[quote name='GA_Dave' date='16 March 2010 - 10:13 PM' timestamp='1268790809' post='370469']
Aerial 61, Union Fire Company #1, Hamburg, PA
Ford C/Hahn
750/500/65' Grove
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GA Dave,
From Al Powell's files.
Bruce
1962 Ford C-850/Hahn, canopy tilt-COE, quint, 750/250, 65 ft mid-mount Grove steel aerial ladder, model H-7, delvd 2-10-62, full-width compartmented body, in 1962 aerial fire apparatus existed in the Cities of Reading to the southeast and Pottsville to the north-it was unusual to find an aerial in small town surrounded by rural area, in 1992 cab roof painted white, had 2 pumps- volume pump and booster pump, by 1995 booster reels removed because main ladder had to be raised 15 degrees to turn it to clear booster reels-one reel sold to Shartlesville, wide aluminum ext.ladder in body bed slot overhangs rear of body, on 4-14-83 explosion and fire at Harris Pine Mills caused extensive heat damage to this truck, suction hose in body bed accessible from rear, 250 PTO booster pump, 534 ci gas motor, 5-spd man trans, Hale QLD pump, Hale PTO 250 gpm booster pump, 500 gal steel replacement tank, last working fire was on 10-29-00 at Windsor Industries, in 2001 offered for sale-asked $15,000-obo-good condition-no rust-main ladder not certifiable, first aerial built by Hahn, in 3-05 PAFM pg 54 offered for sale by Matt Gustafson-member Chesapeake Antique Fire Apparatus Assn.- truck in Carlisle,PA-asked $4200 obo-in need of some restoration and goldleafing, in 2007 owned by member of United FC-Montrose (Susquehanna Co.),PA-parked at fire Station, on 9-29-07 appeared in company’s 175th anniv.parade-privately owned-lettered FAMILY H&L CO
Aerial 61, Union Fire Company #1, Hamburg, PA
Ford C/Hahn
750/500/65' Grove
[/quote]
GA Dave,
From Al Powell's files.
Bruce
1962 Ford C-850/Hahn, canopy tilt-COE, quint, 750/250, 65 ft mid-mount Grove steel aerial ladder, model H-7, delvd 2-10-62, full-width compartmented body, in 1962 aerial fire apparatus existed in the Cities of Reading to the southeast and Pottsville to the north-it was unusual to find an aerial in small town surrounded by rural area, in 1992 cab roof painted white, had 2 pumps- volume pump and booster pump, by 1995 booster reels removed because main ladder had to be raised 15 degrees to turn it to clear booster reels-one reel sold to Shartlesville, wide aluminum ext.ladder in body bed slot overhangs rear of body, on 4-14-83 explosion and fire at Harris Pine Mills caused extensive heat damage to this truck, suction hose in body bed accessible from rear, 250 PTO booster pump, 534 ci gas motor, 5-spd man trans, Hale QLD pump, Hale PTO 250 gpm booster pump, 500 gal steel replacement tank, last working fire was on 10-29-00 at Windsor Industries, in 2001 offered for sale-asked $15,000-obo-good condition-no rust-main ladder not certifiable, first aerial built by Hahn, in 3-05 PAFM pg 54 offered for sale by Matt Gustafson-member Chesapeake Antique Fire Apparatus Assn.- truck in Carlisle,PA-asked $4200 obo-in need of some restoration and goldleafing, in 2007 owned by member of United FC-Montrose (Susquehanna Co.),PA-parked at fire Station, on 9-29-07 appeared in company’s 175th anniv.parade-privately owned-lettered FAMILY H&L CO
Bruce W. Anderson
Historian
Southeastern PA Region
Historian
Southeastern PA Region