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And a couple more that I recall being mentioned somewhere around here are 2 rigs from Charter Hose Company:
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I am a member and past officer of the company. The correct name of our company is the Charters (with an "S") Hose Company No. 4 as we were named after Mayor Stephen Charters, who was also the president of the Carpenter's union back in the early 1900s. It's easy to forget the 's' at the end of our name, but we're used to it!! :-)
The semi-open cab ALF is a 1962 900 Series with a 1000 gpm two stage pump with a high pressure pump setting and 500 gallon water tank. "Old 4" as we call her had a fiberglass roof installed during the mid-1970s and served from 1962 to 1981. After she was retired, out company name was taken off the front doors and she wore "Truck 2" serving as the department's spare, quartered at Co. 6. When she was finally retired in the late 1980s, we purcahsed her, removed the fiberglass roof and tried to restore her back to original as possible. With the exception of the new comapny lettering on the doors and the rear warnign flashers, she's pretty much original. Needless to say she worked at practically every major fire in the lower Naugy Valley during her service with our company.
The second picture is our 1981 Century Series pumper which served from 1981 to 2006. This rig was our longest serving piece, beating out our 1924 Seagrave that served 24 years. "Middle 4" has a 1250 gpm two-stage pump and a 500 gallon water tank. The 1981 was set up for 2000 feet of 3 inch hose (dual 1000 ft. beds) and basically bare minimum when purcahsed. We installed the 2QB shortly after delivery and the strobe front and rear warning were installed in the later 80s / early 90s. In 1995 we switched to 5 inch hose and had the old wood hose bed replaced with a new aluminum hose bed. Around the same time we had a plate made to place a portable deck gun on, which was bolted over the crosslay, and has been removed since it was retired. We purcahsed her from the city a few months after her retirement. I learned how to drive and pump on this rig along with about 75% of our current drivers, needless to say this pumper has a lot of sentimental value to us young guys. And she saw quite a bit of work too in her 25 years, including the "Big One" at Latex Foam.
The 1981 ALF was replaced with a 2006 Smeal / Spartan 1500 gpm rescue pumper with a 500 gallon water, 20 gallon class A and 40 gallon class B tanks. I was supposed to drive the '81 ALF in the Convention Parade in 2009 but I had a little motorcycle accident two weeks prior. So I got relegated to the shotgun of "New 4" with my crutches (if anyone has a picture of the Smeal, you can see me).
Sorry for going on, but these two trucks are a source of pride for me. I grew up around them since my family has been invovled with the Charters for many genreations, and the fact my grandparents' house is three doors down the street from the barn! They are the Pride of Windy Hill!
And a couple more that I recall being mentioned somewhere around here are 2 rigs from Charter Hose Company:
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I am a member and past officer of the company. The correct name of our company is the Charters (with an "S") Hose Company No. 4 as we were named after Mayor Stephen Charters, who was also the president of the Carpenter's union back in the early 1900s. It's easy to forget the 's' at the end of our name, but we're used to it!! :-)
The semi-open cab ALF is a 1962 900 Series with a 1000 gpm two stage pump with a high pressure pump setting and 500 gallon water tank. "Old 4" as we call her had a fiberglass roof installed during the mid-1970s and served from 1962 to 1981. After she was retired, out company name was taken off the front doors and she wore "Truck 2" serving as the department's spare, quartered at Co. 6. When she was finally retired in the late 1980s, we purcahsed her, removed the fiberglass roof and tried to restore her back to original as possible. With the exception of the new comapny lettering on the doors and the rear warnign flashers, she's pretty much original. Needless to say she worked at practically every major fire in the lower Naugy Valley during her service with our company.
The second picture is our 1981 Century Series pumper which served from 1981 to 2006. This rig was our longest serving piece, beating out our 1924 Seagrave that served 24 years. "Middle 4" has a 1250 gpm two-stage pump and a 500 gallon water tank. The 1981 was set up for 2000 feet of 3 inch hose (dual 1000 ft. beds) and basically bare minimum when purcahsed. We installed the 2QB shortly after delivery and the strobe front and rear warning were installed in the later 80s / early 90s. In 1995 we switched to 5 inch hose and had the old wood hose bed replaced with a new aluminum hose bed. Around the same time we had a plate made to place a portable deck gun on, which was bolted over the crosslay, and has been removed since it was retired. We purcahsed her from the city a few months after her retirement. I learned how to drive and pump on this rig along with about 75% of our current drivers, needless to say this pumper has a lot of sentimental value to us young guys. And she saw quite a bit of work too in her 25 years, including the "Big One" at Latex Foam.
The 1981 ALF was replaced with a 2006 Smeal / Spartan 1500 gpm rescue pumper with a 500 gallon water, 20 gallon class A and 40 gallon class B tanks. I was supposed to drive the '81 ALF in the Convention Parade in 2009 but I had a little motorcycle accident two weeks prior. So I got relegated to the shotgun of "New 4" with my crutches (if anyone has a picture of the Smeal, you can see me).
Sorry for going on, but these two trucks are a source of pride for me. I grew up around them since my family has been invovled with the Charters for many genreations, and the fact my grandparents' house is three doors down the street from the barn! They are the Pride of Windy Hill!
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