1970 CF Mack

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Friday August 5th I made the trip out to Lower Burrell in Westmoreland County, PA. This was the department that originally ordered my Mack and then had had it refurbed. They invited me to stay at their station and house the Mack there for the weekend. I attended the Western Pa Convention that was hosted by New Kensington which is the Department that I bought my Mack from and also Lower Burrells neighboring Department. It was a about a 4 1/2 hour drive on the PA Turn Pike and $34.00 tolls each way and about a tank and half of fuel, but well worth it. I even came back with the original hard sleeves, barrel strainer, indian tank, P.W. extinguisher, pike pole, some missing caps, cool MSA first aid kit, some foam educters, wheel chock, spanner wrenches, MSA storage box, some missing dry decking and a 5" pony section, some cool pictures of the Mack, blue prints from the refurb at 4 Guys, awesome war stories, some great maintenance tips on the Mack, FD t-shirts, patches and stickers! Can't say enough about the guys and girls at Lower Burrell No. 3 they were all awesome!



Here is my Mack back in it's original house. Next to it is the 2001 Pierce Engine that replaced the Mack.







They even through the tarp on the back that they kept when they sold the Mack to New Kensington.







This is the license plate that I had made. I used a Kenworth mounting bracket and inverted it so that it wouldn't eventually come into contact with pavement.







Staged at judging on Saturday







Four members went along with me from LBVFD to judging. We just finished up and they got banged out for a call, so we went red lights and siren back to their station. Classic!



In the parade on Saturday in New Ken. Credit to the photographer.