Super Pumper and Super Tender to be reunited in Michigan

Man oh man, if there was a way to get the Fire Fighter into the lakes other than a very long, very expensive and very unlikely trip around the Canadian Maritimes that would be a hell of a meet up. All three of W.F. Gibbs designs for FDNY in the same spot. It would be something to see Fighter drafting to the super pumper and the tender rig runnning that big monitor all at the same time
 
The 8” barrel Stag Intelligiant monitor has been removed to facilitate transport of the Tender to MichiganIMG_2787.jpegIMG_2788.jpegIMG_2789.jpeg
 
I was at the 1st fire the FDNY Super Pumper was used a, as a buff. The fire was at Manhattan Ave. & Commercial St. In Williamsburg Brooklyn, I think Brooklyn Box 98. Later when I was appointed to the Engine 27 in the FDNY I was detailed often to Satellite 1 when it was quartered at the old quarters of Engine 30 on Spring St. in Lower Manhattan, now the FDNY Museum Building. When the Satellite Officer found out I was a Diesel Mechanic in the U.S. Navy and had a NYS License drive a Tactor Trailer, I filled in a few times driving the Super Pumper pump unit. It was a beast to drive on NYC streets. You had to drive slowly and anticipate the need to stop, due to the weight of the unit. I never once pumped with the Super Pumper, but I did drive it a few times to major fires. Captain Bob Rainey FDNY Engine 26 retired
 
Somewhere deep in the internet the current owner of the tender(?) wrote about the joys of driving a short axle Mack cross country after it had sat at the FDNY yard for a few months. I'll see if I can find it but long story short it involved a lot of fuel filter replacements and probably a compressed backbone or two
 
That interior doesn't look bad for a 60 year old vehicle. I assume the tender is being transported and not driven?
 
captaindewey50267021@gm said:
I was at the 1st fire the FDNY Super Pumper was used a, as a buff. The fire was at Manhattan Ave. & Commercial St. In Williamsburg Brooklyn, I think Brooklyn Box 98. Later when I was appointed to the Engine 27 in the FDNY I was detailed often to Satellite 1 when it was quartered at the old quarters of Engine 30 on Spring St. in Lower Manhattan, now the FDNY Museum Building. When the Satellite Officer found out I was a Diesel Mechanic in the U.S. Navy and had a NYS License drive a Tactor Trailer, I filled in a few times driving the Super Pumper pump unit. It was a beast to drive on NYC streets. You had to drive slowly and anticipate the need to stop, due to the weight of the unit. I never once pumped with the Super Pumper, but I did drive it a few times to major fires. Captain Bob Rainey FDNY Engine 26 retired
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Great Story. Thanks for sharing
 
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