Cab
• GVWR: 19,500 lbs
• Dimensions: 25′ 4″ Length, 9′ Height
• Weight: 14,780 lbs

Our vehicles go through detailed inspections and all applicable testing and certifications. Nationwide delivery, financing, and extended warranties are available.

08/06/2026

There's a fire truck on GovDeals right now going for less than a used pickup.

You can study the photos. You can drive out and walk around it, if you book an appointment. You can put your hands on the paint.

What you can't do is start it. Or run the pump. Or put the ladder up.

That isn't a seller being difficult. It's the deal. JJ Kane spells it out in their own terms: there is "no certification of operability." Nobody road-tests it. Nobody load-tests it. And on GovDeals, the one claim you're allowed to make — that the truck wasn't as described — dies the second you tow it off the lot. Their words: "upon removal of the property, all sales are final."

So you bid. And then you find out. 🚒

Sometimes you find out you did fine. Apparatus averaged just over $16,000 there last year, and plenty of departments have put honest trucks in service for that kind of money.

Sometimes you find out about the torque box. Real repair quotes on rotted aerials: $108,940. $152,000. One of those rigs sat four months waiting on it. Getting to a torque box means pulling the ladder, the body and the outriggers off the truck.

The truck is the cheap part. The finding out is what costs.

We buy at these auctions too. We just do the finding out first — pump test, certification, all of it — so the department buying from us isn't the one rolling the dice.

Ever bought a rig sight-unseen? How'd it go? 👇

There's a reason firefighters call it the Jaws of Life.The name didn't start at a fire — it started on a racetrack. In t...
08/04/2026

There's a reason firefighters call it the Jaws of Life.

The name didn't start at a fire — it started on a racetrack. In the early '70s, George Hurst watched a driver trapped in a mangled car and built a tool that could tear steel apart to reach him. Crews said it snatched people "from the jaws of death." The name stuck. 🔧

Half a century later, those hydraulic cutters, spreaders, and rams push up to 10,400 psi — enough to peel the roof off a wreck. But here's the part most people never think about: the tool is only as ready as the truck that carries it. The power, the compartment space, the scene lighting — that all comes from the rescue rig.

We broke it all down — how hydraulic rescue tools actually work, who really invented them, whether they can still cut today's high-strength and electric cars, and the apparatus that runs them 👇

📖 Read it: https://firetruck.center/jaws-of-life-hydraulic-rescue-tools/
🚒 Need a heavy rescue or rescue pumper? Call (215) 559-9119 — inspected, guaranteed, delivered nationwide.

Real talk: a new fire truck can now cost $2 million — and take up to five years to show up. 🚒Here's what's going on. A h...
08/03/2026

Real talk: a new fire truck can now cost $2 million — and take up to five years to show up. 🚒

Here's what's going on. A handful of manufacturers build most of America's fire trucks, and dozens of cities have taken them to court, alleging the makers coordinated to push prices up and stretch out deliveries. (Those claims are unproven, and no one has been found liable — 43 of the suits are now bundled into one class action.)

But a chief with a rig out of service can't wait five years for a $2M truck. As one put it: "I have firefighters that are younger than the trucks they're driving around in."

So here's the part that actually helps — you have faster, cheaper options:
🔧 Reconditioned used apparatus — inspected, NFPA-certified, backed by a 30-day money-back guarantee — in service in weeks, not years.
🚒 Or a brand-new brush or light-rescue truck we build ourselves, in about 60 days from ~$129k.

We broke down why prices got this high, and exactly what a department can do about it 👇

📖 https://firetruck.center/why-are-fire-trucks-so-expensive/
📞 (215) 559-9119 — tell us what you need and we'll find it or build it.

2026 Ford F550 Super Duty Ambulance• Ford F550 Super Duty chassis • Reliable 6.7L Diesel engine• LiquidSpring suspension...
07/27/2026

2026 Ford F550 Super Duty Ambulance

• Ford F550 Super Duty chassis
• Reliable 6.7L Diesel engine
• LiquidSpring suspension
• Off-road and bad-weather capable
• Spacious interior with ample room to move around
• Refurbished Powerload and cot available (at an additional cost)
• Stryker equipment sold separately
• Available for immediate delivery

Price: $259,000

Includes a 3-Year/36,000-Mile Warranty on major electrical components, plus Manufacturer's warranty on the chassis.

Our vehicles go through a detailed 125-point comprehensive inspection to ensure they are 100% mechanically and cosmetically sound. Nationwide and global shipping, along with our 100% customer satisfaction guarantee, are available.

2026 Ford E-450 Type III Ambulance• Ford E-450 chassis (2026 model year)• 7.3L V8 Gas engine• Automatic transmission• Mi...
07/27/2026

2026 Ford E-450 Type III Ambulance

• Ford E-450 chassis (2026 model year)
• 7.3L V8 Gas engine
• Automatic transmission
• Mileage: 9 miles
• Builder: Liberty Tech
• New electrical system & Inverter
• New Heat/AC unit
• All-LED lighting package & Backup camera
• Available for immediate delivery

Price: $189,000$

Includes a 3-Year Warranty on the new electrical system and a 5-Year Warranty on the all-LED lighting package.

Our vehicles go through a detailed 125-point comprehensive inspection to ensure they are 100% both mechanically and cosmetically sound. Nationwide and global shipping, along with our 100% customer satisfaction guarantee, are available.

New Ford F550 Super Duty Ambulance• Ford F550 Super Duty chassis • Reliable 6.7L Diesel engine• LiquidSpring Suspension•...
07/27/2026

New Ford F550 Super Duty Ambulance

• Ford F550 Super Duty chassis
• Reliable 6.7L Diesel engine
• LiquidSpring Suspension
• Off-road and bad-weather capable
• Spacious interior with ample room to move around
• Refurbished Powerload and cot available (at an additional cost)
• Available for immediate delivery

Includes 3-Year/36,000-Mile Warranty on major electrical components, plus Manufacturer's warranty on the chassis.

Price: $249,000

Our vehicles go through a detailed 125-point comprehensive inspection to ensure they are 100% mechanically and cosmetically sound. Nationwide and global shipping, remount packages, and a 100% customer satisfaction guarantee are available. Contact us for a quote!

Buying a used fire truck is a six-figure decision, and the expensive problems, a tired pump, a corroded frame, an aerial...
07/27/2026

Buying a used fire truck is a six-figure decision, and the expensive problems, a tired pump, a corroded frame, an aerial past its test date, don't show up in a quick walkaround. 🚒

Our new buyer's guide walks the seven systems to inspect before you sign, including the one NFPA pump-test certificate most buyers forget to ask for.

Read it before your next purchase: https://firetruck.center/how-to-inspect-a-used-fire-truck/

Questions on a specific truck? Call us at (215) 559-9119.

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