Scott,
Sorry, I have been a little lax on my responses: Here is some additional info on your shots:
Ludwigs Corner
1974 GMC 6500/Boyer, tilt cab, 1000/750. Cost $26,000 and this was the first piece ordered new by the young company, 427 CI gas engine, 5-speed manual transmission, 3 KW generator, for sale in early 1999 and sold to Liberal, Miss. For $3,800.
1984 Ford C8000/FMC Omega, canopy cab, 1250/750, Cat 3208T, automatic, 6 KW Onan diesel generator. It was housed on 9/15/84. This was the first canopy cab in the company. New water tank installed in 8/96. The rear hosebed was enlarged to accommodate 2000 ft of 5 inch supply line. It was donated to Harrison County, MS on 9/17/05 after their county lost half of their equipment in Hurricane Katrina. It is based at Long Beach, MI station. It left on a lowboy with Norco’s 1983 Ford C/FMC engine.
1971 White Compact/Tech Weld, tilt-cab, 1000/4400, Detroit diesel, automatic transmission, tandem rear axle, Windham Lo Pressure/Hi Volume pump, 60 psi. This was purchased used in 1983 from the Atlantic Richfield Company for a very low price. The tank was removed and the chassis was sold in 1989.
1980 Mack R Chassis, full cab, purchased used in 1989 and had the tank from the 1971 White remounted on it. Tandem rear axles with retracted third. It was sent to 4-Guys at the end of March of 1998 for a new tank, returned on 5/22 and placed back into service that same day. 1000/4000
Warwick (From Al Powell’s files)
Ford CT-8000/Great Eastern (Grumman), 1000/3000, cabinet style tanker body, tandem rear axles, std.tilt-
COE, in Jan,1991 original body replaced by 4-Guys with elliptical mirror-finish stainless steel body-
2500 gal capacity, 1000 gpm top-mount pump control console, walkway behind cab with 2 fold-up seats
Westwood
1979 Ford CT-8000/Bruco, full cab, 1000/2200, tandem axle pumper-tanker. It was the first piece ordered with the
new white over red paint scheme, Cat 3208 diesel, automatic, 4 KW generator. Chassis purchased from Wolfe Motors of Lancaster. It was housed on 6/14/80. It was rehabed and repainted after 1985. In 1992 the cab was rehabed and converted to a 4-door by Bruco which produced a rather unique looking Ford C cab. Tank leaking bad in late 2004. The tank was welded by a local welding shop in 1/05, placed back into service on 2/4/05. Sold on 11/4/05 with the 1985 Ford C/Bruco rescue-pumper for $45,000 in total for both to the Stewart County Fire Department, TN. Went south on 11/19/05. It was put up on E-Bay for sale in 07/07 by Stewart County.
Sorry, I have been a little lax on my responses: Here is some additional info on your shots:
Ludwigs Corner
1974 GMC 6500/Boyer, tilt cab, 1000/750. Cost $26,000 and this was the first piece ordered new by the young company, 427 CI gas engine, 5-speed manual transmission, 3 KW generator, for sale in early 1999 and sold to Liberal, Miss. For $3,800.
1984 Ford C8000/FMC Omega, canopy cab, 1250/750, Cat 3208T, automatic, 6 KW Onan diesel generator. It was housed on 9/15/84. This was the first canopy cab in the company. New water tank installed in 8/96. The rear hosebed was enlarged to accommodate 2000 ft of 5 inch supply line. It was donated to Harrison County, MS on 9/17/05 after their county lost half of their equipment in Hurricane Katrina. It is based at Long Beach, MI station. It left on a lowboy with Norco’s 1983 Ford C/FMC engine.
1971 White Compact/Tech Weld, tilt-cab, 1000/4400, Detroit diesel, automatic transmission, tandem rear axle, Windham Lo Pressure/Hi Volume pump, 60 psi. This was purchased used in 1983 from the Atlantic Richfield Company for a very low price. The tank was removed and the chassis was sold in 1989.
1980 Mack R Chassis, full cab, purchased used in 1989 and had the tank from the 1971 White remounted on it. Tandem rear axles with retracted third. It was sent to 4-Guys at the end of March of 1998 for a new tank, returned on 5/22 and placed back into service that same day. 1000/4000
Warwick (From Al Powell’s files)
Ford CT-8000/Great Eastern (Grumman), 1000/3000, cabinet style tanker body, tandem rear axles, std.tilt-
COE, in Jan,1991 original body replaced by 4-Guys with elliptical mirror-finish stainless steel body-
2500 gal capacity, 1000 gpm top-mount pump control console, walkway behind cab with 2 fold-up seats
Westwood
1979 Ford CT-8000/Bruco, full cab, 1000/2200, tandem axle pumper-tanker. It was the first piece ordered with the
new white over red paint scheme, Cat 3208 diesel, automatic, 4 KW generator. Chassis purchased from Wolfe Motors of Lancaster. It was housed on 6/14/80. It was rehabed and repainted after 1985. In 1992 the cab was rehabed and converted to a 4-door by Bruco which produced a rather unique looking Ford C cab. Tank leaking bad in late 2004. The tank was welded by a local welding shop in 1/05, placed back into service on 2/4/05. Sold on 11/4/05 with the 1985 Ford C/Bruco rescue-pumper for $45,000 in total for both to the Stewart County Fire Department, TN. Went south on 11/19/05. It was put up on E-Bay for sale in 07/07 by Stewart County.
Bruce W. Anderson
Historian
Southeastern PA Region
Historian
Southeastern PA Region