Border Patrol Raptor Spotted

[Dkyacht]

Well spoken and enough said. I am sure glad to see so much support for us and the job we CHOOSE TO DO knowing full well that there may be a day we don't come home at night ever again. I am truly grateful to have supporters like you all in the forum.

I tried serving in the military and coast guardyears ago, but due to 11 knee surgeries I was turned down every time I tried joining. It doesn't matter if it's military, coast guard, border patrol, fire fighters, or law enforcement officers! If you are serving your country, state or city you are a amazing person who I admire and appreciate!!

I have lost 7 friends in combat that I went to high school with and I'm only 36! I can't listen to the national anthem without getting teary eyed thinking of all my friends that gave their loves to protect all of us wether we appreciate it or not.

So THANK YOU TO ALL WHO SERVE OR SERVED! and to anyone who doesn't apprecite those brave souls, there are plenty of shit hole countries that you will be welcome in.



Dave

 

[drtexas72]

Anyone know what brush guard that is.


Yukon Joe
Delta Force
Snoball500 Support Raptor

here's a picture of the manufactures sticker on the grill guard.

 

[Papi4baby]

here's a picture of the manufactures sticker on the grill guard.

Look like a place that does .gov orders and the like.

Products

AKA is going to be expensive and probably hard to get.

 

[408RCLB]

I'm not gonna ban him... we don't have any rule against being an idiot.

 

[saltiballs]

Classy.... You just showed your true colors ******....

Your contempt for those who protect you is despicable. What qualifies you to be so high and mighty? Also how do you know what CBP needs and does not need?

protect me?? im not saying they are not protecting me!! but the whole idea of wasteful spending is something very few can grasp.. you my friend are among those who see a little bit here and there wont hurt us.. well there are somewhere around 420 ish government agencies. maybe the $175,000 test "to determine if ******* makes Japanese quail engage in sexually risky behavior" is a good idea to you too!! or the 1.8 million for the museum of neon signs in Las Vegas, Nevada. you currently owe $52K and counting towards our debt.. if your a taxpayer (which im guessing you not) you owe almost 3 X that!!



protect me???? ha

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Wow I don't even know where to start..... you clearly have no idea what you're talking about... you've obviously never seen some of the decked-out desert trucks that Cartels have down here.
But according to you heavily armed, wealthy drug-funded smugglers who know those deserts like the back of their hand can't outrun anything because they're just "Mexicans"

Secondly, I resent your comments about people in the Border Patrol being stupid... I have friends in BoPo who I'm willing to bet are smarter and more brave than you... and one of them has taken a bullet on the job protecting this country's border... but you probably think that's something to joke about too.

As you can probably tell you've succeeded at really pissing me off, congratulations.

Im not saying they are stupid!!! the $50k truck that the driver will never pay for THATS SUNK!!! thats the pic that says it all your just assuming that!!! thanks tho! and for cartels ummmmmm we have tanks and helicopters for the big boys im pro military.. but last i checked the raptor isn't equipped with rocket launchers and bullet proof glass?? so whats the 411hp for??? thats all it is over other trucks is suspension and HP. but the helicopters they already have can out run any truck, van, bus, or mexican from what i know.. so you can paint me as a poo poo face all you want just because i asked "why" ****!

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hey bo, I smell a for him being a troll!

if this forum is all about that over a little disagreement on wasteful spending!!!! DO IT! ill still be able to sleep!!

 

[dataustin]

Salti, you are silly...

 

[saltiballs]

I'm not gonna ban him... we don't have any rule against being an idiot.

yet! right ****!!! fill in those rules!!

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Anyone know what brush guard that is.


Bo, good job on the restraint, if you ban every idiot on FRF this place might get boring, lol...

Yukon Joe
Delta Force
Snoball500 Support Raptor

True!

 

[Dkyacht]

Ok just saying from here on out everyone ignore this fuc..ng moron! He doesn't deserve a response! So how about those football games today!

Dave

 

[saltiballs]

Ok just saying from here on out everyone ignore this fuc..ng moron! He doesn't deserve a response! So how about those football games today!

Dave

yes ignore it!!! it will go away!! the boogie man did remember?

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A few things...
This, if you ain't military you ain't shit attitude is ********. The comment about "mexicans" equally stupid and highly offensive. Furthermore, it sounds as if you've never been anywhere near the US Mexico border, know nothing of the topology of land at any given point, and haven't the foggiest clue about the Border Patrol's job.


Would I run my truck through a river? No...neither would most agents even with a "company" truck. I know for a fact that agents have had to pay for damages they've inflicted on equipment through their own negligence. Even if they didn't pay for it directly, earning a 30+ day suspension without pay tends to make a pretty serious dent in the average agent's lifestyle. So even if you aren't coughing up $60,000 to replace a truck, the prospect of losing a month or more in living expenses or worse, having to find a whole new job, tends to iron out the stupid out of most people pretty quick.

On the cost ot tax payers, Raptors simply aren't that bad a deal. Keep in mind that for decades, Border Patrol bought Chevy K5 Blazers, Ford Broncos, Ram Chargers and full-size pickups. As is the case with most LE agencies, by the time you're done sticking lights, sirens, radios, computers, gun racks, and other equipment in them, you've increased the cost of buying a vehicle significantly. But Border Patrol, because of the terrain they have to cover, typically had to do all of that and then turn around and spend additional money on lift-kits and tires for these trucks. Raptors are already "built" in that regard so all you have to do is add the normal police stuff. If you factor in what is likely to be a somewhat significant "fleet buyer" discount, Ford's Raptor is actually comparable in cost because there's a bunch of aftermarket vehicle prep that doesn't have to be done for use off road.

Border Patrol is not a bunch of HS dropouts. As a matter of fact, the hiring process of most LE agencies has become so competitive that those lacking military experience or a college degree need not apply in many cases, especially at the federal level. The days of signing up with a law enforcement agency and getting hired on just because you can read and type are long gone. There's way more to the job than donuts and guns, junior and you'd do well to pay those men and women the respect they are due because your posts suggest you wouldn't make it past the interview process, let alone, survive the academy and probation.

being mexican is a nationality... those from mexico.. are mexican.... not sure where the offensiveness kicks in

 

[Dkyacht]

the bopo guys by me have midnight express interceptors... so epic

Dan your probably to young to remember but they use to have a customs boat called the blue thunder. It was a 48' scarab with 4 454 big block engines. Armed to the teeth and could run all day at 110-130mph!

Dave