[quote name='Mike Mynahan' timestamp='1323672450' post='466942']
Good deal for 7's, Straight up the 405 to the West AV, or down the 14 to the East AV. Thats a helluva ride. With all the new stations opening in Santa Clarita, those 2-cars are on borrowed time, i think.
Firescooby: I think 140k miles is down the low end, as well. Hawthorne's former Crown truck company, when auctioned, had close to 200k. It was on it's 2nd diesel engine when surplussed. I'm told Hawthorne had nary a problem with it, but after the county absorbed the city, this rig bounced all over the county, filling in for truck co's being repaired in E.L.A. My sources told me that freeway move-ups just tore the rig to shreds
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The ex-Hawthorne Crown pumper had around 135k on it when it was donated to a local school program. I almost purchased the Crown, 75ft quint a year ago, but the truck was not in the mechanical condition the seller stated by a long shot, and the odometer only read 53k or so on it. Whether that is accurate or not, I don't know, but there was a column for it to roll over 100k... That being said, you are correct, there have been numerous mechanical issues with that truck in the past years. It is too bad, sad to see your dream collector truck slip through the cracks because of expensive mechanical repairs, many of which could have been avoided.
Good deal for 7's, Straight up the 405 to the West AV, or down the 14 to the East AV. Thats a helluva ride. With all the new stations opening in Santa Clarita, those 2-cars are on borrowed time, i think.
Firescooby: I think 140k miles is down the low end, as well. Hawthorne's former Crown truck company, when auctioned, had close to 200k. It was on it's 2nd diesel engine when surplussed. I'm told Hawthorne had nary a problem with it, but after the county absorbed the city, this rig bounced all over the county, filling in for truck co's being repaired in E.L.A. My sources told me that freeway move-ups just tore the rig to shreds
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The ex-Hawthorne Crown pumper had around 135k on it when it was donated to a local school program. I almost purchased the Crown, 75ft quint a year ago, but the truck was not in the mechanical condition the seller stated by a long shot, and the odometer only read 53k or so on it. Whether that is accurate or not, I don't know, but there was a column for it to roll over 100k... That being said, you are correct, there have been numerous mechanical issues with that truck in the past years. It is too bad, sad to see your dream collector truck slip through the cracks because of expensive mechanical repairs, many of which could have been avoided.
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