Popular Post Timothy Maikshilo Posted February 7, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted February 7, 2014 This truck is on craigs list in Western Mass. 6500.00 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34576-1953-pirsch-aerial-85-ft-ladder-truck/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Tim, you could use that to trim trees. 1 Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34576-1953-pirsch-aerial-85-ft-ladder-truck/#findComment-231047 Share on other sites More sharing options...
joemac Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Good luck to the seller of this one. Not too many collectors are interested in ladders, especially tillers. Take up too much space and you always need a second person to move it, unless you're just going a short distance in a straight line.I know where there is an old 700 series ALF ladder truck, sitting in a field behind a church, waiting for someone to grab it, take it home and give it a proper restoration. Will probably never happen and it will rust into the ground. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34576-1953-pirsch-aerial-85-ft-ladder-truck/#findComment-231048 Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarnall Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 I got an IH V200 drawn 85' Pirsche ladder for $200. Not quite a dime a dozen, but close enough. It does take up too much room in the pole barn. I could put 3 trucks where it is. Mike Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34576-1953-pirsch-aerial-85-ft-ladder-truck/#findComment-231052 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Maikshilo Posted February 7, 2014 Author Share Posted February 7, 2014 Tim, you could use that to trim trees.Jim I'd be scared to climb up that ladder! I spotted it and don't know anything about these trucks. Thanks for your feed back. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34576-1953-pirsch-aerial-85-ft-ladder-truck/#findComment-231055 Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Jim I'd be scared to climb up that ladder! I spotted it and don't know anything about these trucks. Thanks for your feed back.Ha! Don't worry. I would be standing in the scared line also! 1 Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34576-1953-pirsch-aerial-85-ft-ladder-truck/#findComment-231074 Share on other sites More sharing options...
1958 F.W.D. Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 I've been a Firefighter for 25 years and have climbed many an aerial ladder- but there is not enough money on this planet to get me to climb a Pirsch ladder, especially one THAT old!!!! EFF THAT!!!! They need to be melted down and made into beer cans. 1 Quote TWO STROKES ARE FOR GARDEN TOOLS Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34576-1953-pirsch-aerial-85-ft-ladder-truck/#findComment-231078 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fxfymn Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 No better or worse than any of the old aerial ladders. We are spoiled now. At least it is metal, not wood. Quote Money, sex, and fire; everybody thinks everyone else is getting more than they are! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34576-1953-pirsch-aerial-85-ft-ladder-truck/#findComment-231226 Share on other sites More sharing options...
1958 F.W.D. Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 No better or worse than any of the old aerial ladders. We are spoiled now. At least it is metal, not wood.Carl I climbed an old wooden aerial one time just to be able to say "I did it." And the flex of that didn't come close to that of a Pirsch riveted/huck bolted aluminum stick. Quote TWO STROKES ARE FOR GARDEN TOOLS Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34576-1953-pirsch-aerial-85-ft-ladder-truck/#findComment-231234 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldogboy Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 And I jumped into a life net one time just to say, "I did it". Stupid, stupid, stupid!!!!!! bulldogboy 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34576-1953-pirsch-aerial-85-ft-ladder-truck/#findComment-231276 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fxfymn Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 The ALF I tillered was so crooked when it was fully extended you had to aim for the window next to the one you wanted to climb through. When E-One, Grove, LTI, etc. got in on the act they spoiled us by making the ladders so strong you could actually tell when the climber's knees were shaking. 2 Quote Money, sex, and fire; everybody thinks everyone else is getting more than they are! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34576-1953-pirsch-aerial-85-ft-ladder-truck/#findComment-231294 Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Seen a few years ago is Leominster, MA 1967 Maxim LST 100. Best of all it is powered by a turbocharged 671 Detroit! 2 Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34576-1953-pirsch-aerial-85-ft-ladder-truck/#findComment-231346 Share on other sites More sharing options...
1958 F.W.D. Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Seen a few years ago is Leominster, MA 1967 Maxim LST 100.Best of all it is powered by a turbocharged 671 Detroit!Are you sure it was a 671-T and not a natural??? Many of the drivelines in earlier Maxims were set up for 817G Waukeshas running at 3200 RPM's and when swapped out were done so with 617-N's. Quote TWO STROKES ARE FOR GARDEN TOOLS Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34576-1953-pirsch-aerial-85-ft-ladder-truck/#findComment-231371 Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Are you sure it was a 671-T and not a natural??? Many of the drivelines in earlier Maxims were set up for 817G Waukeshas running at 3200 RPM's and when swapped out were done so with 617-N's. I saw it about 8 years ago so the memory is.....Pretty sure it had a turbo which was plumbed into the blower. Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34576-1953-pirsch-aerial-85-ft-ladder-truck/#findComment-231376 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Blais Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 A few things about the ad. The seller gives the year as 1953, based on the serial number being 1953? Pirsch used that sheet metal for alot of years so it could be the coincidence of the century. The engine being a 5.3 they are using part of the engine size off the tag. Is that is the bore & stroke ? I wonder which Salem it came from ? Salem N.Y. is alot closer than Salem Mass.http://westernmass.craigslist.org/cto/4312980544.html Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34576-1953-pirsch-aerial-85-ft-ladder-truck/#findComment-231429 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Maikshilo Posted February 9, 2014 Author Share Posted February 9, 2014 A few things about the ad. The seller gives the year as 1953, based on the serial number being 1953? Pirsch used that sheet metal for alot of years so it could be the coincidence of the century. The engine being a 5.3 they are using part of the engine size off the tag. I that is the bore & stroke ? I wonder which Salem it came from ? Salem N.Y. is alot closer than Salem Mass.http://westernmass.craigslist.org/cto/4312980544.htmlMike did you notice that he said to call in the ad but left no phone number? Pretty hard to sell if you can't get a hold of someone! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34576-1953-pirsch-aerial-85-ft-ladder-truck/#findComment-231462 Share on other sites More sharing options...
2stacksuperdog Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Mike did you notice that he said to call in the ad but left no phone number? Pretty hard to sell if you can't get a hold of someone!you have to click contact to get the number. CL dont want you putting it in the ad 2 Quote Matt Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34576-1953-pirsch-aerial-85-ft-ladder-truck/#findComment-231476 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Blais Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 I didn't know that. I've always put my phone number in C/L ads. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34576-1953-pirsch-aerial-85-ft-ladder-truck/#findComment-231485 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fxfymn Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Maxim sold a lot of tiller trucks, as well as being the ladder that Mack used for a very long time.I always thought it was the strongest ladder out there of all of the "old standard" ladders. Quote Money, sex, and fire; everybody thinks everyone else is getting more than they are! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34576-1953-pirsch-aerial-85-ft-ladder-truck/#findComment-231561 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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