Virginia apparatus - miscellaneous

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[mnsand]

[quote name='mnsand' post='200783' date='Mar 28 2008, 19:19 ']Also at Tappahannock is a Seagrave ladder truck that I have always liked.



I need some information on where this Seagrave served prior to Tappahannock.



1974 Seagrave 100'

rehabed by Delmarva in 1998

100'

serial number SR-20768

ex- West Whiteland VFC, Exton, Pennsylvania?



I understand that Tappahannock purchased the Seagrave while at the yearly fire chief's show in Virginia Beach a number of years ago.



Any help is appreciated.





Mike Sanders

Ashburn, VA[/quote]







Hoping one of our folks with Seagrave serial numbers can confirm if this is ex- West Whiteland VFC in Exton, PA.



Thank you,



Mike Sanders

Ashburn, VA

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Mike,



I have not been following this thread - you should have e-mailed me on your question about the Seagrave ladder - ex. West Whiteland.



Info as I have it:



1974 Seagrave Rear Admiral, canopy cab, 100 ft rear-mount steel ladder, 8V71 Detroit diesel, automatic, 6 KW Onan generator. It was ordered 1/74 for $80,301 and was paid for by the sale of the old property on Route 30. It was housed on 9/11/76. The compartments were refurbed by Wolfington Body of Eagle in early 1992. One of the hydraulic cylinders blew in 8/97 while it was up for sale, it was oos for a month waiting for the part. Once it went back into service, it failed ladder certification because the tips were bent. It became a insurance loss and the company was paid $27,000. The company then sold it to Delmarva Fire Equipment in 1/98 for $8,000 who was going to rehab it and sell it. Delmarva refurbed it then sold to the Tappahannock Essex VFD of Tappahannock, VA.



Bruce

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[quote name='foghog333' post='201049' date='Mar 29 2008, 20:13 ']Mike: Truck 12 from Chesterfield carries Pierce serial number 10925. This unit replaced a unique open cab Peter Pirsch 100 foot rear mount ladder that was acquired in 1975.



Tom Shand

Hamburg, New York[/quote]





The old Chesterfield Truck 12 (Pirsch 110') has been acquired by a member of the ODHFS and is resting comfortably inside a storage building as work is done to spruce it up a bit. Tools and equipment are being acquired and mounted and there is the slight problem of getting the brakes fixed - which is more of a hassle than it sounds. It sits too high to load on a low boy to truck to the one shop that has agreed to work on it. The truck loaded on a low boy will be too high to fit under some overpasses along the route. With any luck it will be back on the road someday soon.



Here's a shot of it within the last two years shortly after it was purchased and moved back to Chesterfield after being out of the county for a time. Photo credit to Tom Herman.

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