Popular Post TozziWelding Posted June 25, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted June 25, 2017 I have wanted this truck since I was a kid, it served at Plymouth Fire Dept station 6, 3 miles from my house. It is a 1968 International Loadstar 1700 4x4. The pipework and fire body were fabricated by Farrar in Hopkonton MA. I found the truck up in Maine, with the fire body removed and most of the brushbreaker stuff removed. Made a deal with the guy who owned it and she is alot closer to home now. She served for 40 years, and I got to see it in action. 10 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/50284-my-new-toy/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 Time to get creative! Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/50284-my-new-toy/#findComment-373373 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fxfymn Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 Very nice. What are you planning (hoping) to do with it? Quote Money, sex, and fire; everybody thinks everyone else is getting more than they are! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/50284-my-new-toy/#findComment-373401 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TozziWelding Posted June 25, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 25, 2017 Going to put most of the pipe back on it, mount my welder of the same vintage, have my sign guy replicate the old PFD lettering and drive it. 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/50284-my-new-toy/#findComment-373402 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 Good choice always liked the loadstar....have a ball with it...bobSent from my XT1096 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/50284-my-new-toy/#findComment-373434 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fxfymn Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 If you plan to put the "Farrar" insignia back on the hood they are pretty hard to find, but I've seen a couple over the years. Based on the picture of it leaving Plymouth it would probably pay to ask around the PFD to find out who has the souvenirs taken from it. My home town of Ashland, MA also had a Clarence Farrar special 1968 Loadstar front mount pump. He delivered a lot of similar trucks around New England. Quote Money, sex, and fire; everybody thinks everyone else is getting more than they are! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/50284-my-new-toy/#findComment-373504 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldogboy Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 (edited) Milford, NH Fire Department Engine 3 used to run this 1964 IHC "Loadstar"/Farrar. Not sure of the specs but it may have been a 750FM/750. It later went to the Bridgewater, NH Fire Department; its whereabouts now is unknown. bulldogboy Edited June 26, 2017 by bulldogboy Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/50284-my-new-toy/#findComment-373532 Share on other sites More sharing options...
66dc75 Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Was that truck sitting outside the station on Rt. 44 about 18 years ago? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/50284-my-new-toy/#findComment-373535 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mack58B42 Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 51 minutes ago, bulldogboy said: Milford, NH Fire Department Engine 3 used to run this 1964 IHC "Loadstar"/Farrar. Not sure of the specs but it may have been a 750FM/750. It later went to the Bridgewater, NH Fire Department; its whereabouts now is unknown. bulldogboy Looks an awful lot like the E3 Farrar that I used to drive back in the day..... Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/50284-my-new-toy/#findComment-373537 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TozziWelding Posted June 27, 2017 Author Share Posted June 27, 2017 3 hours ago, 66dc75 said: Was that truck sitting outside the station on Rt. 44 about 18 years ago? Everything that is going to die in Plymouth goes to the West Plymouth station on 7 hills rd off the old 44. My truck served untill 08. There is a twin up at Steve Almedias junk yard I need to go rob for parts. Plymouth had a dozen of them from the 60's to the 80's Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/50284-my-new-toy/#findComment-373541 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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