[quote name='wardengine' post='64822' date='Jan 5 2007, 00:58 ']wasn't this engine in service with tuscarora pa schuylkill county fire co for a few years after serving here, later sold to collector in past 2-3 years[/quote]
Tom:
In 1980 Tuscarora (Schuylkill Co.),PA purchased a 1962 Amer La Fr 1000/500 from Trappe (Montgomery Co.),PA. In Aug.,2004 they sold it to a college student in Carlisle,PA. Its red color was a lighter shade than the Hecktown Amer LaFrs. The
Tuscarora Amer LaFr did not have a built up hosebody like the Hecktown unit.
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Tuscarora did in fact have an ALF Century, but it wasn't the same one as Hecktown. The wheelbase was shorter and the compartment configuration was different.
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[quote name='GA_Dave' post='64913' date='Jan 5 2007, 14:06 ']Tuscarora did in fact have an ALF Century, but it wasn't the same one as Hecktown. The wheelbase was shorter and the compartment configuration was different.[/quote]
yes the century alf came from bethpage n y
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[quote name='wardengine' post='64919' date='Jan 5 2007, 14:24 ']yes the century alf came from bethpage n y[/quote]
1977 Amer LaFr Century, canopy cab, 1500 gpm. In 1995 purchased from Northeast Fire Apparatus, had been in service at Bethpage, LI (Nassau Co.),NY.
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01-06-2007, 01:37 AM
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Scott, Elizabethville PA Reliance Hose co #1 (Post #621)
Dauphin County station 21
1934 Buffalo Studebaker 750gpm Buffalo # W-8262
I took some close up photos of it this past September at the Conshohocken Muster.
Awesome pics as always Scott!!
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