COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — You’ll find plenty of tailgating traditions popping up in the parking lots around the Shoe on a gameday. But few can match the one involving a trailer and an ambulance. The pairing makes for a unique tailgate of teamwork.

Barney Renard and Jon Parker have tailgated together for over a decade.

“We were tailgating on the south lot, over by the hospital,” Parker said. “We had a TV and they came in and started to talk to us.”

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Renard is a former Buckeye himself who played in the 1970s and Parker is a longtime fan of Ohio State football.

“I grew up watching these guys play football so it was like hanging out with my heroes,” Parker said. “So it was a cool thing for me and we just joined up.”

Renard recalls the moment when they decided to become tailgate buddies.

“At the Michigan game, they showed up with the trailer and a big tent and we said, ‘Let’s just put it together.'” Renard said.

The trailer, known as “The Woody Wagon,” became a mainstay of their tailgate setup. But it had its shortcomings.

“It’s such a hassle. We had a bunch of blue totes that we put our stuff in and have to dig them out,” Renard said.

That changed when Renard had a friend who just happened to sell ambulances. A hospital in Toledo was turning its fleet over and one vehicle didn’t get much use when it was stationed on Put-in-Bay Island.

“I thought, hey if we had the ambulance, everything has its compartments,” Renard said. “And everything is there and we drive it in and we have everything.”

So in 2016 the former Buckeye’s offensive lineman bought an ambulance. With the help of another friend who was a graphic designer, it became a mobile shrine to Ohio State football history a year and a half later. One side of the vehicle depicts national championship-winning coaches while the other illustrates the school’s Heisman Trophy winners, hence the nickname “The Heisman Hauler.”

What was once a vehicle meant to save lives has instead become the life of the tailgate party — and everyone’s invited.

“People stop by all the time, they want to look inside everything, check it all out,” Parker said. “They think we’re crazy for doing all this and we probably are a little bit but it’s fun.”

Even in enemy territory, the duo welcomed all fans, creating memories that last a lifetime.

“I took it to Ann Arbor one year for the Michigan game,” Renard said. “And you wouldn’t believe the number of Michigan people that walked up and said, can we take our picture? And I said, ‘No, I’ll take your picture for ya.'”

An ambulance and a trailer make for an unlikely pairing, but these Buckeye fans wouldn’t have it any other way.

“It’s fun. It’s all about the people and the friendships you make,” Parker said. “It’s just a great way to enjoy the college football experience.”