When I can figure out how to upload my own photos, I thought I'd comment on the Clifton Springs rig.
This truck (L-3837) was delivered new to the Canandaigua Fire Department in Canandaigua, NY on March 24, 1949. In March, 1972 Canandaigua replaced this truck with a '72 Ford / Young / Pirsch ladder truck that is also on the Young portion of this webpage.
Upon delivery of the new 1972 Ford, this truck was sold to Ontario County for $900 and moved to the Clifton Springs firehouse for use as a 2nd in ladder truck for both Canandaigua and Geneva fire departments.
In the late 1970's, the Ontario County board of supervisors decided that they didn't want to be in the business of owning a ladder truck, so the truck was sold to Clifton Springs Fire Department for $1.
In 1982 the truck was sent back to American LaFrance where it received a total refurb. The truck had a fiberglass hard top added (which is now for sale), an Allison automatic transmission, a 671 Detroit diesel engine, and the ladder was upgraded from an 85' to a 100' ladder.
The truck responded to its' last call on September 21, 2008, and in November, 2008 it was replaced with a 1992 Pierce 100' elevated platform that was purchased used from Franklin Square, NY (Long Island).
On December 1, 2008 this truck was delivered to my father and I where we have owned this truck ever since.
This truck was in service 3 months shy of 60 years. It is the longest serving piece of active motorized fire apparatus in the history of the fire service in Ontario County.
Today the truck has somewhat changed. The top has been removed and most of the equipment and lighting has been replaced with period correct equipment. The modern mechanicals that Clifton Springs installed in the truck have remained, so aside from the air cleaner and the exhaust pipe, you'd never know that the truck wasn't totally original. This truck also shares floor space with the former Canandaigua engine #4 (1942 Ford / American Lafrance pumper).
This truck (L-3837) was delivered new to the Canandaigua Fire Department in Canandaigua, NY on March 24, 1949. In March, 1972 Canandaigua replaced this truck with a '72 Ford / Young / Pirsch ladder truck that is also on the Young portion of this webpage.
Upon delivery of the new 1972 Ford, this truck was sold to Ontario County for $900 and moved to the Clifton Springs firehouse for use as a 2nd in ladder truck for both Canandaigua and Geneva fire departments.
In the late 1970's, the Ontario County board of supervisors decided that they didn't want to be in the business of owning a ladder truck, so the truck was sold to Clifton Springs Fire Department for $1.
In 1982 the truck was sent back to American LaFrance where it received a total refurb. The truck had a fiberglass hard top added (which is now for sale), an Allison automatic transmission, a 671 Detroit diesel engine, and the ladder was upgraded from an 85' to a 100' ladder.
The truck responded to its' last call on September 21, 2008, and in November, 2008 it was replaced with a 1992 Pierce 100' elevated platform that was purchased used from Franklin Square, NY (Long Island).
On December 1, 2008 this truck was delivered to my father and I where we have owned this truck ever since.
This truck was in service 3 months shy of 60 years. It is the longest serving piece of active motorized fire apparatus in the history of the fire service in Ontario County.
Today the truck has somewhat changed. The top has been removed and most of the equipment and lighting has been replaced with period correct equipment. The modern mechanicals that Clifton Springs installed in the truck have remained, so aside from the air cleaner and the exhaust pipe, you'd never know that the truck wasn't totally original. This truck also shares floor space with the former Canandaigua engine #4 (1942 Ford / American Lafrance pumper).
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