Assembled in 1983 in the little town of Hirshberg, Pennsylvania the finishing touches were added in Shawano, Wisconsin. It soon found a home with the Wisconsin S.W.A.T Team. Serving as a mobile command center, this truck would house over six S.W.A.T team specialists that used over 15 radio antennas on the roof to communicate with emergency services that were active in the field.
This truck did not miss out on the thrill of being an emergency vehicle. With 650 horsepower under the hood, this truck and its potential 12 tons of cargo can cruise at 60 mph to any scene with the aid of its 20 exterior flashing exterior lights and siren system. Once set up, this mobile command center could be operational for an entire week. Hidden below the massive 100 gal fuel tank supplies the onboard 5 kW generator with enough power to run communication equipment, multiple computers, and other various devices. Also underneath, the extensive propane pack allowed this impressive unit to operate in the winter with its heating/cooling system.
In 2010, after serving operations around the state of Wisconsin, the time for its next chapter had come. Sent straight to the body shop, a majority of the 1/4 inch bulletproof paneling was unsheathed. The siren and light bar atop the truck was disengaged and the furnace was removed. Leaving its next owners with a blank canvas. Thus, Rob’s Mini Donuts (the mobile edition) came into being.
