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Relics - Image7801 - 06-05-2012
I've seen this rig on several previous visits to Stillwater, OK, but never bothered to stop and shoot it, until last week.
ALF 700 model (or is it an 800 = high front bumper?) - Unknown year or S/N. Someone will correct me, I'm sure... <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smash.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' />It looks like it's probably about a 750gpm pump.
This is sitting in downtown Stillwater next to an insurance agent's office. I found no data plate on it anywhere (I didn't try to open the cab).
Relics - B95MACKFIRE - 06-05-2012
[quote name='Image7801' timestamp='1338931055' post='487474']
I've seen this rig on several previous visits to Stillwater, OK, but never bothered to stop and shoot it, until last week.
ALF 700 model (or is it an 800 = high front bumper?) - Unknown year or S/N. Someone will correct me, I'm sure... <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smash.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />It looks like it's probably about a 750gpm pump.
This is sitting in downtown Stillwater next to an insurance agent's office. I found no data plate on it anywhere (I didn't try to open the cab).
[/quote] Thats a very early 700 series 1948
Relics - bige1998 - 06-05-2012
Sure looks like the Portsmouth, NH rig
[url="http://www.firenews.org/nh/PortsmouthNHL2ALF70.jpg"]http://www.firenews.org/nh/PortsmouthNHL2ALF70.jpg[/url]
[quote name='Image7801' timestamp='1338930336' post='487470']
Next was this gem - The owner bought this sight-unseen and it "wasn't what he thought it was." I assume he means that he didn't know it was an Aero-Chief but probably thought it was a Snorkel-brand unit. So, he's not going to use it.
I'm mad at myself because about 2 hours down the road I realized I should have offered to buy the ALF plates off the cab, since it looks like it might just sit there, rusting away..., and that other equipment has already been stripped.
Anyway - The unit is labelled as Portsmouth Ladder 2 and comparing the seal on the side of the boom, I think it was Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
1970 ALF 1000 Series 90' (I'm guessing) Aero-Chief. ALF S/N 12-1-2090.
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Relics - GA_Dave - 06-05-2012
[quote name='Image7801' timestamp='1338930336' post='487470']
Next was this gem - The owner bought this sight-unseen and it "wasn't what he thought it was." I assume he means that he didn't know it was an Aero-Chief but probably thought it was a Snorkel-brand unit. So, he's not going to use it.
I'm mad at myself because about 2 hours down the road I realized I should have offered to buy the ALF plates off the cab, since it looks like it might just sit there, rusting away..., and that other equipment has already been stripped.
Anyway - The unit is labelled as Portsmouth Ladder 2 and comparing the seal on the side of the boom, I think it was Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
1970 ALF 1000 Series 90' (I'm guessing) Aero-Chief. ALF S/N 12-1-2090.
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According to the website [url="http://www.aerochief.com"]www.aerochief.com[/url], you are correct!
Relics - GA_Dave - 06-05-2012
[quote name='Image7801' timestamp='1338930731' post='487472']
This one has already had the boom and bodywork stripped and remounted on a 6x6 chassis (It wasn't there so I couldn't shoot it).
1988 Simon-Duplex/Grumman quint
1500 / ? / 85'
There's a data plate on it that says it was a model A-T-O 85', so do you suppose ALF supplied the boom to Grumman?
Grumman S/N 18076
Unknown on the origin of this unit. Anyone have it on a list or recognize it? I'd love to see a photo when it was original.
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18076
1989 Duplex D-500/Grumman
1500/300/85' Snk
Ladder 81, Lexington, NC
Relics - ur second in - 06-05-2012
As mucha s I hate to see the fire apparatus stripped down like that, I would be interested in seeing the finished products he has done.
Relics - Guest - 06-05-2012
Man, after Portsmouth sold that Aero-Chief I never thought I'd see it again. Shame it will probably rust away or worse, get scrapped <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' />
Relics - Guest - 06-05-2012
definitely Portsmouth, NH......In Texas??? really??? Interesting.........Its a 1970 80' It DID NOT have a white cab when it served Portsmouth, however.......white over red, Tommy?? I can't remember, its been gone from the PFD for a long time......
Relics - Guest - 06-06-2012
[quote name='PaulBalentine' timestamp='1338949570' post='487497']
definitely Portsmouth, NH......In Texas??? really??? Interesting.........Its a 1970 80' It DID NOT have a white cab when it served Portsmouth, however.......white over red, Tommy?? I can't remember, its been gone from the PFD for a long time......
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I have a picture of it and it was White over Red
Relics - Guest - 06-06-2012
I think the Ford C and the ALF may be former El Paso FD.
Relics - Frank B - 06-06-2012
[quote name='Image7801' timestamp='1338929700' post='487465']
I was on a road trip last week and happened across these rigs. They're parked along I-40 about 5 miles west of Amarillo, Texas. I stopped on the way back and talked to the owner. He takes old snorkels, removes the booms, remounts them on 6x6 (or similar) chassis and uses them to install high-tension power lines.
1970 Ford C/Pierce Quint. It has a 1000gpm pump, not sure of the tank size (he doesn't care) and it looks like it's probably a 65' boom.
The Pierce S/N is 7098-C and it was manufactured in January, 1970. The owner didn't know where it came from, and it's marked "Carlisle Fire Rescue".
Any history on this rig would be great to have.
Stupid me - I wasn't using my good camera and managed to cut off the back end...Duh
[/quote]
Form Lake City FL
Relics - Image7801 - 06-06-2012
I think this one is Stillwater's old Engine 7, a 1947 ALF 1000/150. There are a few differences, but by comparing the photos, I think it's the same rig. The siren light below the windshield was originally on the front of the roof (you can see the bolts on the new picture), there was no rotating beacon and it was white. Other than that, they look the same.
Credit to original photographer:
[quote name='Image7801' timestamp='1338931055' post='487474']
I've seen this rig on several previous visits to Stillwater, OK, but never bothered to stop and shoot it, until last week.
ALF 700 model (or is it an 800 = high front bumper?) - Unknown year or S/N. Someone will correct me, I'm sure... <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smash.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />It looks like it's probably about a 750gpm pump.
This is sitting in downtown Stillwater next to an insurance agent's office. I found no data plate on it anywhere (I didn't try to open the cab).
[/quote]
Relics - Image7801 - 06-06-2012
[quote name='Frank B' timestamp='1339010942' post='487571']
Form Lake City FL
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Any photos from it's Florida days?
Relics - Image7801 - 06-06-2012
[quote name='GA_Dave' timestamp='1338941880' post='487487']
18076
1989 Duplex D-500/Grumman
1500/300/85' Snk
Ladder 81, Lexington, NC
[/quote]
Interesting - For some reason it has a sort of "Canadian" look to it (but don't ask me why).
Relics - BFD1151 - 06-10-2012
Here is a rig I have tried to shoot outside for a long time, although I wish I could have shot the whole thing. This truck has had an interesting history. Damascus in Montgomery County,MD ran this truck until the late 90s-early 2000s and had it rehabbed in 1988 by Mason-Dixon. From there, it served a few years at Long Creek VFD near Parrotsville, TN then went to Fort Blackmore,VA. Fort Blackmore recently purchased a IHC/4 Guys and this truck is currently for sale on Brindlee Mtn. It now sits under a salt bin owned by VA Forestry Dept in Fort Blackmore and does not run. What a shame for such a cool rig.
Fort Blackmore, VA
Ex-701
1987 Maxim F/1988 Mason-Dixon
1000/750
#30-3018
Ex-Damascus,MD E131
Ex-Long Creek,TN
Relics - BFD1151 - 06-10-2012
Here is the shot from Brindlee Mtn's site, full credit goes to them for the picture.
Relics - BFD1151 - 06-10-2012
One more. The lime truck is an X-military ALF Pioneer I #PC-304 and was completely stripped, unknown where it came from.
Relics - Rheems1 - 06-10-2012
I am going to tell you what, someone is touched in the damn head.. I went on to Brindlee Mountain just to see what that Maxim was going for. They want 20K for it, nice piece but not for 20K especially if it isn't running!!
Relics - e290l103 - 06-10-2012
did you get the military # off the door, it begins with 01A
[quote name='BFD1151' timestamp='1339377768' post='488184']
One more. The lime truck is an X-military ALF Pioneer I #PC-304 and was completely stripped, unknown where it came from.
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Relics - tntway - 06-11-2012
Theems--I was thinking the same thing. would have posted last night but i was too busy having a coughing fit.....*wink*