One Hot Cat!

[ROME/KG]

Taken from L.A. County Cal. website. Also shows "Tractor 2" from the show Emergency, "Snake bite", Great action shots of a D8H. The series is on dvd at stores.

[Aaron]

La County most likely still has those animals, I saw one of them on the day fire in 06, still set up he same with a swamper seat and drop down curtians, no thanks, not with todays tractors and enviromental cabs out there.

[equipdriver]

Yes, but that looks like a thrill that a roller coaster cant give you. I have always wanted to do fire dozing but never had the time in the seat that one would need to get certified.

Karl

[DCurrin]

Even out east the fire dozers do not have enclosed cabs.
I suspect that the heat would blow out the glass and burn up the window seals. Probably tough on everything.. too much heat..

I also suspect that if they were to get a water drop near by that would be another way the glass would/could get blow out.

Another reason may be safety. insulated environmental cab. operator may get a bit too brazen for his/her own good. Open cab, when he/she gets hot they would know to back off some. They can't save every stick of wood.


Cheers
Dudley

[Aaron]

Yeah the rubbers can melt in the cabs and the glass cook a bit, but when you get in a bad spot, your better off with the cab than not, the guys with the open cabs get in the enviromental cabs when the fire hits the fan.

[FatCatGotHot]

Actually I've seen pictures of modern D8Rs with glassed cab.
Is the D8 the biggest tractor in fire fighting service? Saying that I guess, that if necessary, you would call contractors with other/bigger equipment to help.