Did you know that the fastest fire truck in the world lives in the Hawaiian Fire Department? It's a refurbished 1940 Ford truck, powered by two Rolls Royce Bristol Viper engines. It reached a speed of 655 km/h (407 mph) in 1998 and still holds the Guinness World Record for this. As they say in Hawaii, "this truck is guaranteed to be the first at any fire, maybe even before its own sirens!" But read more to discover other incredibly fast trucks.
The ShockWave Jet Truck runs over 300 mph racing airplanes at airshows; holds the world record in a quarter mile for trucks at 256 mph in just 6.36 seconds; and holds the world record for full size trucks at 376 mph as recorded by Guinness Book of World Records. At 36,000 horsepower, the ShockWave has enough power to accelerate at 3 Gs vertical, which is as much as the Space Shuttle! Its powered by a Shockwave triple engine.
The Bandag Bullet smashed the world record for a one kilometre run and potentially set eight world records on the way. The eight tonne Kenworth T400-based Bandag Bullet ran a standing start kilometre in 18.6 seconds with a terminal speed of over 300km/h.Below is a picture of the Bandag Bullet truck starting to compete with a plane
And below is a picture of the Bandag Bullet almost on fire before starting
Anyway, if you ever saw one of these monster trucks -- or even better, if you drove one of them -- please drop a note
The ShockWave Jet Truck runs over 300 mph racing airplanes at airshows; holds the world record in a quarter mile for trucks at 256 mph in just 6.36 seconds; and holds the world record for full size trucks at 376 mph as recorded by Guinness Book of World Records. At 36,000 horsepower, the ShockWave has enough power to accelerate at 3 Gs vertical, which is as much as the Space Shuttle! Its powered by a Shockwave triple engine.
The Bandag Bullet smashed the world record for a one kilometre run and potentially set eight world records on the way. The eight tonne Kenworth T400-based Bandag Bullet ran a standing start kilometre in 18.6 seconds with a terminal speed of over 300km/h.Below is a picture of the Bandag Bullet truck starting to compete with a plane
And below is a picture of the Bandag Bullet almost on fire before starting
Anyway, if you ever saw one of these monster trucks -- or even better, if you drove one of them -- please drop a note
