Talk:Green Goddess

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Speed[edit]

Don't forget that modern fire appliances have a practical top speed of only a little more than 50mph. Also, despite the heavy (non-assisted) steering in Green Goddesses, their small size makes them a lot more manouverable than larger modern engines.

Current usage[edit]

The BBC has a report on Green Goddesses that were exported to Africa here. 86.21.74.40 13:54, 8 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The BBC report has been added as a reference. However what is needed is citeable information about the vehicles sent to Africa. A simple websearch does not work because the name "Green Goddess" is not a unique term. Anyone have good access to Nigerian and Zambian Newspapers covering the period 2007 - Current Date? Graham1973 (talk) 04:58, 11 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Have located a set of photos from the Lusaka times dating from 2011, one of which shows what is captioned as a 'destroyed' Green Goddess here, picture here. Damage does not look that bad. Graham1973 (talk)

A thanks to all the authors[edit]

As someone who quite a bit of spent time in one of these during the '77 Fire Fighters dispute, I happened on this article and read it with some interest and nostaglia. I still have my "Green Goddess Tie". I was going to thank the principle author on his/her talk page but I see that there have been some 30 different authors each contributing in a coordinated way producing an interesting article without any factual errors that I can see. A good example of collective knowledge.

They we bl**dy dangerous at speed, especially with a full water tank. One of the crews in my regiment managed to roll theirs on the way to an incident. All that was left was the RL chassis and matchsticks!

So thanks again to the authors. -- TerryE (talk) 00:00, 23 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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It would have been useful if the anon poster had indicated which important fields are missing. It seems pretty well populated already, and the only significant missing fields are height, width, length, weight and wheelbase.

EdJogg (talk) 01:27, 23 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]