[quote name='hawkins point' post='51598' date='Nov 16 2006, 19:48 ']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.[/quote]
hawkins point- That makes a lot of sense. There were no Ahrens Fox serial numbers listed in the Ahrens-Fox book I looked at in the Fire Museum Library, except for the 1914 Ahrens Fox that went to Ladder 11, which may only have been a tractor. The other Baltimore City Ahrens-Fox ladders did not list serial numbers. By the way, the Ahrens-Fox serial number list shows that Baltimore City purchased 20 Ahrens-Fox pumpers between 1914 and 1923.
hawkins point- That makes a lot of sense. There were no Ahrens Fox serial numbers listed in the Ahrens-Fox book I looked at in the Fire Museum Library, except for the 1914 Ahrens Fox that went to Ladder 11, which may only have been a tractor. The other Baltimore City Ahrens-Fox ladders did not list serial numbers. By the way, the Ahrens-Fox serial number list shows that Baltimore City purchased 20 Ahrens-Fox pumpers between 1914 and 1923.