THINGS FROM MY COLLECTION

[EngineMan]

[quote name='Mike Mynahan' timestamp='1314313682' post='454406']

Wow! The lights on that truck alone are worth 4x the asking price! Wonder if anyone rescued it.....great 'ol IH.

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Look at the background vehicles - that had to be the late 80's give or take. Back before major inflation lol

[Guest]

I hope that most of us made it thru Hurricane Irene with little or no problems. The bitch kept me awake all of Saturday night and Sunday morning. First time I ever saw the Emergency Broadcast System activated to report possible tornados here in Jersey. Lots of noise.... <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wacko.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />



[size=5]Naperville, IL had this IH-KB pumper. Mattson Collection <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/usa.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> [/size]

[Guest]

Naperville, IL had this Emergency-One Tower. Dick Adelman pic/Mattson Collection <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/usa.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

[Guest]

Naperville, IL ran this 1975 Mack MB/Howe 1250 gpm pumper that was rebuilt by E-1 in 1983. Mattson Collection <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/usa.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

[Guest]

Now THIS is different! Murphysboro. IL ran this 1991 GMC/Towers 1000/300/55' squrt. Mattson Collection <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/usa.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

[Guest]

Murpheysboro, IL ran this 1984 Ford C/Towers 1000/750 pumper. Mattson Collection <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/usa.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

[Guest]

Oakbrook Terrace, IL had this neat 1962 GMC/Pierce 1000/200/85' Snorkel. Mattson Collection <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/usa.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

[Guest]

I hope that all pixers had a great Labor Day Weekend!



Reno, NV Snorkel # 1 was this 1976 Oshkosh/Pierce 85' snorkel. Mattson Collection <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/usa.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

[Guest]

Reno, NV Engine # 8 was this 1970 Ameircan LaFrance 1500 gpm pumper. Mattson Collection <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/usa.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

[Guest]

Reno, NV Engine # 6 was this 1955 700 Series American LaFrance 1250/500 pumper. Mattson Collection <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/usa.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

[Guest]

Reno, NV Engine # 4 was this 1972 American LaFrance pumper. Mattson Collection <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/usa.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

[Guest]

Kerr-McGee Chemical somewhere in California had this 1955 Kenworth/Van Pelt 1000/300 pumper. Mattson Collection <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/usa.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

[Guest]

California CDF once ran this 1964 Chevrolet/Wesco 300 gpm unit. Mattson Collection <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/usa.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

[Guest]

Las Cruces, NM Engine # 104 was this 1964 Seagrave 1000 gpm pumper. Mattson Collection <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/usa.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

[Guest]

Santa Barbara County, CA Engine # 5414 was this 1977 Mack CF 1250/500 pumper. Mattson Collection <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/usa.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

[Guest]

Elbridge, NY once operated this cool 1957 White/Sanford 750/1000 pumper. Mattson Collection <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/usa.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

[Guest]

Santa Monica, CA Engine # 6 was this 1959 Crown 1250/300 pumper. Mattson Collection <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/usa.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

[Guest]

[quote name='tascman' timestamp='1315344852' post='455798']

Kerr-McGee Chemical somewhere in California had this 1955 Kenworth/Van Pelt 1000/300 pumper. Mattson Collection <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/usa.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

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Trona - that would be "nowhere" in CA - out in the forsaken desert SW of Death Valley sort of between Barstow and Bakersfield..a mining company town that produced borax and potash...this chemical factory was (or still is!) probably the huge soda ash plant downtown...no confusing it with Palm Springs!

[Pete Muller]

[quote name='tascman' timestamp='1315344852' post='455798']

Kerr-McGee Chemical somewhere in California had this 1955 Kenworth/Van Pelt 1000/300 pumper. Mattson Collection <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/usa.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

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1955 Kenworth 720/Van Pelt 1250 gpm/300 gwt s/n 512295 X-San Diego City Fire Department. Ran from Station 108 (San Bernardino County numbering system) replaced by a 1986 Ford C/Boardman engine. Currently the department is known as Searles Valley Chemicals and is still operating out of two stations one in downtown Trona at the processing plant, and the other 6 miles away at the mine site.

[Guest]

Wood River, IL had this 1970 American LaFrance 1000/500 pumper. Mattson Collection <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/usa.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />