Jupiter Fire Truck

Einar Oryall, a resident of Jupiter, has been working to provide a usable fire truck for the community. He is an excellent mechanic. He has asked that the following request for financial support be posted to the blog. If you care to help with the funding needed please convey your intent to Einar or Betty Oryall or to me and I will relay it to them.

“I have resolved the horse power problems on the fire truck. It pulled Brian's driveway Sunday fully loaded fairly well. More tweaking will make it even faster. The problem is the main pump is shot. Two weeks ago Sunday we tried to fill the tank in the front; it took way too long. This last Sunday we filled the Fishers tank and noted the slow flow. We turned on the booster pump which is a secondary and got good flow. I found someone in Arizona that has a newer pump for a really good price, and it should fit with minimal work. I have checked and seen used pumps for $17,000.00 from repair places. This guy bought a fire truck from a department because it had a bad engine. He has put a jet engine in the truck for racing. So he’s offering the pump and a pony tank which we will need eventually for $3500. I made an offer of $500. He countered with $2,500. I will counter again if i can get any donations since its pay pal and they can use credit cards, since we are all strapped for cash. I can take the pump off the back of the truck and put it on a smaller truck with a tank to get to those hard to reach spots, and the big truck can support it with added water supply.”