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More NC Rigs - BFD1151 - 08-07-2007
Here are a few more recent shots from my home state of North Carolina. These shots were taken with fellow board regulars Andrew Messer and Benjy Grice last week. For the most part, we had a good time but like all trips it seems like we go on, there was one bad apple out of the bunch.
Hickory FD Engine 6
2004 Spartan/General/Rosenbauer
1500/750/30F
General #2412
More NC Rigs - BFD1151 - 08-07-2007
The city of Hickory, like most growing cities, has areas of new development (and annexation), which is why they have several tankers.
Hickory FD Tanker 6
1990 IHC 4800/EEI
400/1500
#8621
More NC Rigs - BFD1151 - 08-07-2007
Up until a few years ago, the City of Hickory had volunteers, but the volunteers only responded out of this station (station 6). This was the volunteers rig but the volunteers have since disbanded so this truck is a reserve now.
Hickory FD Engine 16
1995 Spartan/Ferrera
1250/500
#BR 567
More NC Rigs - BFD1151 - 08-07-2007
Before Benjy joined us, Andrew and I stopped at a certian dealership of fire trucks which also does refurbishing. After telling them who we were, they let us go around under their supervision, look and take pictures of rigs, both new ones and ones in repair. We were treated like criminals and as soon as we left, we were chased down in the parking lot and told that due to privacy laws that we could not post pictures on the internet of the wrecked trucks we had just been led around to look at. The excuse they gave was complete BS, but I will grant their request and not post those pictures. Needless to say, we were both furious at how we were treated and probably will never return. Anyways, I'll get off my soapbox and continue posting.
St. Stephens FD Engine 43
1998 Freightliner FL80/Pierce
1250/1250
#EB 596
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St. Stephens FD Engine 41
2006 Pierce Enforcer
1500/940/30AF/30BF
#17383
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St. Stephens FD Brush 44
1999 Ford F-550/Anchor Richey
250/250/15AF
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St. Stephens FD Engine 42
2000 Freightliner FL80/Pierce
1250/1000/30AF/30BF
#11260
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St. Stephens FD Engine 45
2002 Pierce Quantum
1250/800/61' Sky-Boom
#12471
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St. Stephens FD Engine 46
1997 Freightliner FL80/Pierce
1250/1000/30BF
#EA 288
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After St. Stephens we stopped by the Catawba County Firefighters museum and shot several rigs there. Unfortunately, they were all indoor shots and mine didn't turn out too well so Andrew will have to post them. The next stop was West Iredell FD.
West Iredell FD Engine 301
1998 ALF Eagle
1500/1250
#A 61863
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West Iredell FD Engine 303
1987 Ford C/Pierce
1250/500/50' Tele-Squrt
#E-3803
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West Iredell FD Tanker 304
1990 Ford C/Pierce
475/1000
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West Iredell FD 306
1995 Ford F-350/Reading
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The next stop was Troutman, where we found a really interesting rig that I will post later.
Troutman Engine 101
1988 Pierce Arrow
1500/1000
#E-4456
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Troutman also has two trucks that are black over red, which are very sharp rigs.
Troutman FD Engine 102
2004 Spartan Gladiator/Marion
1500/750
#21758
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Here is the other one.
Troutman FD Engine 103
2006 Spartan Diamond/Marion
1500/750
#24643
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I'm not sure if the Rescue Squad merged with the fire department or what the exact details were. Benjy or Andrew, do you know if the squad is still in existence or what?
Troutman FD/RS Rescue 110
1996 Freightliner FL80/3D
#4117
More NC Rigs - BFD1151 - 08-07-2007
And here is the rig I was referring to earlier. Anyone recognize the graphics scheme and the bus-style doors? If you guessed Phoenix, you would be right. This tractor now pulls the USAR trailer for Troutman. Unfortunately, we couldn't convince them to pull this one out.
Troutman FD USAR 1
1991 Simon-Duplex tractor/LTI
Ex-Phoenix Ladder 37
Shop #031203
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Here is the last one for the night. This is the tractor the Phoenix rig replaced. More tomorrow!
Troutman FD Ex-USAR 1
1993 Ford L9000 tractor
More NC Rigs - e290l103 - 08-08-2007
any idea who built the body on this rig? ALF was not building complete rigs at this point.
thanks.
[quote name='BFD1151' post='138015' date='Aug 7 2007, 22:55 ']After St. Stephens we stopped by the Catawba County Firefighters museum and shot several rigs there. Unfortunately, they were all indoor shots and mine didn't turn out too well so Andrew will have to post them. The next stop was West Iredell FD.
West Iredell FD Engine 301
1998 ALF Eagle
1500/1250
#A 61863[/quote]