[quote name='Andrew2340' timestamp='1353560517' post='503686']
And lastly is this rig. I was at home on Saturday when my boss sends me a text message that says "FDNY rescue truck westbound on I-40 passing the 24 mile marker" I sprang into action and was in hot pursuit. It took me a few minutes, but I finally caught up to the truck at the westbound rest area on I-40. Much to my surprise, it wasn't an FDNY rescue truck at all...but it was a truck that I'd been wanting to shoot for quite some time. This truck formerly ran with Woodruff, SC in Spartanburg County as "Rescue 1." I'd drove all the way to Woodruff last time I was in SC to shoot this rig, only to find the station locked up and nobody in sight. I talked to the driver of the truck, who was gracious enough to let me shoot the truck, and crawl all over and in it looking for specs.
The truck will now be used by Sky View Construction & Engineering Inc. in Labadie, MO. Their primary job is cell phone tower construction and repairs following disasters. The driver said this made the 4th used rescue truck that his company had purchased so far this year. After working side-by-side with firefighters during the Joplin, MO disaster, they saw how useful the rescue trucks were. He and his company decided to pursue used rescue trucks to use in their line of work. One of their other rescue trucks came from somewhere in SC. He thought it was Camdenton maybe? The other two used rescue trucks Sky View purchased out of either Illinois or Missiouri.
All in all, it was a neat find, and I'm so grateful that I got the chance to shoot this truck before it disappeared to Missouri!
This truck itself has an interesting history...
The cab & chassis came from a 1983 Ford C/ALF Commodore pumper that formerly served Inman Mills, SC.
The E\-One rescue body formerly sat on a 1988 Ford F-800 and formerly served an unknown department in Massachusetts.
In 2010, Woodruff arranged the kitbash/refurb of the two rigs into a 1983 Ford C/1988 E\-One heavy rescue. All lights were replaced with LED lights and an LED Roto-Ray was added.
Woodruff, SC "X Rescue 1"
1983 Ford C/ALF Commodore/1988 E\-One/2010 refurb
Heavy Rescue
ALF Reg. # 7827
E\-One SO # ????
Andrew Messer Photo (2012)
![[Image: attachment.php?thumbnail=99571]](http://firepics.net/MyBB/attachment.php?thumbnail=99571)
[/quote]
The unlown Mass town would be Marlborough as they used to have a 1988 E\-One rescue on a Ford F-800 chassis
And lastly is this rig. I was at home on Saturday when my boss sends me a text message that says "FDNY rescue truck westbound on I-40 passing the 24 mile marker" I sprang into action and was in hot pursuit. It took me a few minutes, but I finally caught up to the truck at the westbound rest area on I-40. Much to my surprise, it wasn't an FDNY rescue truck at all...but it was a truck that I'd been wanting to shoot for quite some time. This truck formerly ran with Woodruff, SC in Spartanburg County as "Rescue 1." I'd drove all the way to Woodruff last time I was in SC to shoot this rig, only to find the station locked up and nobody in sight. I talked to the driver of the truck, who was gracious enough to let me shoot the truck, and crawl all over and in it looking for specs.
The truck will now be used by Sky View Construction & Engineering Inc. in Labadie, MO. Their primary job is cell phone tower construction and repairs following disasters. The driver said this made the 4th used rescue truck that his company had purchased so far this year. After working side-by-side with firefighters during the Joplin, MO disaster, they saw how useful the rescue trucks were. He and his company decided to pursue used rescue trucks to use in their line of work. One of their other rescue trucks came from somewhere in SC. He thought it was Camdenton maybe? The other two used rescue trucks Sky View purchased out of either Illinois or Missiouri.
All in all, it was a neat find, and I'm so grateful that I got the chance to shoot this truck before it disappeared to Missouri!
This truck itself has an interesting history...
The cab & chassis came from a 1983 Ford C/ALF Commodore pumper that formerly served Inman Mills, SC.
The E\-One rescue body formerly sat on a 1988 Ford F-800 and formerly served an unknown department in Massachusetts.
In 2010, Woodruff arranged the kitbash/refurb of the two rigs into a 1983 Ford C/1988 E\-One heavy rescue. All lights were replaced with LED lights and an LED Roto-Ray was added.
Woodruff, SC "X Rescue 1"
1983 Ford C/ALF Commodore/1988 E\-One/2010 refurb
Heavy Rescue
ALF Reg. # 7827
E\-One SO # ????
Andrew Messer Photo (2012)
[/quote]
The unlown Mass town would be Marlborough as they used to have a 1988 E\-One rescue on a Ford F-800 chassis
Facebook
Google
Reddit
Twitter