[quote name='mnsand' post='188010' date='Feb 10 2008, 14:37 ']I am not sure if this is the same truck in the previous post or not. The previous red and white International/Oren/Grove was photographed in 1978.
This photograph was taken in 1986, and shows a new Henrico color and rehab by Pierce in 1978. I believe this was sold to South Boston, Virginia.
Any of our Henrico experts know how many the county purchased of this style of ladder truck?
Mike Sanders
Ashburn, VA[/quote]
Mike, this is the same truck in the previous post. This was the Division's first aerial ladder truck, and the only mid mount ladder. I believe its the first 100 foot ladder made by Grove, and there was a picture of this ladder with a Volkswagon beetle hanging off it floating around. It was also delivered as a single rear axle truck, and after a traffic crash, it came back as a tandem axle. It was delivered with a 549 cu in V-8 gas motor, and rehabbed in the 1980's with a Detroit Diesel V-6 and auto transmission.
This photograph was taken in 1986, and shows a new Henrico color and rehab by Pierce in 1978. I believe this was sold to South Boston, Virginia.
Any of our Henrico experts know how many the county purchased of this style of ladder truck?
Mike Sanders
Ashburn, VA[/quote]
Mike, this is the same truck in the previous post. This was the Division's first aerial ladder truck, and the only mid mount ladder. I believe its the first 100 foot ladder made by Grove, and there was a picture of this ladder with a Volkswagon beetle hanging off it floating around. It was also delivered as a single rear axle truck, and after a traffic crash, it came back as a tandem axle. It was delivered with a 549 cu in V-8 gas motor, and rehabbed in the 1980's with a Detroit Diesel V-6 and auto transmission.
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