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Point of information: L105 didn't have a '55 FWD 75 ft. aerial, they did however have a '36FWD 85 ft. aerial from 1936 to 1959 which was the rig that was mentioned that had to mount the opposite sidewalk to turn out. L105 had a 1959 Mack C/Maxim 85 ft. 4-section metal aerial during the period that L32, 136 & 163 had '55 FWD sticks.memory master said:If you go to "the unofficial homepage FDNY" and click on ladders 32, 136 and 163 you will see pictures of the '55 FWD rigs that JOR referenced 105 truck as having. If memory serves me correctly there also is a picture of an enclosed cab Ahrens-Fox in there somewhere. As a side note, my dad always said he hated driving the "Fox" trying to look around the "ball" on the front mounted pump.
L125 also had one of the four 1940 Ahrens Fox 85 ft. sticks, those trucks were beasts.68jk09 said:I seem to remember LAD*125 having a monster early FWD.
I meant to say a '38FWD, not '36FWD when referring to L105 in this post :-[guitarman314 said:Point of information: L105 didn't have a '55 FWD 75 ft. aerial, they did however have a '36FWD 85 ft. aerial from 1936 to 1959 which was the rig that was mentioned that had to mount the opposite sidewalk to turn out. L105 had a 1959 Mack C/Maxim 85 ft. 4-section metal aerial during the period that L32, 136 & 163 had '55 FWD sticks.memory master said:If you go to "the unofficial homepage FDNY" and click on ladders 32, 136 and 163 you will see pictures of the '55 FWD rigs that JOR referenced 105 truck as having. If memory serves me correctly there also is a picture of an enclosed cab Ahrens-Fox in there somewhere. As a side note, my dad always said he hated driving the "Fox" trying to look around the "ball" on the front mounted pump.
Back in 1946: E296 had a 31 Seagrave pumper, E297 had a 1941 Mack L 1000gpm pumper with a 1929 Seagrave hosewagon, L130 had a 1927 Seagrave 75 ft. aerial. Yes, that old 125th St. College Pt. firehouse was a shack.memory master said:Again, off the "Classic Firehouse" topic, but who cares? Do any of you historians know what type of rig L130 had before they received the 1955 75' wooden stick? I remember the 1941 enclosed cab that E297 had but cannot remember the truck. I do know that it had a "buckeye" whistle and I loved hearing it as they went around town. As for the classic...well my vote goes for the former quarters of E296. It was the most dilapadated, rundown house that you would ever want to see. Classic architecture...no way...but a classic in it's own right.
Happy and Blessed Easter to all of you!
JOR176 said:10-3thebox said:Not just in Manhattan, but it must be tricky in many situations to steer the rig(s) onto some of these narrower secondary streets and have only a couple feet to make that ever so important turn.
Two of the tight turnouts I remember in Brooklyn were
E226 had an Ahrens-Fox (closed cab) on State St. and it was a marvel to see them turning out and backing in (one shot too)
L105 when they they were on Pacific St.had the Hugh FWD with the mars light above the grill, turning out in front of the firehouse was a brick retaining wall beyond which was the LIRR train yards. I remember the Truck had to jump the sidewalk almost every time.