28 March 2007

Five of our old fire engines and a Chevrolet recovery truck will shortly be off to their new homes following a sale by sealed-bid tender. The 38 bids were opened at 11am today, and the winning bids totalled £16,012.50.

Here are the vehicles and the prices they went for (click appliance name for picture):

Volvo FL7 fire appliance - £5,000
Volvo 6.7lt turbo diesel engine
Volvo automatic gearbox
Rosenbauer fire pump
Registered February 1993 (K reg)
176,000 kms

Volvo FL617 fire appliance - £3,500
Volvo 5.5lt turbo diesel engine
6-speed manual gearbox
Godiva 500 GPM fire pump
Registered August 1992 (K reg)
162,000 kms

Chevrolet 6.2L V8 diesel - £3,500
RHD
Automatic gearbox
Spec lift recovery truck with front and rear winch.
Registered August 1998 (F reg)
76,000 miles

Renault Midliner fire appliance - £1,850
Automatic gearbox
Godiva 500 GPM fire pump
Registered August 1994 (M reg)
64,000 kms

Mercedes 1222 fire appliance - £1,762.50
220hp V6 engine
Automatic gearbox
Godiva 500 GPM fire pump
Registered May 1987 (D reg)

Renault Midliner fire appliance - £400
Automatic gearbox
Godiva 500 GPM fire pump
Registered May 1994 (J reg)
92,000 kms

Read original news release announcing the auction