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📌 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.

 

 

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Uploaded on January 26, 2020
Taken on June 5, 2016