1958 F.W.D.

No. One extra bay which they park the "Utility" SUV in.....Also thats the bay that we allow our members to use to wash or work on their personal vehicles as a benefit to hanging out for duty time.....Which I could do with the Hahn but not long term storage.

I was thinking "007" When people ask me what it means, I can say "I have the ability to drop oil on the road or make a smokescreen if anyone is chasing me."

Path created by FWD.......

The Aerialscope has the designation of being one of the most versatile aerial devices designed specifically for firefighting. Capable of maintaining a 1000lb basket load while being able to flow 1000gpm at any angle or amount of extension is one of the things that makes them what they are, and the reason that FDNY has purchased so many of them throughout the years. The rear of a 'Scope, showing the basket and storage rack for several hundred feet of ground ladders. A side views of a single screw scope Couple of scopes in action in Brooklyn Any angle, any elevation, any extension, 1000lbs in the bucket while flowing 1000gpm You can even use them below the level of the turntable (yes....still 1000lbs/1000gpm.) Photo credits to the unknown photographers.

Here's FDNY Ladder 44 on a second alarm in The Bronx, summer of 1993 I think, somewhere near 163rd & Walton Ave. Photo by me. Here is a newer Seagrave Aerialscope, assigned to Ladder Co. 31 (1216 Intervale Ave at 169 St.) Photo by me. Lemme see if I can dig up a few pix of a single screw.....

Ken that's a nice aerial ladder but I since you mentioned a bucket, I was thinking of a Mack "Aerialscope" like this.....Except single screw (a hell of a lot shorter.....) This is Philadelphia Fire Department Ladder 6 (back in the day) out of 43rd and Market. Photo by me. Mack sold hundreds of these to FDNY over the years as both the chassis and aerial devices were considered to be bomb proof. FDNY still buys them to this day except they are now built on Seagrave Chassis.

Oh. Shit. Now you tell me.......DAMMIT!!!????

Hmmmmmmm

Where are you located? We're just north of Philly. I will have to look back in my records, but the place has a shop in Wilmington, De which is where they had me drop it off- they had their guys transport it to Bmore and back on their daily parts run at no cost to me. I'll look it up for you.

Should have gotten a pic of it in front of the 72nd NYI (Second Fire Zouaves) Momunent!!!

Wow.....Guy that owns that Oaklyn Scope lives near me.....He traveled a long ways. Good for him.

Challenge accepted! The only thing about 'Scopes- single screw scopes are notoriously hard on brakes because they are so heavy. But if you're not fighting fire on a daily basis and also know how to downshift....You should be ok.

Yes, but Paul the ULTIMATE hard on for Pop was when we picked up the FWD after I had bought it- he was sitting in the passenger seat, I was behind the wheel.....we look at each other and said "wow this is fucking weird....." then I looked out across that hood, and at the time, it looked like it was 7 miles long....I said out loud "oh my god what have I done?" He really enjoyed watching the boys climbing on yellow today......and Large and Small rode with him inside the cab, and medium rode the jumpseat....I think he really enjoyed that.

The 1978 Hahn has been rescued from it's death sentence of neglect, sitting on that farm it was on in Central Bucks County, Pa. Headed up and down some good hills on Pa 611 to 212 to 412 into Hellertown, about a 20 mile ride- not one single solitary hiccup. She acted as if she had just pulled out of our firehouse 10 years ago and wanted to go to a fire. Originally the old man who owned her said we could keep it there until the spring, but he started getting squirrely on us, so we wanted the truck out of there. She's about 5 minutes from my house- outside...Booo.....But we're working on something indoors. Pic by me of my Pop driving first (I'm driving dad's diesel Jeep Liberty- zoom zoom vroom vroom) Pics by my buddy, driving my pickum-up truck

Sounds like it may be at the end of it's life. You may have to break down and send it out for a rebuild. There's a fantastic clutch shop in Baltimore if you are anywhere near there. They rebuilt and balanced the Lipe-Brown clutch for my FWD, ran me $400 I think.

Why not buy a Mack/Baker 75' Aerialscope? Win-Win. You get a CF Mack antique to play with and a lift truck that's practically bomb-proof.

Ken normally they would only use hot water in cold weather. Any additives cost extra so you would have to specify (and pay of course!)

What the hell? What am I, chopped liver? You can't call the building inspector/Waterous Pump Expert/Detroit Diesel Closet-comer-outter who's number you have in your cell phone?? Ok here's the deal with cold weather concrete: (as far as a building inspector is concerned....but what we say, *usually* gets you a good quality and code-compliant product in the end....) 1. The slab prep MUST be kept warm prior to the pour. No sense pouring concrete (even if it was made with hot water) onto a slab of ground covered with frost (hence it is below freezing and will freeze the water in the concrete soon enough....) You should prep the area, keep it heated with heaters if you have to and keep it covered with the concrete blankets for at least 2-3 days prior to the pour- this will get warm the ground to enough of a depth suitable for pouring. 2. The minimum early cure time for concrete with no additives is 5 days. If the concrete has no additives or anti-freeze, you MUST keep it heated and blanketed for a minumum of 5 days. 3. If you will be having an additive such as 2%Polarset or another non-chloride chemical (cannot have any calcium or chloride based additives in concrete that will encase rebar or WWM as it will eat it away...) is three days. Here's what I would do.....If you have not done the final "dig" of the slab area, schedule the concrete for the last possible delivery time on the day......Wake up early that day, and do your final dig (several inches....) Keeping the area covered with the earth will help you to retain the natural warmth of the earth. Do the final dig, then lay out the stone and tamp it, then the WWM, the rebar and the vapor barrier. If you have a few hours until the deliver, cover that shit with the blankets. Then after the pour and your smoothing, cover that shit again ASAP.....If its gonna be THAT cold I would double up the blankets or even cover the blankets with 4 or 5 inches of straw. Then light up a propane heater or two and make sure that shop is as weathertight as possible. For temps that cold at night I would go with no less than 2% Polarset or an equal product. Early high and I forget what the slump should be....I have a copy of ACI 318 (the concrete building codes) out in my truck but I dont like the things you said about me coming out of the detroit closet to walk out there to get it.....) I assume there is no such things as building permits or inspections out there.....What slab thickness? 8" with #4 bars 24" OCEW???? 6" WWM???

Name: Hahn HCP 12 (1978) Date Added: 21 November 2015 - 11:18 AM Owner: 1958 F.W.D. Short Description: 1978 Hahn HCP12 1250gpm,750 gallon water tank pumper View Vehicle

Actually, he called me right after you told him about the red truck. He said "heavier truck, ISX 500, warranty is more expensive....What do you think?" I said "hey if that's the truck he wants, go for it, just get $50 a month outta his take home to make up for some of the sting of the larger payments." He seemed to think that was a fair compromise.

The title is in hand, however the local tag shop ran out of antique plates, and Pa doesn't issue paper temp tags for antiques, so in lieu of driving out to Harrisburg, we'll have to wait 4-6 weeks for the plate. Buuuuuut the plate from the FWD is accidentally gonna fall onto the Hahn tomorrow so that we can move it to a temporary double-secret location near Hellertown while we wait on word from several potential indoor locations. We were told at first that we could keep it where it is now until the spring time, but now all of a sudden the family and the old man are getting kinda squirrely, so we want it out of there.

If a U-Model falls over and knocks into the others, is it like watching dominoes fall?

$100 a week from your pay for the warranty? Seems fair.

Mack458, when I refer to the kool-aid drinkers in this case, I mean the ones who follow Pierce like a cult- the ones who think that Pierce is the second coming of Christ. I like Seagrave myself. Do I think they are the second coming of Christ? Hell no, they are far from it. Does that make me a kool-aid drinker?