Fire wagons for Filair

[davebasing]

Its been a while since I've been able to shoot some fire wagons for Filair but a visit to Egeskov Castle in Denmark at the weekend enabled me to do so, lest they are of interest. Main purpose was to see my last surviving Danish Air Force Draken amongst the collection of  aircraft, cars and bikes preserved there (aircraft shots to follow).

IMG_1735 by dave tompkins, on Flickr
IMG_1736 by dave tompkins, on Flickr
IMG_1737 by dave tompkins, on Flickr

At first sight I thought that this VW was just another exhibit, but looking at the other side....

IMG_1707 by dave tompkins, on Flickr
IMG_1706 by dave tompkins, on Flickr
IMG_1708 by dave tompkins, on Flickr

On Monday I was at Scheveningen in the Netherlands and this one was stationed on the beach (in case the sea caught fire?)

IMG_1865 by dave tompkins, on Flickr

[filair]

Thanks for the pictures Dave,always appreciated.
Bob-Filair

[graham]

Like the beach shot Dave, nice looking machine. When I was on the trucks decades ago, my tractor unit had a rear tag axle, it was operated by a sensor on the main drive axle and when the weight reached around 80% of the permitted weight on the drive axle, the tag axle would lower itself into place to avoid a potential overload on the main axle. That's not a lifter on your photo though, it's presumably there to spread the weight more evenly but I wonder why the tyres weren't close coupled as they are on the main drive axle.

[Jeff]

Possibly rear wheel steer

[graham]

Most likely Jeff yes.