Virginia apparatus - miscellaneous

[mnsand]

[quote name='Truckman' post='188269' date='Feb 11 2008, 15:25 ']Mike, I am inclined to think that these are Hagen's, made locally.[/quote]





You guys are right - all three are Hagens.



Thanks to firepic members Steve Loftin and Jerry Puryear, and help from Jeff Hawkins and Wayne Butler, here is some additional information on the three photographs from Mechanicsville:



All three trucks were built by Hagan. Wayne commented that Hagan's had screw heads on the outside of the compartment doors.



Mini-pumper was originally to be a utility truck, however a pump and tank were added (believed to be 350gpm and either a 250-350 gwt). It was later repainted to lime green and a deck gun was mounted between the hose reels. It was sold to the Port Royal VFD in Caroline County, Virginia.



Engine 7-1, the Ford C "Super Pumper", later wrecked (around 1980), pinning a firefighter and turning over on top of a car. It never saw service again. 1500/750, with a Darley pump, which possibly came from another earlier truck. This was Hagan's first canopy cab fire truck built.



Engine 7-2 was a 750/750.



My thanks to all for filling in some holes.





Mike Sanders

Ashburn, VA