Keystone State Relics

[BA000049]

Information of the Columbia rigs:



1955 Mack B-85F-1106, semi-cab, 750/300, delivered 9/11/55, 707 motor. By 1988 it was sitting outside under a tarp when Wayne Mayo of Glenside drove by and saw it. He made an offer a week later for $2,000 and it was accepted. Wayne restored it and named it Fellwick Fire Association (named after a local train station).



1928 American LaFrance, open cab, Type 17-6, reg. no. 6460, shipped 10/12/28, tillered 75 ft two section wooden ladder, housed on 11/25/28 at a cost of $15,750. The original tractor was destroyed in an accident in 1931 on the inter-county bridge. Sold in 1968, in 1993 owned by Frederick Pommer-Oxford, CT.



1931 GMC tractor, open cab, purchased from Horn's of Columbia, used to pull the 1928 tiller-trailer.





1948 Dodge/Oren, semi-cab, high pressure fog, 400/500. Chassis was purchased from Rice & Wentz of Columbia, Hardie LCXA high pressure fog pump, equipped with rear fender skirts, delivered 3/48 at a cost of $48,500. A generator and flood lights were added at a later date. Sold in 1968.