Fire engines too heavy for roads

Five fire engines in South Yorkshire and the Humber region have been sitting unused since they were bought in 2007.

Each Combined Aerial Rescue Pump (CARP) cost the fire services more than half a million pounds.

However, the vehicles have not yet been used because they are too heavy to be driven legally on British roads.

South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service blamed "a supplier's cock-up" for the situation.

It'll be on the BBC iPlayer, though I think only in the UK, sometime on Monday. LINK

A Motorcycle With a Tank Engine

The Panzerbike is a German-built motorcycle with the engine of a T-55 tank inside. That’s a diesel V12 with 620 HP. The bike is 19 feet long, 9 feet wide, and weighs nearly 5 tons. Actually, it’s more like a tractor than a motorcycle, since the sidecar is built-in and it takes two people to steer. Still, Tilo Niebel and his friends at the Harzer Bike company created quite an impressive piece of machinery.

Link, Via: Ride Fast & Shoot Straight, Via: Neatorama

"Panzerbike Zilly T55 Russian Tank Engine" LINK: Youtube