Quote:Skid Unit is X Sharpsburg Md Micro Pumper is the maker. The truck was all white before coming to Boonsboro, all work was done at Adkins Automotive in Loudoun County.
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Next, a new Brush in Boonsboro:
Brush 8
1994 Ford F350
310/200
Came from Neersville, VA
The driver said it only has 7,000 original miles on it!
Other news coming out if Washington County:
Co.2 Williamsport has Engine 23 listed for sale with a Pierce on order for sometime over the summer, They also have a " new " brush truck which is a 2001 Ford F-350 350 GPM / 230 GWTX Washington County roads truck with a skid unit off of old brush 6 the GMC Flatbed
Co.4 Clear Spring has a new Engine and Tanker on order from Pierce the Engine will replace the CF and the tanker the R model Mack. Engine will be on a Arrow XT Chassis and the tanker will be on a Mack Granite Chassis.
Co.5 Hancock placed a X Pierce Demo in service as Engine 52 replacing the Seagrave. Its a 2014 Pierce Saber unk GPM / unk GWT
Co.6 Boonsboro has a new Mack Granite / Pierce tanker in the new colors along with Rescue Engine 61 getting some new color
Co.8 Rumor has Engine 8-1 being sent back to the main station to run as Engine 6-2 and used to run the medical and other nuisance calls
Co.11 Potomac Valley Engine 11-4 is O.O.S and for sale they have also added a X Parks Department truck to use as a support unit a 1998 Dodge Ram 2500
Co.19 Sharpsburg EMS new 2015 Ford F-450 PL Custom currently under construction and nearing completion
Co.27 Long Meadow has a " new " Engine which is X Blue Ridge Summit, PA a 1997 KME Excel 1500 GPM / 1000 GWT
Co.35 Hagerstown Regional Airport has 2 new crash trucks 1 being a X BWI unit and a New 2014 E-One Titan Force P701 6X6 1500 GPM / 1585 GWT / 205 Foam
Co.49 Clear Spring EMS new 2015 Ford F-450 PL Custom Type 1 on order
Hagerstown City has placed an order with Pierce for a 2015 Pierce Arrow XT Tractor Drawn Aerial 0 GPM / 0 GWT / 100 Ft to be housed at Pioneer Hook and Ladder and ran a Truck 1
Hagerstown City also purchased a used 1994 Simon LTI TDA X Rutherford NJ to run as Reserve Truck 11 it is housed at Co.3 Independent Hose Company
Lots of new stuff to shoot in the county next time your up this way
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Thanks for the updates. There were a few I didn't know about!! I'll be back up again real soon!
The driver said it only has 7,000 original miles on it!
Former Neersville F&R Co.16 was never a busy company in Loudoun County (like a good number of the western stations) and if I recall proper, 7-8000 miles is about right despite her age. Nice shot of the rig in it's new home.
I finally got back up to Cape Cod for vacation. I was there last in 2007, a lot of changes since then. Its one of my favorite places to shoot apparatus. I just wish it was closer!! I only had 1 1/2 days of sun for the 7 days up there, but I managed to get 66 rigs. Here's a few favorite pieces that I found this year:
BCFDphotoman's travels here and there!
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