Relics

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I posted a picture of the L model on page 52, still haven't found anything out about it.



Did you find out what they are doing with them?

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Methinks parts.

[yvfdco8]

[quote name='Lime Guy' post='165553' date='Nov 21 2007, 22:39 ']Methinks parts.[/quote]





That is a shame, if that is what they are using them for.

[GA_Dave]

Found these two lil fellas at Graves Mountain Lodgein Syria, VA.



Any ideas where they served?

John- It would have been a BIG help if you had just gotten the production numbers off the rigs. Mack databases exist that would have been able to identify the original owners of both rigs, based on those numbers. There is a silver tag below the main intake on each pump. The numbers are stamped on those tags. <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/banghead.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

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[quote name='GA_Dave' post='165585' date='Nov 21 2007, 23:21 ']John- It would have been a BIG help if you had just gotten the production numbers off the rigs. Mack databases exist that would have been able to identify the original owners of both rigs, based on those numbers. There is a silver tag below the main intake on each pump. The numbers are stamped on those tags. <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/banghead.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />[/quote]



Dave, that assumes I know where the main intake is. Thatis why I shot the pump panel

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Sorry, John!

[smketrfdny]

It's under the BIG suction intake, with the reducer on it. I saw the plate, but obviously cant read it

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No pob Dave, you know I don't pump em I just shoot em. Maybe Terry or Mike will get by there at some point.

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On the closeup of the Mack L, the first word appears to be "Lake" and the second ends in an "s". I know nothing about the area, so I can't offer suggestions. Maybe someone can take it from here...

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Lake of the Woods?

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[quote name='Lime Guy' post='165725' date='Nov 22 2007, 10:36 ']Lake of the Woods?[/quote]





That's EXACTLY where they're from <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />



The MAck 'L''s a '52, the B's a '55, they weren't originally owned by L.O.W though...they were purchased in the early 70s, their website doesn't specify where they came form.



These two rigs weren't even LOWs original rigs...their first rig is only listed as a '32 year old truck that had been rebuilt' with no further details given.



Rob

[bige1998]

The is photo was taken during the Maine State Parade in York back in September 2006. Anyone have any ideas?



   

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Continuing along US-50, we came across this truck in Martin County. It's parked alongside a building between Shoals and Loogootee. The only tag I could find on it was a "Chubb Pathfinder" badge. Does anyone have any information they can add about this truck?

[smketrfdny]

I know the Port Authority of NY/NJ used them for many years at the airports here. IIRC, some others used them, but cant recall who.



They are British made, so not a popular rig here.

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According to the elusive Frank Wegloski, this was a x- Port Authority of NY -Newark Airport piece. The Martin Co.,IND. Fire/Rescue somehow obtained the 1980 Chubb "Pathfinder" 2300/3600 rig to serve as a tanker and was still using it as late as 2003. You have to wonder about its road worthiness, since Martin County, Indiana is very rural, with hilly terrain...

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Thanks for the information. It doesn't appear to be the most nimble of trucks for the area it's in. It makes you wonder why they chose to use it in the application they did. I would've liked to have seen it responding to a call! <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

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This International/American isn't quite a relic, it belongs to a collector. It's located just off of US-31 in Crothersville, Indiana. The front-mount pump is in the hose bed.

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[quote name='smketrfdny' post='166406' date='Nov 24 2007, 21:22 ']I know the Port Authority of NY/NJ used them for many years at the airports here. IIRC, some others used them, but cant recall who.



They are British made, so not a popular rig here.[/quote]



Boston's Logan International Airport once owned one. I don't know if they still have it, or if it was disposed of.