📌 Bedford Mountain Truck Firefighting SAM Site 4x4, Norfolk Tank Museum.
The Bedford Mountain Truck Firefighting SAM Site 4x4 was a water tender built by Moutain Range of Crew and was introduced in 1985. Its primary use was for a water tender on Bloodhound Missile Sites and was fitted with a roof monitor. After the withdrawl of the Bloodhound Missile and their sites, some tenders were put into use as a standard domestic Fire appliances.
General characteristics:-
▪︎Chassis: Bedford MJ, All steel fabrication, constructed in ladder form with straight through channel side members.
▪︎Bodywork By: Moutain Range,
▪︎Powerplant: Bedford 8.2 Litre 6 cylinder direct injection.
▪︎Water Tank Capacity: 850 imperial gallons.
▪︎Monitor Output: 502 imperial gallons per minute.
▪︎Pump: Godiva UFPX Water Pump with an output of 502 imperial gallons per minute.
▪︎Height: 10ft 11in.
▪︎Length: 23ft 0.5in.
▪︎Width: 7ft 11in.
▪︎Wheelbase: 12ft 11in.
▪︎Ground Clearance: 11.4in.
▪︎Unladen Weight: 6.09 tons.
📌 Bedford Mountain Truck Firefighting SAM Site 4x4, Norfolk Tank Museum.
The Bedford Mountain Truck Firefighting SAM Site 4x4 was a water tender built by Moutain Range of Crew and was introduced in 1985. Its primary use was for a water tender on Bloodhound Missile Sites and was fitted with a roof monitor. After the withdrawl of the Bloodhound Missile and their sites, some tenders were put into use as a standard domestic Fire appliances.
General characteristics:-
▪︎Chassis: Bedford MJ, All steel fabrication, constructed in ladder form with straight through channel side members.
▪︎Bodywork By: Moutain Range,
▪︎Powerplant: Bedford 8.2 Litre 6 cylinder direct injection.
▪︎Water Tank Capacity: 850 imperial gallons.
▪︎Monitor Output: 502 imperial gallons per minute.
▪︎Pump: Godiva UFPX Water Pump with an output of 502 imperial gallons per minute.
▪︎Height: 10ft 11in.
▪︎Length: 23ft 0.5in.
▪︎Width: 7ft 11in.
▪︎Wheelbase: 12ft 11in.
▪︎Ground Clearance: 11.4in.
▪︎Unladen Weight: 6.09 tons.