Taking my Dennis Sabre Fire Engine back to its original Fire Station - Abbots Bromley

What an afternoon we had with the crew at Abbots Bromley. They are all fantastic and i learned so much more about equipment and of course how to safely use them.
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[@YelpBullhorn]

I applaud you for taking her back to Abbots Bromley I really do, but I bet if she could talk, she'd probably tell you that she never really saw Bromley as her home; she'll tell you of her youth serving the good people of Stoke-on-Trent during her time at Hanley (I believe). After many active years there she was sent out to prepare for her retirement at sleepy Abbots Bromley, before seeing out her final days at the brigade's training school. I think she'd really appreciate a trip back to her youth.

[@jacobwilson5468]

Wow, that's amazing that you were able to park your Dennis Sabre up in the garage of the original fire station she served at, allowing current and ex-firefighters come to view her and have a ride in her. Excellent work there, Extreme Garage.

[@Common-man-traits]

That's awesome. Across the pond, our apparatus are treated like family members. We share an emotional attachment to the pieces of equipment we serve with. It warms my heart seeing their station getting a visit from an old friend.

[@Steve-bo6ht]

Excellent taking the appliance back to Abbots Bromley fire station, and great to see the unit being cared for and not left to be forgotten about.

[@damian-795]

Amazing how modern looking the appliance is, beautiful machine, not out of place at all today. Shame Dennis stopped making our fire trucks

[@yorkiepudd7404]

That is simply epic to she back at home with guys n gals of Abbots Bromley station and Thanks for their service and all fire crews around the world. Looking forward the press video of the visit.

[@suzylarry1]

this was a nice circle of a depleted retired fire engine. Was a great story watching this happen. Thank you

[@nedseagoon5101]

This is bostin mucker. You must be thrilled. Well done on this, you’re doing a grand job. Can’t wait to see the BBC report video.

[@n3lee]

So glad you got a chance to reunite the engine with it's former crew and station -- fully expected this embracement and glad you pulled it off!

[@SuperMisterInvisible]

I enjoyed this much more than I should! What a brilliant day.

[@rees1998]

This has completely blown my mind! I live in Abbots Bromley and have watched the build from the start. I literally could see that something was going on at the station from my garden but had no idea it’d be you 🙈 well done on the build mate 👍 I’m glad you had a good day here!

[@ExtremeGarage]

Its a lovely village and your local fire crew are amazing!

[@Dodgersmi]

What a boost for you buddy kid in a sweet shop and sharing the engine with past and present fire crews well done mate

[@sonorousmeerkat1715]

Absolutely amazing! Would have loved to have seen and heard the crews reaction to having your engine in the bay, as well as any comments they had comparing the old with the new.

[@ExtremeGarage]

Sonorous Meerkat yeah it would have been great. I have over 5 hrs of footage and i will try and follow this up again soon with some extra footage including comments all being well

[@mechanicalnut7866]

Who’d thought you would have so Much fun with a fire truck

[@slautoengineering]

This is brilliant, I've been following all of these videos from the start (even if it was a little cringy to watch at the start lol) so good to see it back at its old station. Everyone always says how good the Dennis's were. 👍

[@jessetane8802]

Love your videos about this appliance and its great to see the original station guys and gals looking over it and showing you around. The emergency services need as much PR as they can get in any country so the general public can see just what we do. Keep up the good work from down here in New Zealand

[@hillbilly951]

Its great to see someone keeping the history going well done pal keep it up wish you all the best ...

[@1Leyland]

Fantastic stuff ! Also can never get enough of the brake noises just like Dennis Dominators do :)

[@Dave2108]

Wow that is just so cool being able to take it back to its original station.. The buzz you got must have been unbelievable.. Your truck is looking great since the buff up.. Wonder if you will attend their open day of they have one ?? The Station over the road from me has one and someone turns up with an Old appliance. it get very busy. mind you that could be down to the burgers and hot dogs lol

[@Andymoof2012]

Good stuff! My dad was an RAF firefighter - he jumped onto the wing of a harrier and dragged a pilot out of the cockpit! Amazing man! Much love!

[@mark6355]

Lovely to see your fire engine back in its original station with the crew on board.

[@TheGeezzer]

Absolutely megga, you're having a blast with that engine. She looks grand, shiny paintwork, well respectable. Its gonna cost but b'lox, keep up the maintenance on the old gal, not many petrol-heads have their own fire engine, its worth it for the laugh. Glad to see the fire crews respected you and the engine to the fullest extent, says a lot about em, no egos no BS just as is the real deal from them!🤩😍😎🔆

[@matthewsearle4822]

Excellent videos. My dad was a firefighter for many years so safe to say he's thoroughly enjoying your vids as well. Keep up the good work.

[@hermanvankampen6047]

Nice. For years,I drove a Dennis Rapier..It was a nice engine to drive and we had 2 in Oldenzaal-Netherlands

[@robertbath3611]

Top fire engine look lot better now polished m8 fantastic job

[@grahamdobson7428]

What a great video. I was a driver at chester old fire station in the middle of chester. Great 👍 video i wood love to ride the pump one more time

[@nickdennis7467]

That looks really good you have done a good job with the sabre I’m surprised they didn’t want to swap it with the scania lol

[@tomjohntig]

Fantastic well done to all involved

[@davidthornton9214]

Brilliant stuff matey. Did you expect any of this when you first bought that beautiful appliance?

[@ExtremeGarage]

David Thornton not at all. It was just a spontaneous purchase which im loving every moment of at the moment. Hopefully can do some good with it by raising money for the fire fighters charity.

[@aaronhajzyk]

Fantastic Lawrence I saw the appliance Saturday I went past the unit and now to know it was a localish appliance makes it even better love the videos mate

[@danielfennessey]

That's very, VERY, Cool, mate.

[@harrymcandrew1447]

Bet the old applience loved it 🤣

[@adriantrevisani2304]

Brilliant bet that was very cool having them all in there

[@tambrath]

What a great video I bet they thought they would never see it again well done 👍

[@mamodsteamreturns5492]

nice one !! its always a great feeling to bring a vehicle back to its original haunts ..us in the railway community do it and it is really orsome to see them back at there old homes :)

[@theautisticarborist6846]

What a great adventure back to her old station ! It was really cool you got to meet the old crew bet that brought back memories for them. keep up the awesome content !!!

[@darrenhillman8396]

Wow. Thats just magic. Great to see Fudge back at her old station. Really enjoyed watching this Lawrence. Well done mate!

[@Andy_FireRescue999]

Absolutely brilliant! Well done for doing that! Love the videos your doing and love that you kept the appliance as it was when on the run and that you’ve not change it into a stupid limo which is what some muppets do.

[@jon99t]

hi i bet you a had a great time making this blog well done

[@ghosthost92gaming73]

Awesome!

[@nifnafpaddywack6695]

Wish I knew about this, my grandparents live here, and I'm only half hour away -would've been awesome to met you, seen your truck

[@TakedaShiroe]

You sir are amazing!

[@Terry-Tibbs]

Fantastic I remember the Dennis factory at the side of the A3

[@ExMAB4]

Excellent upload... Loved it.

[@ILOVEHALOhahajk]

We just took back a sabre xl which was our reserve pump, all the gear is now back on our scania. The dennis was a blast to drive about and sticks like shit to a blanket compared to the scania.

[@scotty2005]

Fantastic Video! It’s Great Seeing What Your Doing!

[@martin9354]

great vid m8 keep up the great work

[@wdwerker]

Getting taught how to play with your toy by the pros must have been sweet. Finding out your ladder takes 4 crew to set up - priceless !

[@alexpage7292]

Absolutely brilliant mate 👍🏻

[@mikel4663]

I used to work in the frame shop building the Dennis chassis for the buses a coaches..the sabre and rapier chassis were built by an old Irish fella, can't remember his name and an ex army boxing champion called Norman. Don't see much Dennis stuff about any more, all seems to be Merc, Volvo and Scania

[@richardpotter712]

We used to have Rapiers and Sabres in Kent. The rapiers were smaller and IMHO much better and handled beautifully. Top quality Dennis.

[@markwalker2373]

It looks so at home in the station. Will there be a video in the future of you taking on water and putting a fire out (guess it would only be a small bonfire)

[@LewisPhillipson]

Class, great video as always.

[@adamcrane3571]

Good morning

[@Matthew-uc3rd]

Hey mate hope this message gets to you about a fire engine grave yard in bornmouth then you can go down their and possibly salvage another fire engine it's a real shame this just happens to them at the end of their lives

[@MrLYNDON56games]

quite suprising the sabre isnt much older than their current truck!

[@johnjames01]

This is cool. Would have loved to hear their comments on having her back.

[@ExtremeGarage]

Cormacca there are some comments in the other video i did of the bbc.

[@johnjames01]

@@ExtremeGarage Ahh cool, must watch that then 👍

[@caithnessrailrambler2698]

Amazing!!!!! Keep up the good work! Love this video's 😉😉😉

[@Scottwasnthere]

amazing!

[@housedadtrains]

oh we use to do the discos at abbots bromley and play music for the morris dancers.

[@radicalrush9088]

The lass was reversing at the end seems legit 😹😹

[@ExtremeGarage]

lrobinson2246 its a skill that takes years to perfect. Lol

[@jameshartley95]

proper truck

[@SinkyYT]

Aw man, you didn't hit the lights on the way out!

[@alexbrennan2404]

Lol, that'd probably be illegal

[@coldstartdaily9738]

how fooking awesome! nice!

[@fsutcliffe589]

Looking like a kid in a sweetly shop ,,

[@Thisistrulyoddtv_Mark]

Been waiting for your next video feels like months ago your last video now but hard to believe it’s actually only been 2 weeks

[@ExtremeGarage]

I know its been a hectic few weeks for me sorting all this out. I have footage for another 6 videos ready just need to edit them and upload. All being well i can sit and edit one each night now for a bit.

[@avaneeshkulkarni04]

Wow that fire engine is still in a really good condition. Does the lightbar and siren work?

[@bluebottle1617]

It's sad that Dennis Fire and John Dennis Coachbuilders (JDC) no longer exist. My local brigade - now named Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service - used Dennis fire appliances up until Mayflower Engineering went to the wall. They then used MAN chassis for many years with JDC building the bodies. Sadly, JDC closed its factory, bringing to an end the story of the Dennis Brothers who started the company and went on to produce municipal vehicles, like dustcarts and gully emptiers, bus and coach chassis and, of course, fire appliances. The name Dennis still lives on with its refuse collection vehicles, which is now owned by Terberg, who make the bin lifting gear attached to the rear of Dennis RCVs.

[@H9Gamings]

It would off been great if they gave you a treat and asked if they could use your fire engine (their old one) in a practice fire drill.

[@ExtremeGarage]

Who knows what the future may hold???????

[@drphil7024]

You should go and volunteer for the fire service

[@henryroberts5298]

I saw you on BBC news

[@dustin8268]

Did u give it back to them

[@steuk6510]

The basket is a filter to stop and dirt or debires getting into the fire engine tanks and causing a blockage

[@andrewdaley3081]

Grinning like a Cheshire cat. Andy England 🇬🇧🐱🐈

[@peterpaget8597]

brillant lawerence

[@darkpencil8482]

can u do a video of u using the sirens in a video

[@HappyCamperTales]

Brill !

[@WhiskeyGulf71]

So, how hard did you kick yourself for not turning on the lights for the full crew turn out !

[@gamingchannelYoutube57]

Did you put the link down

[@ExtremeGarage]

Gaming Channel i only edited the bbc stuff last night so will be uploading the footage in the next few hours

[@Jimmythefish577]

Is that a retained crew?

[@ExtremeGarage]

Jim Wilson yes

[@Jimmythefish577]

Extreme Garage I’m an ex-pat now living in Canada, and a Captain on our towns fire department, you should do an American fire appliance next!

[@ExtremeGarage]

Jim Wilson already ahead of you. Working on something. :-)

[@Jimmythefish577]

Extreme Garage sweet! Looking forward to it!

[@darrenroe8126]

I seen this on tv

[@euanmurray4550]

Where did you buy that fire engine from

[@ScaniaVabis580]

I wish i could see our old appliance back even for an hour... Unfortunately it's been converted to lhd having seen use with German army now sold off again, exported.

[@ExtremeGarage]

Shame to hear that. Vehicles are the things that we get attached to especially if it is used daily. And its sad to see them go, especially to scrap.

[@ScaniaVabis580]

@@ExtremeGarage yes... Broke my heart to part ways with a treasured car, as much as i miss the old appliance, (volvo fl614 volumax saxon supercharged) i'm glad it's still in existence as opposed to scrap. (it was only 15 years or so old when withdrawn though) So glad to see that you have saved a good ole Dennis sabre, keep up the good work mate 👍

[@jpx250]

How much u spend a week on the furl

[@doncodman913]

Definatly a good fresh way to raise some money" FOR CHARITY " " MATE" . Good luck. .. I will contribute ,but using what method ?. Rgds Don

[@ExtremeGarage]

Ive uploaded a video this morning all about the event and how to donate. Many thanks.

[@budboy14]

great video how do i find the bbc news report

[@ExtremeGarage]

Matthew Abbott they only keep them online for 24 hours but i have permission and a copy to share later this evening once ive edited the clips together

[@budboy14]

@@ExtremeGarage kl yes taking off the 135 ladder i defenetly a 4 person job

[@jpx250]

How much u spend a week on fuel

[@ExtremeGarage]

JP X according to the vehicle specs its roughly 8mpg. Havnt actually done a calculation myself yet but will be soon. Only has a small tank really for the size of it

[@urban_fox_cub_urbex]

Why didn’t u drive out with the lights and siren on.. :(

[@ExtremeGarage]

TL PRODUCTIONS was going to ask but we had already done so much with them and although private land i wouldnt want any problems with doing so for them.

[@FateBoost]

Your websites just showing ads mate.

[@ExtremeGarage]

Twice As Interesting yeh something im hoping to fix over the coming weeks.

[@FateBoost]

Extreme Garage If you need any help let me know as I work in the web industry.

[@elwolf8536]

Abbots Bromley horn dance

[@ghosthost92gaming73]

Where’s the link from bbc footage?

[@ExtremeGarage]

FallOff Boy Will be editing that today and just awaiting permission from BBC to show there final clip of the event so you can see what went on and the result.

[@ghosthost92gaming73]

Extreme Garage ah ok, This is the first time I’ve managed to catch such a newly released video Half of the stuff I watch is released during early hours of the day... You should have a meet and greet!

[@AW-Services]

Top tip. When driving a commercial size vehicle do not drive and talk to camera.

[@carlgoodram]

It would off been cool if the crew got called out to an actual fire and used your appliance instead of theirs

[@ColtonBlumhagen]

Interesting you call it an appliance. Here why would say apparatus.

[@buckyboiiiii1472]

Get a call and get in the wrong engine wait what since when did we get a upgrade

[@ExtremeGarage]

stumpysummer 35 upgrade i like that.

[@steuk6510]

What about it putting out a fire

[@ExtremeGarage]

Ste Uk working on it. Its got to be done.

[@johansoons8413]

all this fuzz about a fire truck? im sorry i dont understand. but, evrybody his own fancy i suppose. greetings.