Olivetroad Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 i talked to some people on the millburn f.d. today when i got home from work and to my suprise the guys i spoke with remembered the truck well. and they had all of the service manuals and all of the orig paper work for the truck and he told me that they would ship everthing they had for the truck to me. he said that it was the first automatic truck they bought and that it has a EM6 237 engine. they are going to send pics of truck fighting fire when it was new and i am going to send them pics of the truck now so they can see that their one time pride of the fleet is now the pride of the fleet once agin. they sold the truck in 1997.Could you figure out how many owners it has had since they sold it in 97 and where it traveled? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22840-new-firetruck/page/2/#findComment-101537 Share on other sites More sharing options...
joes mack Posted February 17, 2012 Author Share Posted February 17, 2012 got the box with the manuals today and if i can figure out how to scan pics i will post covers with mh,rd800,mb,and superliner on it Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22840-new-firetruck/page/2/#findComment-102476 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldogboy Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 Joe: I saw your Mack engine on the Evarts, Ky. website. Do they still have the other "CF", Engine 2? Good luck with your new engine. Always glad to see a Mack fire truck still in service. bulldogboy Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22840-new-firetruck/page/2/#findComment-102616 Share on other sites More sharing options...
joes mack Posted February 18, 2012 Author Share Posted February 18, 2012 yea they still got it and its a little shorter than the one we got but everyone says we got the better of the two. thanks and this will more than likely will be its last home as we have had good luck with our trucks so far. we still have our first tanker and pumper we bought back in 1985 (the department was started in 84) the tanker is a 74 c60 chevy and engine 1 is a 67 f750 and both are still in service but the tanker will prob be removed from service this year. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22840-new-firetruck/page/2/#findComment-102624 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldogboy Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 Joe: Please post some pictures of your Mack when you have it lettered for your department. I like Ford fire trucks also so if you could post a picture of your Ford that would be great. Thanks. bulldogboy Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22840-new-firetruck/page/2/#findComment-102958 Share on other sites More sharing options...
joes mack Posted February 19, 2012 Author Share Posted February 19, 2012 ill try and get some for ya Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22840-new-firetruck/page/2/#findComment-102979 Share on other sites More sharing options...
joes mack Posted February 23, 2012 Author Share Posted February 23, 2012 update on the truck it just keeps getting better the fire dept that we bought the truck from just informed us that they had a city meeting and the asking price for the truck was reduced they said that they voted to give the truck to us but some legal hoopla wouldnt let them. and sence we always help them and they help us with mutual aid they told us to bring them a check for $25.00 and everything would be legal and the truck was ours. can it get much better than this??? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22840-new-firetruck/page/2/#findComment-103453 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 update on the truck it just keeps getting better the fire dept that we bought the truck from just informed us that they had a city meeting and the asking price for the truck was reduced they said that they voted to give the truck to us but some legal hoopla wouldnt let them. and sence we always help them and they help us with mutual aid they told us to bring them a check for $25.00 and everything would be legal and the truck was ours. can it get much better than this???You sneaked in just under my upper limit of $25.01.You must barter better than I.Good job!!!Rob Quote Plodding along with no job nor practical application for my existence, but still trying to fix what's broke. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22840-new-firetruck/page/2/#findComment-103454 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olivetroad Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 It is good to hear that at least some organizations know how to mutually work together - send those guys to congress Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22840-new-firetruck/page/2/#findComment-103508 Share on other sites More sharing options...
joes mack Posted February 23, 2012 Author Share Posted February 23, 2012 hopefully the set in mayor (the former mayor passed away) will be elected the next election he is much better to work with than the last few that they have had. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22840-new-firetruck/page/2/#findComment-103565 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldogboy Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 That has happened in my area, usually with ladder trucks. One community will sell a neighboring department an old ladder truck for $1.00 or something like that. This way the new department gets a ladder truck and the selling department gets a mutual aid ladder. Works out well for both. bulldogboy Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22840-new-firetruck/page/2/#findComment-103875 Share on other sites More sharing options...
joes mack Posted February 25, 2012 Author Share Posted February 25, 2012 we got our last truck (c900 ford american lafrance 1000 g.p.m 1000gal) for free from a neighboring county about 4 years ago. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22840-new-firetruck/page/2/#findComment-103882 Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadusercharges Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 change of ownership here is $6.00, registration for an appliance is $67.00 per year, for the same size commercial truck its $684.oo per year, pays to own a fire appliance Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22840-new-firetruck/page/2/#findComment-104487 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldogboy Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Joe: I hope that your area escaped the damage done by all those tornadoes. Looks like Indiana and Kentucky were hit pretty hard. bulldogboy Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22840-new-firetruck/page/2/#findComment-105407 Share on other sites More sharing options...
joes mack Posted March 4, 2012 Author Share Posted March 4, 2012 we faired pretty well in harlan co had a couple of funnel clouds,large baseball size hail,(busted the vent lights off the top of my camper and beat the piss out of the alum on it and a few dents on my other vehicles) but harrogate tenn and lee county va which are just across the mountain both had twisters last night. london ky got hit hard by tornado killed a few people. west liberty ky all but got leveled 2 twisters in 3 days. it was rough for a while thats for sure. its sad that people lost their lives but some of the bigger storms just seemed to pop up with not much warning i know at work that it started lightning and within a couple mins it was on us. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22840-new-firetruck/page/2/#findComment-105421 Share on other sites More sharing options...
joes mack Posted April 1, 2012 Author Share Posted April 1, 2012 here is some pics of our trucks after we got them lettered amd some of the whole fleet Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22840-new-firetruck/page/2/#findComment-111674 Share on other sites More sharing options...
joes mack Posted April 1, 2012 Author Share Posted April 1, 2012 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22840-new-firetruck/page/2/#findComment-111679 Share on other sites More sharing options...
joes mack Posted April 1, 2012 Author Share Posted April 1, 2012 1971 ford truck was converted to diesel in 1995 3208 turbo 1000 gpm pump 1000 gal tank Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22840-new-firetruck/page/2/#findComment-111682 Share on other sites More sharing options...
joes mack Posted April 1, 2012 Author Share Posted April 1, 2012 1971 ford truck was converted to diesel in 1995 3208 turbo 1000 gpm pump 1000 gal tank. sorry for the double post truck orig came from maine Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22840-new-firetruck/page/2/#findComment-111683 Share on other sites More sharing options...
joes mack Posted April 1, 2012 Author Share Posted April 1, 2012 1967 ford f 750 500 gpm pump 750 gal tank. this truck orig came from mich. we bought it in 1985 it was refurbed in 1981. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22840-new-firetruck/page/2/#findComment-111685 Share on other sites More sharing options...
joes mack Posted April 1, 2012 Author Share Posted April 1, 2012 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22840-new-firetruck/page/2/#findComment-111688 Share on other sites More sharing options...
joes mack Posted April 1, 2012 Author Share Posted April 1, 2012 1971 ford Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22840-new-firetruck/page/2/#findComment-111689 Share on other sites More sharing options...
joes mack Posted April 1, 2012 Author Share Posted April 1, 2012 1984 l 8000 2000 gal tank 3208 cat (old smokey) Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22840-new-firetruck/page/2/#findComment-111691 Share on other sites More sharing options...
joes mack Posted April 1, 2012 Author Share Posted April 1, 2012 1974 c 60 chevy 1000 gal tank this is the truck we are poss going to replace with the propane burner. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22840-new-firetruck/page/2/#findComment-111692 Share on other sites More sharing options...
joes mack Posted April 1, 2012 Author Share Posted April 1, 2012 1978 ford f 600 1000 gal tank Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22840-new-firetruck/page/2/#findComment-111694 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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