SKULL SESSION: RETURNING PRODUCTION, MCELROY CALLS BARRETT “GUN-SHY,” AND A CHANCE TO BUY THE FIRE BUCK
BUY THE FIRE BUCK. I don't get to do it anymore, but I always enjoyed walking through the tailgate lots and looking at the shrines erected by Buckeye fans on sacred fall Saturdays. You see some wild things.
I can't imagine spending $5,000 on a fire truck and turning it into a tailgate chariot. But one Buckeye fan did. And now he's offering the chance of a lifetime to YOU.
From
craigslist.com (via
bustedcoverage.com):
THE FIRE BUCK, BABY
The time has come to part ways with my tailgating behemoth, better known as The Fire Buck. After many years and thousands of dollars, I don't really have the time any more for the dedication this takes to tailgate at all of the games. I have been told I should only do Big Ten games, or maybe only do a few here and there. While that sounds perfectly logical, I don't want the truck to go to waste on me only using it a couple of times a year. Since its inception, I have involved it in tailgates, birthday parties, patio parties at BW3, charity events, parades, and much much more. I have literally put blood, sweat and tears into this truck and it is bittersweet that I will be parting ways with it. I have spared no expense in restoring this truck, and the before/after pictures should show you the care that has been taken into making it what it has become.
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The Fire Buck originally started out in service at the Mt. Clemens Fire Department in 1982. There it stayed in service, providing vital firefighting equipment to the people near the Lake St. Clair area, until it was sold in 2006. This fire apparatus was later purchased by Kevin's Lawn and Landscaping to be used as a water transportation vehicle for landscape installation. On October 5th, 2009 Kevin decided he had no further use of the truck and placed it up for auction on eBay Motors.
The truck was brought back to the Columbus Ohio area on October 10th, 2009 and work began soon thereafter. Once converted into what would now be labeled 'The Fire Buck', it was unveiled in early July of 2010 and has been on display for every home game since that time.
The only way I would buy that would be if it had a functioning water cannon that I could use as a crowd control mechanism during the biannual sacking of Ann Arbor while the sirens blared Buckeye Battle Cry.
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