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At the end of the Adam Sandler movie "Grownups" there is a town picnic and parked in the field is a nice Mack "B" model fire pumper. bulldogboy
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All the "L" and most of the "B" model pumpers that I operated had Hale pumps. Mack switched to Waterous in the early "60s; I operated one "B" with a Waterous. Of course, there could be an odd one. bulldogboy
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Better use a Ford! The Chevy one is probably part of a recall; you will have to wait for notification, take it back to the dealer, get a loaner, and hope that it gets repaired properly. Stick with "Built Ford Tough". bulldogboy
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Bulldogs are tough (Mack tough) but New Hampshire bulldogs are a little bit tougher. bulldogboy
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Yeah, I should have added the expense part. Thought about it afterwards. bulldogboy
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B 61 School Bus
bulldogboy replied to Mike Blais's topic in Antique and Classic Mack Trucks General Discussion
Unusual to see a chrome radiator shell on a school bus. In the 1950s a small Catholic school in Tyngsborough, MA had an "A" and a "B" model school buses. Wish that I had some pictures but I was a kid then. bulldogboy -
I would think that any fire equipment dealer who sells nozzles and adapters could get them. bulldogboy
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Looks like the "LR" is an updated "LE" chassis, the low entry truck used for refuse and recycling work. The "MR" (Terrapro) is a different model. Like james j neiweem says, it is also used for refuse and as a concrete pumper. It is also used occasionally in the fire service; makes a nice looking fire truck. bulldogboy
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The Nashua, NH Public Works Department has a fleet of CNG powered Mack "LE" side loader waste trucks. The bodies are built by McNeilus. They also have some CNG powered "LE" recycle trucks and one CNG powered "MR" front loader. The city is into CNG big time. bulldogboy
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Congratulations and best wishes to the whole family. Hope that Mom is feeling better. I have a granddaughter; little girls are a lot of fun. bulldogboy
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That article about what happened to the Super Pumper reads like it was taken from John A. Calderone's book, "The F.D.N.Y. Super Pumper System". bulldogboy P.S. A Super Pumper T-shirt? Love to have one of those.
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Irvington, NJ Fire Department's website shows three "L" model fire engines, two red and one white. The white one was a 1952 but it was all white including the grill. This could be the same one with the grill repainted. Irvington nicknamed the white one "The Flying Nun" due to its unique homemade roof and hose bed cover. Check out the website for lots of old IFD apparatus photos. bulldogboy
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MH Rescue Truck
bulldogboy replied to farmer52's topic in Antique and Classic Mack Trucks General Discussion
This 1987 Mack "MH"/Swab rescue is now in service with the Penn Township Fire Company in Cumberland County, PA. Specs for Rescue 50 are: 450 GPM, 300 gallon water tank, 30 gallon foam tank. bulldogboy -
MH Rescue Truck
bulldogboy replied to farmer52's topic in Antique and Classic Mack Trucks General Discussion
East Meadow, NY had a rescue truck built on a 1968 Mack "F" model chassis. I think that the "MH" was built by Swab for the Rescue Fire Company of Dauphin County, PA. bulldogboy -
This is MADDOG93's 1957 Mack "B" model pumper when it was in service in Alexandria, NH in the late 1990s. It was replaced in 1998 by a 1998 IH/Valley pumper/tanker. The new engine is probably more efficient for a small, rural community but it will never have the class of a "B" model. AVFD photo. bulldogboy
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The passenger trams at Hollywood Studios, Disney World, FL are pulled by a fleet of red Ford "Cargos". bulldogboy
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Looks like a convention of red Ford "F-150"s. There were a lot more than these in the parking lots. bulldogboy
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You gave them enough pressure until the nozzle man came off the ground and then you backed off a little. Friction loss was calculated on 5 pounds per year that you were on the job. Somehow it all worked out. We only had an incoming pressure gauge and one pump pressure gauge. We had to wait for the new fangled "CF"s to get individual gauges. bulldogboy
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Congratulations, perseverance pays off, hopefully. I used to drive a "C" model aerial ladder. Nice truck; had a few "big ones" with it. bulldogboy
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When I started my career as a firefighter we had a crew cab "L" model similar to the one in the video. I operated it many times; it was a great truck. Where are these trucks now? bulldogboy
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Back in the early '80s I had a part time job at a freight forwarder. They had two medium trucks, a Mack "MS-200" and a M-B "L-1316". The M-B had an automatic transmission and was underpowered. It did have a very roomy interior. Whenever I drove it I would think to myself, "This is what driving a whale must be like if one could drive a whale." In my full time job as a firefighter I was around Macks all the time so I was partial to the "MS". bulldogboy
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New 2015 Ford F-Series Super Duty Features Engine, Chassis Upgrades
bulldogboy replied to kscarbel2's topic in Trucking News
The "E" series is being replaced in 2014 with a new Transit van. It will be offered in various roof heights, wheelbases,and models; van, wagon, chassis cab, and cut-away. There will be a diesel option, a 3.2L, I-5 Powerstroke. Not sure if there will be an ambulance package offered. I have read that the "E" series will still be available as a chassis cab and cut-away until the end of the decade. In my area, AMR Ambulance is still buying new "E" models so I assume that they have the V-10 gas engines. bulldogboy -
pavrguy3: Thanks for the info about the East Kingston Mack. I will have to ask around about it. Where is your Mack from? I go to the Fire Wardens' meeting in New Boston every July. bulldogboy
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Durham, NH's Mack "B" model pumper was sold and is privately owned. The last time that I saw a picture of it, it was still a pumper not a tanker. Durham, at one time, did have a tractor trailer tanker with a "B" model tractor. Both "B"s served together in the 1970s when it was still the Durham-UNH Fire Department. Both Chester, NH and East Kingston, NH had "B" models but I don't know if they were pumpers or tankers or where they came from. Sure would have like to have seen them back in the day (other than seeing them parked in the stations when I drove by). bulldogboy
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Golden's Bridge also had a 1960s Mack "C" model pumper. It was featured in an ad back in the '70s. The ad was for a warning light company (Whelen?). I wonder if the "C" is still around. The '68 must have been rehabbed; it has the chrome grill, in '68 it would have had the chrome strips. bulldogboy
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