Pickup Air Horns Sound Just Like Trains

Pickup Air Horns Sound Just Like Trains FARM HOME Miscellaneous Dave Dam equipped his 2004 Ford F-150 pickup with 2 sets of air horns made from artillery shells “They sound just like train horns and can be heard a mile or more away ” says Dam of Eau Claire Wis whose whistles were first featured in FARM SHOW’s Vol 34 No 5 The new horns operate off a 100-lb LP gas tank that sets on one side of the pickup bed One set of three air horns bolt on back of a toolbox on front of the bed Dam uses an air valve in the pickup cab to operate the horns He can also use an antenna-based remote starting system to set the horns off Another set of air horns mounts under the cab and is operated by a foot pedal-activated air valve located under the floor mat “Both sets of air horns sound just like the horns on trains ” says Dam “I have a lot of fun with them For example I blow them if I see someone running a red light at railroad track crossings Or I blow them when locomotives go by and often the engineer will toot back ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Dave Dam 111 N Buena Vista Rd Eau Claire Wis 54703 ph 715 450-2943 – please call 6 to 9 p m Central time

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