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#941
05-03-2026, 11:20 AM
Today, this rare apparatus serves the Dallas Bay FD in Hixon, TN as Ladder 3.

   
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#942
05-04-2026, 11:01 AM
This rig is a bit different for this thread.  Instead of multiple departments, this is an example of an apparatus that has gone through several rebuilds, changing it's appearance completely from the original.  The Silent One calls it a "George Washington's Axe".

Tanker 1, Soddy-Daisy, TN
1978 Ford CT-8000/Saulsbury
250/2000
#2047

   
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#943
05-04-2026, 11:07 AM
In the late 1990's, the body and cab roof were destroyed in a roll-over wreck.  Department members sectioned another roof, from a junkyard, onto the cab and it was sent to 4-Guys for replacement of the pump, tank and body.

Tanker 1, Soddy-Daisy, TN
1978 Ford CT-8000/1999 4-Guys
350/2250
#F-1966

   
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#944
05-04-2026, 11:10 AM
Most recently, the pump, tank and body have been mounted onto a new chassis.

Tanker 1, Soddy-Daisy, TN
2024 International HV607/1999 4-Guys
350/2250
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#945
05-05-2026, 11:03 AM (This post was last modified: 05-05-2026, 11:03 AM by GA_Dave.)
Ladder 1, Dayton, TN
1998 Spartan Gladiator/Quality
1250/500/75' A.I.
#M-1225

x-Arlington, TX

   
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05-05-2026, 11:04 AM
Now serving Sale Creek, TN.

   
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#947
06-19-2026, 02:18 PM
Engine 1, Metropolitan FD, Spartanburg, SC (Closed)
1994 Pierce Saber
1250/1000
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#948
06-19-2026, 02:20 PM
Now serving as Engine 230 in Una, SC.

   
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06-23-2026, 10:59 AM
Rescue 61, Shrewsbury, PA
2003 Spartan Gladiator/Kenco

   
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#950
06-23-2026, 11:00 AM
Now in service at Blacksburg, SC as Rescue 91.

   
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06-29-2026, 11:15 AM
Engine 961, Gastonia, NC
1996 Pierce Dash
1000/750
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#952
06-29-2026, 11:17 AM
It is now running as Engine 552 at Crowder's Mountain, NC.

   
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#953
07-20-2026, 10:36 AM
Engine 74-2, Delmar, DE
1988 Mack CF688FC/Saulsbury
1500/1000
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#954
07-20-2026, 10:37 AM
After Delmar, it served Bedford County, VA as Engine 14 and is now collector owned.

   
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#955
09-01-2026, 10:55 AM
Rescue 1, Bad Axe, MI
1994 Chevy Kodiak/E.V.I.
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#956
09-01-2026, 10:56 AM
It later served Kingston, MI and is now collector owned.

   
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#957
09-07-2026, 11:47 AM
Technical Extrication Rescue Team 33, Martin County, FL
1999 Pierce Saber/Encore
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#958
09-07-2026, 11:48 AM
Now serving as Haz-Mat 1 in Georgetown, KY.

   
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09-24-2026, 03:50 PM
Rescue 4, Jacksonville, FL
2006 Pierce Dash 2000
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#960
09-24-2026, 03:51 PM
Now in service as Heavy Rescue 23 in Fairburn, GA.

   
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