THE MEN OF the Gladys, Va., Volunteer Fire Department sleep well at night knowing the Howe and Howe Bulldog 4x4 firetruck is on post. Ten-foot-four, 38,220 pounds loaded, up-armored with brush bars and skid plates, this fire-destroying, tree-saving, America-loving mega-unit can put 1,500 gallons of whoop-ass just about anywhere in the big piney, and in a hurry too. “The trouble with trailer fires,” said department vet Ray Morin. “If you don’t get to them in about five minutes there’s nothing to save.”...

Source: Wall Street Journal August 31, 2018 14:10 UTC