WHACKER ONE UPDATE POST!!
CHECK ORIGINAL POST TO SEE LIST OF LIGHTING CHANGES!!
Here are some pictures of Whacker One from April 2014 that I found. They were from Google Earth. Found them completely unexpectedly, much to my amusement. I’ve made some edits to my original post about him, as I was off with some of the colours/numbers of the LEDs. I also added some lights that I didn’t know that he had. I
swore that he had 4 on the tailgate. I spoke with him today for quite a while. He bragged all about the lighting on his truck. I asked him about the tailgate. He says that he didn’t, but he’s a
terrible liar and a notorious BSer. I pulled a bit of BS of my own and said that I could see marks from where they were mounted. He got a weird look on his face, paused for a second and said: “I had them on for a bit, but they kept ‘shorting out’.” Then he adds: “I thought that they made me ‘too visible’.” Being “too visible” was a recurring excuse whenever he was called out on BS.
I could only get a video of the
TA. He claimed that “a fuse blew under the hood or there was a short”, preventing the other lights from lighting. Only two of the grille-mounted blues worked. He told me that he’s getting it fixed soon and was quite happy that I was so interested in his setup and entertaining his BS. However, I still smelt BS as his control head had a "Blue Only" button. He was more than happy to talk about every light in detail. He had the install done at the same place that upfits and installs for the regional police and
EMS services. They do good work and have high-end equipment. He’s replacing all of his dual-colour LED flashers with surface-mounted ones that “don’t stick out as much”. He’s getting a complete overhaul to all of the lighting. He doesn’t want to add more lighting, but I have a feeling that he will. Sadly, the dash mount is gone (for now). He said that he was “already visible enough.” Yet, he seemed
very interested in having a front Inner Edge DUO or TRIO installed. He liked the idea that he could switch between colours and have different colour combinations for different uses.
As disappointing as it was to see the dash mount gone, I found a few things that are
much better. I noticed two SA315s behind the grille. I asked him about it and he has an Airhorn and PA. He was very eager to show the controller. He said that he first used a rocker switch to control all of the lights “but it didn’t work well”. This is what he uses now:
He said that it set him back “$4000”. More of his “I’m a big-shot” BS. I asked about the siren buttons and he said that the installers “cut the wires for them” and that he could “probably fix it”. I’ll let you guys digest that for a moment. Being the Whelen fanboy that I am, I mentioned Carbide and the WeCan External Amplifier for dual tones, despite the nERGY 400 being capable of dual-tone. He said that he already has two speakers. I explained what I meant by dual tones: “You could have two different-sounding airhorns blast at the same time.” He was apparently unaware of the nERGY having a few airhorn tones. He seemed to be very interested in the WC Amp and in Carbide. I also mentioned Inner Edge RTX WC DUO/TRIO for rear lighting and
TA. He seemed
very interested in this. Toying with him some more, I told him to ask the installers about setting up Park Kill light patterns when he sees them. I explained what it is and he was over the moon by this. I also mentioned ION DUO/TRIOs. Again, he was very interested in this. After asking him about mirror flashers, he says: “I wanted them, but the mirrors are totally solid. The guys couldn’t drill into them.” I asked him about the missing Arjent. He didn’t like it because: (a) “you couldn’t see it enough in the day” and (b) he couldn’t get into a casino parking garage with it on the roof. I asked him if he sold it. He said that he still has it. I asked how much he wants for it. He said that he’d give it to me for free. He also said that he’ll drop by when the repair/install is done so that I can record it lit up. Free Arjent and the opportunity to record the Whacker Wagon Mark 3. I got lucky! Hopefully, it’ll have some more lights! He was very interested in the Whelen products I told him about. Next time I see him, I’ll mention CanTrol. If he can get it installed, he likely will. This will mean more lights. He’s apparently already spent “$12,000” in lighting plus the “$4,000” on the SoundOff. There was plenty of other hilarious BS that he spewed. Hopefully I’ll actually get the Arjent. He’s not most honest guy at all. I have some aces up my sleeve, though.
I’m only posting the older pictures of the Whacker Wagon. I’m saving the newest incarnation of it for a video once he has it fixed and upfitted. I’ll take some pictures of it tomorrow just in case he backs out. I really hope that he gets CanTrol. I forgot to mention that I told him about the Valor and the Freedom 4 WC and Rota-Beam. He was visibly enticed by their descriptions. Their cost didn’t seem to bother him, nor did the fact that he wouldn’t be able to get into the casino parking garage. I think I’ll mention that he should put a 4500 on the back of his truck next time I see him
. I also forgot to mention that he doesn’t use the bumper work lights as work lights. He turns them on whenever he’s
driving his snow plow. He seemed mystified that he could use them as work lights. Not wanting to be “too visible” my ass.