[quote name='OPEN CAB MACK' date='28 March 2010 - 03:51 PM' timestamp='1269808314' post='372903']
No there wasn't Doc. That ALF was the second motorized fire apparatus that Connellsville had, and also the very first ladder truck. It was ordered in June of 1916 and delivered in August of the same year at a cost of $6,200. This truck was delivered with 50, 40, and 32 foot extension ladders. It also carried 30 foot ladders on each side. This truck was sold to a local antique collector in 1962 to make room for the 1962 Mack C-Model quint. The 1916 had a total of 418 miles on it when it was sold. The 1962 aerial cost $42,000.
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That's amazing, thanks very much Ed! 46 years service divided by 418 odometer miles is well, less than 10 miles/yr.! A real easy life for that rig.
Ed, do you know what Connellsville had for engines before the CF's? What about older stations in the East side?
Thanks, Warren
No there wasn't Doc. That ALF was the second motorized fire apparatus that Connellsville had, and also the very first ladder truck. It was ordered in June of 1916 and delivered in August of the same year at a cost of $6,200. This truck was delivered with 50, 40, and 32 foot extension ladders. It also carried 30 foot ladders on each side. This truck was sold to a local antique collector in 1962 to make room for the 1962 Mack C-Model quint. The 1916 had a total of 418 miles on it when it was sold. The 1962 aerial cost $42,000.
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That's amazing, thanks very much Ed! 46 years service divided by 418 odometer miles is well, less than 10 miles/yr.! A real easy life for that rig.
Ed, do you know what Connellsville had for engines before the CF's? What about older stations in the East side?
Thanks, Warren