Andrew Messer Photos

[Andrew2340]

Alcoa, TN "Engine 3"



2000 Pierce Saber

1500/750

Job # 11504



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[Andrew2340]

Alcoa, TN "Engine 1"



2004 Ferrara Inferno

1500/750

S/N # H-2571



Andrew Messer Photo (2009)



   

[Mark V. Carr]

[quote name='Andrew2340' post='310851' date='Jun 3 2009, 22:06 ']Blount County, TN "Tanker 6"



1986 Mack MR685S/1998 Oilmen's (Red Diamond)

250/3000

Cha. # 9318



Andrew Messer Photo (2009)



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Now that's one you could take me to see!

[Andrew2340]

Alcoa, TN "Tower 1"



1997 E\-One Cyclone II

135' Bronto SkyLift

SO # 16010

X: Knoxville, TN "Ladder 1"



Andrew Messer Photo (2009)



   

[Andrew2340]

You're always welcome to come on all my photo trips Mark! Blount County is about 30 minutes outside of Pigeon Forge, TN. I think you were still in Florida when I did this trip. These photos were almost 2 weeks ago!



Alcoa, TN "Engine 4"



1987 Pierce Arrow

1250/750

Job # E-3827



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[Andrew2340]

The next stop of the day turned out to be the motherlode! I never expected to find so many cool trucks inside one building (except for Tri-Community, TN of course!) When I walked up to the doors of the Friendsville, TN VFD & left noseprints on the windows, I knew I had to find someone to pull the trucks out. Since this was a tiny little town, I figured nobody would be around on a Saturday evening. I thought, hmm, it'd be nice if I had a phone number for someone from the Friendsville FD! Well, I walked over to the main door of the meeting room and look what was taped to the glass door... HAHA!!!



   



How nice! They left contact info for me! So, I took them up on the offer, called Carroll, and he pulled everything out for me! I wish every FD would do this!!

[Andrew2340]

Friendsville, TN "Support 1"



1996 Ford E-350/Wheeled Coach

First Responder Unit

S/N # 967150

X: ??? EMS



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[Andrew2340]

This was the coolest tanker I've ever seen! From what Carroll told us, this truck was an over-the-road tractor for the Department of Defense. It was totally armor-plated and had bullet-proof glass all the way around. Once the DoD decomissioned it, the Friendsville FD picked it up for a good deal. They took some of the armor plating out of it to lighten the load, then shipped it up to Wynn Fire Apparatus in Kentucky to make a tanker out of it. Look at this!!



Friendsville, TN "Tanker 1"



1987 Marmon/2000's Wynn

250/3000

X: US Dept. of Defense



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[Andrew2340]

This was an interesting find also. My first glider'ed engine! It was obvious, because notice how the top-mounted pump panel is split in half by the engine doghouse of the new Pierce Arrow cab! I searched everywhere for a job #, but all I could find was a refurb #. Not sure where this truck began life at, but hopefully some of you Ohio people will recognize it from there!



Friendsville, TN "Engine 1"



1984 Pierce Arrow (glider)/19?? Pierce body

1500/1000

Refurb # F-1158

Job # ????

X: M&M FD of McConnellsville, OH



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[Andrew2340]

Friendsville, TN "Engine 2"



1973 ALF 900 Series

1250/500

Reg. # 12-1-2965

X: Maryville, TN



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[Andrew2340]

This was yet another cool find! It's not often you find bumper pumpers still in service in Eastern TN, plus this was only the 2nd Towers truck I've ever ran across! Hopefully someone knows more on the history of this amazing rig!



Friendsville, TN "Engine 3"



1977 Chevrolet T-65/Towers

750/1000

S/N # 1575 7-77

X: Franklin, KY

X: ???



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[Andrew2340]

Friendsville, TN "Brush 1"



2000 Chevrolet 2500/Local

250/250



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[Andrew2340]

Friendsville, TN "Brush 3"



1968 Willys Jeep/Howe

500/250

S/N # 12834

X: American Aluminum Plant of Alcoa, TN



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[Andrew2340]

Even their QRV was second-hand!



Friendsville, TN "Support 2"



1998 Chevrolet Suburban 1500

Quick Response Vehicle

X: Knoxville, TN



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[Andrew2340]

And lastly from Friendsville is this beast! We had to follow Carroll back to his house to shoot this one. He had it there doing some repairs on it.



Friendsville, TN "Brush 2"



1969 IHC LoadStar 1700 4x4/Imperial

500/800

S/N # ????

X: Neptune Twp, NJ (Monmouth County)



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[Andrew2340]

From Friendsville, we headed to another local VFD in Greenback, TN. Little did we know they had 3 stations, but we found the doors up on this one! An EMS crew was there, and they made a call for us, which got a firefighter there to move some trucks around.



Greenback, TN "Rescue 72"



2003 Freightliner M2/Elite Power Products

1250/1250

S/N # 03-1050



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[Andrew2340]

I got a little excited when I found this truck! I figured it might possibly be GA_Dave's old truck from College Park, GA (the one that didn't get wrecked!) or one of Chattanooga, TN's old minipumpers. However, upon a little investigation, we found a Texas inspection sticker in the window. Hmmmm, the mystery kills me...



Greenback, TN "Rescue 73"



1977 Dodge 400/Seagrave

300/300

S/N # H-77022

X: ???, TX



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[Andrew2340]

Unfortunately, this one was down with an air leak, so it couldn't be moved. I had to do the dreaded DSS thing again!



Greenback, TN "Ladder 71"



1975 American LaFrance Century

100' Ladder Chief

Reg. # CE-14-4176

X: Hillside, NJ "Truck 1"



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[Andrew2340]

And since Ladder 71 was down with an air leak, it blocked the bay that this truck comes out of. So I had to get a DSS shot of this engine also.



Greenback, TN "Pumper 72"



1970 Ford C/Ward LaFrance

1000/750

Spec # 73-386

X: Middleburg, VA (Loudon County) (Strangely enough, it now serves in Loudon County, TN!)



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[Andrew2340]

While driving through the City of Loudon, TN, we found this truck parked at a street festival. Being the opportunistic photographer that I am, I couldn't drive by a fire truck & not take a picture of it!



City of Loudon, TN "Rescue 8"



1997 Spartan/Ferrara

1500/750

S/N # BR-839



Andrew Messer Photo (2009)