[quote name='GA_Dave' date='11 December 2009 - 01:11 PM' timestamp='1260557513' post='351851']
Assigned to Truck 9, it's a 1964 ALF 900 Series 100' TDA. Wrecked in 1973, the cab was replaced with a 1961 cab from a pumper, x-E-6. In 1978, the ladder was struck by a train while operating at a small fire on an elevated section of a railroad bridge. One FF was thrown from the aerial and killed. The rig received a new stick and served T-9 until replaced by a 1983 Seagrave 100' rearmount.
1967 ALF 900 Series Aero Chief 90. Assigned to Truck 6 from 1967 to 1984. Known as the "The E.P." (Elevating Platform) to Jersey City Firefighters, it was damaged in 1970 when it tipped over while operating at a fire. The metal cab roof was added in 1974. It tipped over again in 1977. It was frequently out of service after that, once for over a year, and was replaced by a Mack Aerialscope in 1984.
Info from Ron Jeffers' book on the Jersey City FD.
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Here's a photo I took of Truck 6's 1967 ALF 90' Aero Chief, ALF #8-1-535, just before it was replaced in 1974. She looked a little rough at the time.
- 1984 Photo by Steve Skaar
Assigned to Truck 9, it's a 1964 ALF 900 Series 100' TDA. Wrecked in 1973, the cab was replaced with a 1961 cab from a pumper, x-E-6. In 1978, the ladder was struck by a train while operating at a small fire on an elevated section of a railroad bridge. One FF was thrown from the aerial and killed. The rig received a new stick and served T-9 until replaced by a 1983 Seagrave 100' rearmount.
1967 ALF 900 Series Aero Chief 90. Assigned to Truck 6 from 1967 to 1984. Known as the "The E.P." (Elevating Platform) to Jersey City Firefighters, it was damaged in 1970 when it tipped over while operating at a fire. The metal cab roof was added in 1974. It tipped over again in 1977. It was frequently out of service after that, once for over a year, and was replaced by a Mack Aerialscope in 1984.
Info from Ron Jeffers' book on the Jersey City FD.
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Here's a photo I took of Truck 6's 1967 ALF 90' Aero Chief, ALF #8-1-535, just before it was replaced in 1974. She looked a little rough at the time.
- 1984 Photo by Steve Skaar
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