Terry's Tid Bits II

[dawson_fire]

Ta-da! Sorry I didn't realize this didn't attach last night. Scaggsville,Md. with no further delay...



Terry

[dawson_fire]

[quote name='Dave McClung' post='290073' date='Mar 16 2009, 07:30 ']Terry,



Do you ever get down to Singer in VA? Curious if anyone has seen the Dulles and Nationals Arrow XTs.[/quote]

Occasionally I do make it to Singer's but have not there for about 3 weeks or so. If there is a shop around I usually hit them up on a regular basis as I pass through the area. I have even looked up places in New Jersey,Conn., and North Carolina.

But I have not seen the engines in question...



Terry

[LCFR1620]

Terry,



Any pictures of what appears to be a CF MACK next to the Quint from Montoursville, Pa?

[Guest]

[quote name='dawson_fire' post='281585' date='Feb 13 2009, 19:27 ']I didn't think Virginia sounded right but it was at Singer's in Gainesville.It must be closer than the Tennessee service center.. Thanks for the info...



Terry[/quote]



For Tennessee the closest service center for Pierce is Pro-Fire's service center. It's located in Memphis. Singer has a shop in Roanoke, Va, 2 hrs up the road. Not sure why it would be in Gainesville which is a good 6 hours from Kingsport.

[Truckman]

[quote name='Ashes' post='290651' date='Mar 18 2009, 16:58 ']For Tennessee the closest service center for Pierce is Pro-Fire's service center. It's located in Memphis. Singer has a shop in Roanoke, Va, 2 hrs up the road. Not sure why it would be in Gainesville which is a good 6 hours from Kingsport.[/quote]





Pierce has a service center in Roanoke, VA. That is ran by Singer Associates as well as the others in Virginia.



Memphis is 600 or so miles from Kingsport, Tn

[GA_Dave]

Memphis is 600 or so miles from Kingsport, Tn

While I'll agree that Roanoke is much closer to Kingsport than Memphis, the distance from Kingsport to Memphis is approximately 422.0 miles.

[Truckman]

[quote name='GA_Dave' post='290672' date='Mar 18 2009, 18:29 ']While I'll agree that Roanoke is much closer to Kingsport than Memphis, the distance from Kingsport to Memphis is approximately 422.0 miles.[/quote]







LOL I was counting going around Knoxville, Nashville on the interstate several times. <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />



You are right Bristol in 500 miles. Blame the me old brain, me old eyes and me old fingers on this laptop I am on right now. <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

[GA_Dave]

No biggie, John. Years ago, that was Harless Fire Equipment territory. In 1992, Harless delivered a trio of Lance pumpers to Kingsport and the two Bristols, differing only in paint and graphics. The Virginia dealer was not involved. Sometimes sales territory lines get a bit fuzzy!

[dawson_fire]

[quote name='TECH20' post='290642' date='Mar 18 2009, 14:47 ']Terry,



Any pictures of what appears to be a CF MACK next to the Quint from Montoursville, Pa?[/quote]

Hopefully this will get you there. [url="http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/index.php?showtopic=1822&view=findpost&p=271317"]http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/index....st&p=271317[/url]

If not go to page 42,post 833 of this thread.



Terry

[Rheems1]

[quote name='taurudak' post='42428' date='Oct 10 2006, 21:30 ']I'm not from Rheems, but Tnk 711 is a 2005 Mack CT-Granite/S&S 1250/3500.[/quote]





I have NO idea how I missed this post!! It is indeed an S&S tank... we have had a number of problems with it... the biggest of which was that they used the wrong sized body mounts and we wound up twisting the whole fire body down and to the right. Basically when you looked at it from behind the bumper sat lower on the right side than on the left. S&S of course said it wasn't there fault, it was Mack's fault, the body mount company's fault, our fault, and Powercall's fault for making such awesome sirens <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> . In the process of fixing it they basically destroyed our port-a-tank cover that was custom painted and rigged something else to break (in this case the tank to pump line). I think everything has now been fixed and S&S has gone out of business now. This tanker was a mess from the begining.. the chassis was purchased with an order from a local feed mill to lower the price but it was to be painted different than the feed mill trucks... well guess what...if your answer is that it was painted in the same colors and design as the Wenger Feed Mill trucks.. give yourself a point. Mack knocked money off but after a little bit of time we actually sort of liked the way it looked so our 2 new KME's are painted the same way.



Dave

[dawson_fire]

Montgomery County truck 12(correct me if I'm wrong).



Terry

[dawson_fire]

While on the the subject there were quite a few new engines at the dealer the other week including one for Germantown.



Terry

[dawson_fire]

A shot of another one,Kensington I believe.



Terry

[dawson_fire]

Washington,DC Truck 7 on the lot at ITE.



Terry

[dawson_fire]

The South Berkley Fire Co. of Inwood,Wv ran this 1980 Mack/Pierce tanker 400gpm 1250gal.



Terry

[dawson_fire]

Here's the other side of the truck. It carries job# E-0009 and F-1896.



Terry

[dawson_fire]

The Independent Fire Co. of Ranson,Wv ran this Pierce Dash rescue which was replaced with a Pierce Velocity unit.



Terry

[Guest]

This is what the 91 Dash was replaced with.

[dawson_fire]

Looks nice and it is on my list of places to get to this year!



Terry

[Guest]

Let me know when your in the area and I will try to arrange to have someone there to pull it out for pics.