Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire

[OPEN CAB MACK]

[quote name='Shoop' post='269568' date='Dec 30 2008, 15:55 ']Here ya go Mike! I just noticed this. Not all of the Mack engines had the same size pumps. I have numerous slides of the macks, and quite a few have the smaller 1000 gpm pumps. Can anymore verify this for sure?







Engine 22

1974 Mack 1000/500

John Schmidt Photo







Engine 30

1972 Mack 1250/500

Tom Bair Photo

Originally assigned to E29







Engine 32

1973 Mack 1250/500

Tom Bair Photo







Engine 51

1972 Mack 1000/500

Tom Bair Photo[/quote]

Shoop, between 1972 and 1973, the bureau purchased 13 R-Model Macks. They had 1,250 gpm Waterous pumps and 500 gwt. They were originally all red and were assigned to Engines 4, 5, 8, 21, 22, 26, 29, 30, 32, 43, 51, 57, and 58.