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Quick Video: Firefighters Lift Car Using Water Pressure

Posted 3/07/2008 9:05 am by Adams Briscoe and Andrew Sorcini

firefightcar.jpgHey, firefighters need to cut loose and have fun too right? Well, that’s exactly how it looks in this awesome video of a car being lifted high into the air … thanks only to water pressure. The way it works is the car is affixed to a metal platform which has about a dozen nozzles of high-pressure water pointed at the ground.

When turned on, the water shoots out like a futuristic car from the Jetsons, creating lift! I wonder how much water it takes to lift a car…

Check the video below to see it in action:



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