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  1. bulldogboy
    Strange that the F-600 is only offered in a regular cab. Ford is big in the emergency vehicle field but most want a Super Cab or Crew Cab model. I think that the F-600 will be big in emergency services but it needs the larger cab.
  2. bulldogboy
    Widening Main Street in Nashua, NH, 1958. Nice looking Mack on the job.
  3. bulldogboy
    Ford Motor Company and outdoor clothing manufacturer Filson have developed a concept wildland firefighting vehicle built on a 2021 Ford Bronco "Badlands" four door SUV. The firefighting package is built by Kimtek and includes a 50 gallon water tank with a Davey high pressure pump and various hand tools. Two concept Broncos will be donated to a wildland firefighting organization. No information on when, or if, it will be commercially available.
  4. bulldogboy
    This was our 1947 Mack pumper. I don't have a closeup of the scroll but our 1949 Mack pumper had the same scroll so I'm guessing that it was a standard Mack design. For the most part, New England Mack fire trucks were basic, no frills work horses. Dependability was considered more important than "bling".
  5. bulldogboy
    Hollis, NH Fire Department's former Engine 363, a 1968 Ford "N-950"/Moody. It was later rebuilt into a tanker by Valley Fire Equipment Company.
  6. bulldogboy
    Looks like a "C-119" behind the Haydentown forestry truck.
  7. bulldogboy
    Somebody at Ford must read these forums. I posted on Monday that Ford should feature fire apparatus built on Ford chassis in it's commercials and, lo and behold, this morning on the national TV news there was a Ford truck ad featuring fire trucks and ambulances built on Super Duty chassis.
  8. bulldogboy
    That's a leap of faith by Republic Services to order 2,500 trucks from a brand that has yet to get a truck on the market. Good luck to them. Wasn't Republic getting one of the Mack "LR" electric trash trucks to test next year along with the DSNY?
  9. bulldogboy
    I always wondered that, too. Ford was always, and still is, big in the fire apparatus business. Why not showcase some of them in the recent ads about Ford commercial trucks. "C" models were everywhere back in the day and "Super Dutys" are today. I'm waiting to see the "F-600", that should be a popular fire apparatus chassis.
  10. bulldogboy
    Litchfield, NH Fire Department's former 1941 Autocar tanker, former US Navy. It's working at a school fire in September 1974. Credit to the photographer.
  11. bulldogboy
    Yes, the Miami was at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. Repair costs were estimated to be between $450 million and $700 million. The Navy decided to scrap the ship and it was towed to Washington state for dismantling.
  12. bulldogboy
    Duplex built cabs and chassis for use by fire truck manufacturers that did not have their own chassis.
  13. bulldogboy
    I always watched "Newhart" but I don't remember this episode. The show was supposedly set in an inn that Bob Newhart owned in Vermont. Tom Poston was the maintenance man. TV shows are not real life, a Mack "L" model fire engine did not have keys, there were two pull knobs and two starter buttons.
  14. bulldogboy
    NFPA regulations may be "recommendations" and "not law" but good luck explaining that to a jury during a lawsuit. A sharp lawyer will ask , " if these regulations were approved by your peers why didn't you follow them?" Many cases have been lost by not following the NFPA.
  15. bulldogboy
    In 1919, the United States War Department sponsored a transcontinental convoy of 72 trucks from New York City to San Francisco, CA. The intent of the convoy was to show the importance of motor vehicles to defense. The convoy followed the new Lincoln Highway but there were many obstacles and poor roads along the way. It took two months to reach San Francisco. One of the Army participants was Lt. Dwight D. Eisenhower. Perhaps it was his participation in this event that led him to sponsor the new Interstate Highway System that was started while he was president in the 1950s. Information from "Mack" by John B. Montville.
  16. bulldogboy
    Looks well equipped for any emergency.
  17. bulldogboy
    Hoot: Nice looking engine. The Chrysler engines were installed in the Macks for a military contract, although a few were sold to civilian departments. Most Mack "B" models used Mack "707" gas engines. My department in New Hampshire had five "B"s, all with the "707" engine. The first Mack diesels in fire apparatus were installed in three "B"s purchased by the Hamilton, Bermuda Fire Brigade in 1960. Enjoy your unique engine.
  18. bulldogboy
    A photo of a 1940s Mack fire pumper from the New South Wales Fire Brigade was posted on Facebook. The chassis was an "E" model. The poster said that the chassis was built in the USA but the cab and body were locally built. My question is, When did Mack start building trucks in Australia?
  19. bulldogboy
    Looks like one of J.P. Noonan's old tankers.
  20. bulldogboy
    Merrimack Concrete Products, right up the road in the Thornton's Ferry section of Merrimack, NH. Long gone.
  21. bulldogboy
    Is that a Mack chassis or is it an "MR" cab mounted on a TOR chassis? I don't see a Bulldog.
  22. bulldogboy
    Thanks for the info, I knew that you would have the right answer. I wasn't sure whether it is an RM or not. There is a discussion on SPAAMFAA's Facebook page about what model it is. Most thought that it is a DM but I knew it wasn't due to the normal cab placement.
  23. bulldogboy
    Red Ford Ranger used by Security at South of the Border in Dillon, SC.
  24. bulldogboy
    So, what model is this, RM? Thanks.
  25. bulldogboy
    Is an "RM" the same as a "DM" but without the offset cab?

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