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02-19-2009, 09:08 PM

The Village, Texas- an affluent area in Houston, had this 1976 WLF, 1250-500 running as Eng. 201.

02-19-2009, 09:12 PM

Westworth Village, Texas- a suburb of Fort Worth had acquired and refurbed this ex.-Dallas ladder truck, Ladder 3 was a 1970 WLF, 65 ft truck.

**GA_Dave** · 02-20-2009, 12:28 AM

An EXCELLENT collection of Ultravision rigs! Thanks for posting! <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/hail.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=' Hail

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I believe the Texas dealer for Ward LaFrance was Fire Fox, who also built apparatus under their own label, but featured bodies that were almost carbon copies of WLF bodies.

SrFireOfficial · 02-20-2009, 11:30 PM

[quote name='Steve Loftin' post='283424' date='Feb 20 2009, 22:07 ']Interesting how the placement of lollipops and siren speakers block the beacons on these trucks, just where they're needed most...intersections![/quote]

There's something to be said for a pair of 4-lamp beacon rays on the corner of the cab of a piece of fire equipment.

02-21-2009, 11:00 AM

[quote name='GA_Dave' post='283208' date='Feb 19 2009, 22:29 ']An EXCELLENT collection of Ultravision rigs! Thanks for posting! <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/hail.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=' Hail

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I believe the Texas dealer for Ward LaFrance was Fire Fox, who also built apparatus under their own label, but featured bodies that were almost carbon copies of WLF bodies.[/quote]

My pleasure. I've really enjoyed looking at all the WLF photos.Thats a large portion of if not most of my WLF collection. I'll add more if I run into them while trying scan all my photos. Sorry they aren't posed correctly but I was and still am a novice at photography. Firefox sounds familiar. I'll have to check for any that I may have photographed.

02-21-2009, 11:03 AM

[quote name='brotherjulio' post='283000' date='Feb 19 2009, 03:48 ']it looks like it was added if you look carefully at the jump seat area it's easy to tell.[/quote]

Yeah, it just doesn't look like a typical WLF roof or passenger windows.

02-21-2009, 11:05 AM

[quote name='firebuff55407' post='283023' date='Feb 19 2009, 09:32 ']From what I have recorded for Dallas deliveries, everything basically had semi-open cabs through 1961, then everything after that had roofs. Corrections welcomed.[/quote]

Thats true from what I saw and photographed. The firebrands were the last of the open cab rigs. I managed to get 3-4 photographed before they were gone.

02-21-2009, 11:10 AM

[quote name='MFD 61 KS' post='283090' date='Feb 19 2009, 16:28 ']Love the air pack holders and B&M's what a cool sound. Leawood Kansas has one on Truck 2 it came off their 1974 ALF.[/quote]

From what I've seen/saw, those airpack holders on the roof were a Dallas exclusive. I don't know of any other Dept. that had them, at least in Texas.

02-21-2009, 11:16 AM

[quote name='firebuff55407' post='283155' date='Feb 19 2009, 19:06 ']Bob- I don't know who the Ward LaFrance salesman was back in the 60s and 70s in Texas, but I can tell you that he must have been an awfully busy man![/quote]

You said it, I sure wish I'd been a stockholder for sure or a commissioned salesman for them$$$$$$$

usonian55077 · 02-21-2009, 08:58 PM

Lubbock, TX had some WLF's- anyone have pix?

02-24-2009, 09:05 PM

I found a couple of WLF's I hadn't posted yet. First up is this 1975 WLF, 1250-500 rig that belonged to the La Porte, Texas Fire Dept.

02-24-2009, 09:10 PM

I'd bet a steak dinner this rig once belonged to the Port Jervis, NJ Fire Dept. I ran into it when I was out photographing rigs in the Beaumont area back in the early 80's. It was running with the Vidor Fire Dept. It's a 1972 WLF/Gerstensleger, rescue-250-500. Don't know what happened to it after I photographed it. Thats it for now. I'll post em as I find 'em or photograph 'em.

kieferfire · 02-25-2009, 03:51 AM

[quote name='biotelbob' post='284523' date='Feb 24 2009, 20:11 ']I'd bet a steak dinner this rig once belonged to the Port Jervis, NJ Fire Dept. I ran into it when I was out photographing rigs in the Beaumont area back in the early 80's. It was running with the Vidor Fire Dept. It's a 1972 WLF/Gerstensleger, rescue-250-500. Don't know what happened to it after I photographed it. Thats it for now. I'll post em as I find 'em or photograph 'em.[/quote]

1972 WLF/Saulsbury

Juergen

Frank B · 03-12-2009, 07:48 PM

Fort Montgomery, New York Orange County

Pumper Tanker 423 1976 WLF

Factory photo/ R Gergel

03-12-2009, 08:08 PM

[quote name='biotelbob' post='284523' date='Feb 24 2009, 20:11 ']I'd bet a steak dinner this rig once belonged to the Port Jervis, NJ Fire Dept. I ran into it when I was out photographing rigs in the Beaumont area back in the early 80's. It was running with the Vidor Fire Dept. It's a 1972 WLF/Gerstensleger, rescue-250-500. Don't know what happened to it after I photographed it. Thats it for now. I'll post em as I find 'em or photograph 'em.[/quote]

I'll take a T-bone, well done <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=' Big Grin