[quote name='firebuff55407' post='51594' date='Nov 16 2006, 20:38 ']Duane caught Reserve Ladder 17 out on the street. It is yet another 1941 Mack tractor, #19LS-1019 , towing what I believe is another Ahrens-Fox 85-foot aerial ladder.
What I'm wondering is, did Baltimore buy these Ahrens Fox aerials without tractors? Or did the Ahrens Fox tractors wear out and need to be replaced?
- 1973 Photo by Duane Troxel.[/quote]
I believe that the Baltimore shops built the trailers and installed the Fox aerials and installed the Mack tractors. The last of the Hayes/Dahill trucks in service was Truck 17. It served n first line until 1967 and many of these Hayes-Dahill rigs lasted several years in second line. Some had Seagrave tractors. The Fire Museum of MD has a Hayes-Dahill trailer towed by a Bulldog Mack AC tractor. That unit came to the Museum with a Mack LS tractor which is used around the museum as a tow truck.
What I'm wondering is, did Baltimore buy these Ahrens Fox aerials without tractors? Or did the Ahrens Fox tractors wear out and need to be replaced?
- 1973 Photo by Duane Troxel.[/quote]
I believe that the Baltimore shops built the trailers and installed the Fox aerials and installed the Mack tractors. The last of the Hayes/Dahill trucks in service was Truck 17. It served n first line until 1967 and many of these Hayes-Dahill rigs lasted several years in second line. Some had Seagrave tractors. The Fire Museum of MD has a Hayes-Dahill trailer towed by a Bulldog Mack AC tractor. That unit came to the Museum with a Mack LS tractor which is used around the museum as a tow truck.
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