Just throwing this out there

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Originally Posted by kozzm0

I rode one of those when I was fighting wildfires in 1994, at Tyee Creek in Washington state, a big 250,000 acre fire way up in the mountains. Big fat loud thing. Glad it didn't crash into anything. Much louder than the little choppers were.

Wow. Big fire

Yeah they're designed for carrying tanks etc. Or huge buckets of water

They do look badass though...check out this documentary for some great cinematography of them. BTW, the guy I mentioned knows the dudes in this documentary.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhZEVbYVcFc

EDIT: just watched that documentary through again... it's superbly put together, but may leave you feeling a bit down. You're warned