ATC Wildland Ultra XT single cab engineAmerican Truck Company built 6 wildland AWD engines on Tatra chassis in 2003 for the US Bureau of Land Management; 3 were single cab pumpers like this, and 3 were crew cab trucks. Each carries 2400 gallons of water and a full complement of brush fire equipment for use on wild lands of the western US. These engines can climb 100% slope (45 degrees) and drive up to 40 mph on dirt or gravel roads. Photo taken in 2005 in Boise, Idaho, of an engine assigned to Vale, Oregon BLM.
Picture added on 15 November 2010 at 05:18