Renner collects fire trucks rather than muscle cars or McLarens.
Renner’s fire trucks put out fires, of course, but he also retrofitted one of his hook-and-ladders for a different purpose: a birthday-partymobile for kids, topped with a bounce house. “A compressor inside the fire truck, it blows up the thing,” Renner says excitedly. “On the side of the rig, Slurpee and snow-cone machines—all that stuff!”
His truck-rehabilitation project—which has grown to around 200 vehicles, each finding new life at his Nevada homestead—speaks to pragmatism and creativity. “It isn’t a horse ranch,” he says. “It’s more of a horsepower ranch.” Beyond fire engines, Renner is restoring and reimagining utility vans; an ambulance, which he is converting into a veterinary clinic; and a slew of city buses, which he has earmarked to become tiny homes and glamping accommodations.
"I'm actually building a station at the house in Tahoe because it is a hot zone for fires," Renner told Clarkson when she asked about him being a volunteer fire chief.
Renner’s newest acquisition is a giant tour bus, with bunk beds, a shower, and a full kitchen. It’s fun, but it’s also an investment. Never one to miss an angle, he plans to use it on set, instead of a trailer, and have the studio pay him rent. “So they pay me to have my own trailer that I like better,” he says, grinning at the deal. “Over a couple of years, it’ll get paid for, and then I’ll have this great thing my daughter and I can tool around in and see the country.”
How do we get information on renting one of his Firetruck sniw cone, coffe truck?
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Erica
When his show gets on tv I will do a follow up, but, until then, you will have to decide.... do you want to make a deal with me? Or do you want to try and get more info without my help?
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