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The Firetec Connection    
March 29, 2006
Volume 2, Issue 2

N e w   T r u c k   L i s t i n g:

 1997 E-One Cyclone II, Detroit turbo diesel, Allison automatic, air brakes, 1,250 gpm Waterous, 750 gal tank, deck gun, (2) 12' flex sleeve suctions, wrenches, 5kw generator, (4) Kwik Raise 900 on telescoping poles, 24', 14' and 10' ladders, aluminum street book holder, warning lights, lightbar, radio and siren. 20,973 miles. Asking $155,000
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Another Happy Customer:



Ed Baud
Columbus, NJ

Here is a photo of the unit we purchased through Firetec last fall! We added additional lights, vhf & uhf radios, and a bunch of traffic control items: cones, signs, flares, lights. While it's primary use is for the Fire Police, we've equipped it with a pump and they also handle pump outs, and the passenger box will be completed so it can be used as the command post in major events. The green light is on order!


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Selling in 2006?

Now's the time to get your surplus apparatus ready for resale. Contact Firetec to discuss the best timing for your used fire truck advertising! email us to get started.

How To Sell Your Fire truck:

 Selling through Firetec is SIMPLE and it works!
Your truck can be on our website within 24 hours. Click Here to get started

  1. You provide information on your truck
  2. You take photos and mail or email them to Firetec
  3. Firetec will advertise your truck, provide information to buyers, weed out tire-kickers and put serious buyers directly in touch with you for inspections.
  4. You collect payment directly from the buyer and pay Firetec commission after the sale.

It's Show Time !

FREE APPRAISALS!
at FDIC Indianapolis
Firetec Booth # 3238
April 27-29, 2006
Click Here to register (Early bird registration ends 3/13/2006)

February 2006 By The Numbers


22 Trucks
sold in February (51 Sold in 2006 as of March 15th!)

1971
International -- Oldest unit sold in February


2002
Ford F-550 -- Newest unit sold in February

3,032 Miles
Farthest distance travelled to new department: (a 1992 Mack from Coopersburg, PA to Roseburg, OR)

43 Fire Departments
waiting in line for our most popular truck of the month!! 1979 Ford L-9000/ Pierce 1000/2500 (SOLD before it was ever in a magazine!)


If YOU have a tanker-pumper like this one, Firetec has waiting buyers!!

Get connected!

Answer this month's survey question. Submit your answer to: news@firetec.com All responses will be tallied for next month's issue!

Question:
Name your favorite apparatus of all time! Criteria is that you judge based on function, not on emotion! make, model and year.

1993 Freightliner/Pierce sold for Hickory, NC to Wolbach, NE This unit was purchased with FEMA Fire Act Funds!!

1988 Pierce, sold for Saugus, MA to Savannah, GA

Firetec sells trucks nationwide!
 Click here to see names of the towns we have worked with recently!
March Column
Firetec® Customer Profile

Name:Matt Fraley
Department:Chelsea Fire Department in OK
Position in Dept: Firefighter
Paid or Volunteer: Volunteer
"Day Job": Sells insurance
# Members in Dept: 16
# Calls per Year: 231 last year
Oldest Piece of Apparatus: 1966 Chevy Pumper
Newest Piece of Apparatus: 1989 E-one Pumper
Something unique/interesting about your town: It is the home of the first oil well in Oklahoma
Firetec Buyer or Seller:Both - bought 2 trucks and sold 1 in the last 3 years
Submit YOUR information to be featured in the Firetec Connection Customer Profile! Email your info, with photo! Next month's feature firefighter will be chosen based on content, but photo must be included. (Matt was excused since he was brave enough to go first).

Click here to be profiled next.

Firetec Promise:

FIretec has been hired by fire departments (and sometimes dealers) to sell every unit we present to you. We never sell a truck without permission from the owner up front!

Be Wary:
Of Fire Truck Poachers! Many "broker" websites advertise trucks which have been copied from fire department websites, and the site owners have no rights to re-sell them. These discount brokers (site owners) wait for a buyer to call and then do fast footwork with the selling department in an effort to get in the middle of the deal. These companies will also offer "discount" commissions, but then advertise trucks without prices, so the sellers never know how much the "discount brokers" really take! Another trick is to list the truck for a low percentage rate, then charge your buyer an extra fee to purchase your truck! When you buy or list through Firetec, there are no games. Honest sellers talking with honest buyers - Firetec makes the connection.




We are impressed by:
Austin,TX!!
You GO Guys!!
http://www.engine2.org
"Fight Fires, Fight Cholesterol, Fight Fat"


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