Fire Engines Photos

These 6X6 Range Rovers were quite popular for a while, but suffered from the fact that third axle was a standard Range Rover rear axle, with standard carryover suspension, wheels and tires.

As a result, these vehicles were usually seriously overloaded, especially at the rear. This is clear in this photo, where this example is standing with its nose in the air and its tail dragging.

Handling was of course affected, exacerbated by the load increasing the height of the center of gravity. Braking was also compromised, as most of the braking effort to cope with the considerable extra weight was of course concentrated on the unmodified front brakes.

Although marginally safe trundling around airfields, these were not really designed for emergency driving on either public roads or - despite being 6X6 - for off-road interventions.

Some comments on this site by fire service members who drove on rode in these lend color to these problems...

Added by Rob Johnson on 23 September 2019.

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