Virginia apparatus - miscellaneous

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[quote name='foghog333' post='201049' date='Mar 29 2008, 20:13 ']Mike: Truck 12 from Chesterfield carries Pierce serial number 10925. This unit replaced a unique open cab Peter Pirsch 100 foot rear mount ladder that was acquired in 1975.



Tom Shand

Hamburg, New York[/quote]





The old Chesterfield Truck 12 (Pirsch 110') has been acquired by a member of the ODHFS and is resting comfortably inside a storage building as work is done to spruce it up a bit. Tools and equipment are being acquired and mounted and there is the slight problem of getting the brakes fixed - which is more of a hassle than it sounds. It sits too high to load on a low boy to truck to the one shop that has agreed to work on it. The truck loaded on a low boy will be too high to fit under some overpasses along the route. With any luck it will be back on the road someday soon.



Here's a shot of it within the last two years shortly after it was purchased and moved back to Chesterfield after being out of the county for a time. Photo credit to Tom Herman.