2 fellow firefighters from Rockland County need help in restoring a Maxim. Any help greatly appreciated !
Michael Crean and Billy Babcock (Michael is a member of Pearl River H&L since 1976 and Billy is an ex-member of Pearl River H&L and current member of the Florida, NY FD) are seeking assistance in researching and locating information and parts for our 1966 Maxim 100’ ladder truck. This is Pearl River H&L’s old Maxim ladder truck.
A brief history of the truck:
1966 - the truck was built, by the Maxim-Motor-Division of the Seagrave Corporation, for Pearl River.
1966 to 1981 – the truck was in service in Pearl River.
1981 Pearl River sold the truck to the Dewey Fire Company of the Hellertown Fire Department in Hellertown Pennsylvania.
2005 – Hellertown FD sold the truck and Billy Harris Sr. purchased the truck. As many of you know Billy Harris died suddenly in Sept. 2008.
March 2010 – Billy Babcock and Mike Crean discussed the truck and approached Billy Harris Jr. and Toni Harris (Billy Sr.’s wife) about the future of the truck.
April 2010 – Toni Harris donated the truck to Billy Babcock and myself.
April – May 2010 – We have started planning a refurbishment of the truck and also started researching the truck. Researching / locating parts.
May 15, 2010 –We have moved the truck to an indoor garage. This will keep the truck out of the elements and we can begin the refurbishing process.
Our plans are to refurbish the truck to how it appeared when it was in service with Pearl River Hook & Ladder Company #1. This truck was in service when both Billy Babcock and I joined Pearl River H&L. It is also the first truck I drove to a call when I became a chauffeur. The truck holds many memories for us and for many members and family members of H&L. We hope the truck’s history will remain a part of Pearl River’s history for many more years.
Here is the vehicle info: Model ------- F262LA100
Serial -------- 2553
Motor No. --- F817G114866
We are attempting to obtain any contact information for ex-employees of Maxim and / or their family members hoping they will be willing to share their knowledge of Maxim fire trucks and possibly have some information and documentation they would be willing to share too.
We are asking all members of the fire service community and truck repair technicians throughout the country, especially in the east coast / New England area, to see if they have any pictures of the this truck or a similar truck from the 1960’s. We are looking for details in the truck to help us in the refurbishing, especially the cab details. There are many Maxims on the west coast too as well as many Maxim ladders that are mounted on other trucks, one being Crown.
The Maxim trucks were built in Massachusetts and there were and still are many Maxim trucks in this area. We would like to find anyone that has knowledge of the Maxim trucks. We are also looking for anyone who has or knows anyone who has any information or documentation for the truck. We are looking for any manuals, plans, mechanical drawings and pictures of Maxim ladder trucks from the 1960’s.
We are also looking for any manuals, plans, mechanical drawings, pictures of the many electrical (positive ground system) / hydraulic / mechanical systems on the truck. Ex: Transmission, engine, PTO’s for aerial and pump, aerial hydraulics and controls, rear differential, pump, brake systems, transformer systems, generators, cooling systems, vacuum wiper motor system of Maxim ladder trucks from the 1960’s.
Following is a list of some parts we need for the truck: directional light lenses, wiper motor’s (air / vacuum type and the control switches), cab body moldings and mounting brackets, a red glass lens for a Federal Junior Beacon Ray warning light model 15A, volts 12 serial 2B17, rear tail light lens assembly and rear reverse light assembly. We will try and post more info on the parts we need, such as brand and model # as we remove each part.
If there is a cost for making copies of any paperwork, documents or copying manuals, please let us know the costs.
I can be contacted at MCrean186@verizon.net and Billy Babcock can be reached at hlmax1299@yahoo.com Any information would be greatly appreciated. We also won’t turn down any help that is offered with the hands on work of refurbishing the truck.
The following are the five fire stations comprising the Mathews Volunteer Fire Department. All photos courtesy of fellow Firepixer "firemag" (aka Jerry Puryear, publisher of Fire and EMS Virginia magazine). As you will see most are modest cinder block 2 bay buildings.
Can anyone tell me if they have refinished wooden ground ladders and if so can you explain the process and materials used. The ladders that I'm doing is for a friend that has a Seagraves tiller he is restoring.
The SCOT C1FD fire department chassis was manufactured from the early 1970's to the very early 1980's. It was built in Debert, Nova Scotia in an old Second World War aircraft hangar. It has been described as one of the ugliest trucks ever built by some, and it ranks among the top of the favourite list for others. Because it was fairly unique, I fall into the second category.
SCOT built not only cabovers, but some conventional rigs as well, although I have never seen a photo of a conventional one as a fire truck. The Canadian Fire Service was one of the largest purchasers of these trucks, although only about 115 were fire trucks. The Canadian Military bought a number of cabovers as aircraft refuelers and some conventionals as transport trucks, and 2 for fire trucks.
Most of the major city fire departments in Canada had some SCOT rigs, and a number were sold to smaller departments. Pierreville Fire Trucks did most of the coachwork on them, with King Seagrave coming in second. Thibault, Anderson, LRB and Atlantic Fire Trucks also built some, although in much smaller numbers. There was one that a chassis was purchased and the fire department's shop built the coachwork on. There were pumpers, ladders, snorkels and tankers built, but I am unaware of any rescue truck being built with this cab.
The majority of the photos following were taken by myself, with credit being given to those that were taken by someone else. If anyone has photos of SCOT's, especially those that I don't post here, it would be greatly appreciated if those could be posted. Thanks, Ken Walton
First up is Kingston Township, Ontario 1979 King that was refurbed with a new body by Almonte Fire Trucks and has a 1050 pump with a 500 gallon water tank.
I grew up in Tacoma WA near the old Station 8. At that time, E8 was a 1970 ALF Type 900, one of eight total identical engines owned by TFD.
Last summer (July 2009), I stumbled onto one of Tacoma's eight 1970 ALF pumpers by complete and total accident. Having long considered buying and restoring a rig to remind me of old E8, I absolutely could not pass a chance at one of the actual Tacoma rigs, and pounced on it.
The complete story, along with other obliquely-related ramblings, is documented on a blog called The Engine 17 Project, at http://e17project.blogspot.com .
Here is one of her identical Tacoma sisters, representing what she looked like back in the day (sans original painted unit markings and trim replaced here with decals and placards):
Here is what she looks like today:
Getting back to red is the first priority, and we'll see how it goes. Big job.
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