1958 F.W.D.

A regular trooper stopped me in 86 R-model the other day, had me come to front of truck, glanced at my license, and told me he stopped me for not wearing my seat belt. I was wearing one of those yellow safety T-shirts. I told him I was wearing it. He got real official sounding, told me my first mistake was not wearing it, my second mistake was trying to lie to him, and my third was wearing the safety yellow shirt that clearly showed no shoulder strap, in wich he was "trained" to look for. I told him it was an 86 and wasnt equipped with it, just the lap belt, which I was wearing. He looked like he had swallowed a turd, climbed up in truck, looked at my lap belt, looked for shoulder strap of wich never was there, and climbed down apologizing like hell. I just laughed and said no problem. He said it was a new one on him. He was fresh out of trooper college I think. I guess he knows now,,,randyp

I would have told him to stick his apology up his ass sideways.

Hatcity I'd like to watch you tell his 9-month baking, walked 1/2 a mile in the 90 degree heat woman to bring home-baked cookies, now.......I suspect that your man berries would fly up through the inside of your anatomy and become lodged inside your esophagus. Just a hunch.

_{my style #402 red wing boots.}

Would these happen to be Red Wings that are now made in Red China, instead of Red White and Blue USA???

I'll never go to Red Wing again. Have been so pissed at them with the last 2 pair of boots.........

Thanks. Is the space adequate or should I try to park it at the hotel to give you more room?

And many thanks to those who responded to my request for storage space for the 52. Thanks to 1958 F.W.D. aka Randy, I found a spot. See all of you on Friday.

"The Other Randy"

I think It' powered by a 12V71 so It would always start in the winter, and give you all the power you would need to put out any big fire in the tunnel!!

No they dont want oil all over the tunnel, plus the echo would be so loud the operators would go out on permanent disability hearing loss after 2 years.

I went to the museum last year too. One question though, I want to be in the nug shot for BMT, but I also wanted to go to the Mack plant. The tour at the plant will prolly be going on while the mugshot is being taken.

Fear not young one. The buses to the plant run all day, and the tour is self-guided and at your own pace. Just make sure you wear comfortble walking shoes, as walking the line from one end to the other is just a little over a mile.

Looks like the firefighting package has been removed- they also had 250 pounds of purple K dry chemical agent (driven by nitrogen) to fight car fires and SCBA for the operator.

Second vote for JC Taylor. Good people, have insurance for my 1958 FWD Firetruck through them. And dont call a normal insurance agent, go to the specialists.

Local Yocals flagging customers to the side of Route 309 in Hatfield Pennsylvania right on the Montgomery/Bucks County line. About 6 cars from area municipalities. Had several contractor-type dump trucks with trailers on the shoulder, with feet on creepers sticking out from beneath. They have been hitting tri-axles hard around here lately, especially from small fleets or junky-looking fleets due to the tri-axle versus firehouse (with fatality) crash here a few weeks ago.

But let me ask you this......... If he pulled up in a Brockway 762 with a V12-71 or a R700 with a V12-71.... Would ya still let her in?????

BULLHUSK

A Brocky would be ok, it's not pedigreed. The R700 I would just have to shake my head at and say "bitch, park that tub of shit out in the street, I dont want oil all over my driveway."

^{Congrats Olive.....She is a pretty little thing. our youngest just turned one year old last week. Cody is 8yrs, Shane is 7yrs, and Casey is one year. Momma done made me some fine young men. She wants one more, but I said "what- pull the handle on the slot machine again and risk having a girl? NO WAY!!!!" I'm not changing diapers at the age of 40.}

Oh my god you had U models!!!!!!! Do you have any left or pictures??!?!!?

DOWN BOY!!! DOWN!!!

I hope that sightliner didnt succomb to the torch.......

Real trucks have two spark plugs. Here's a youtube of my 1958 FWD with the 140GZ Waukesha (F554G in later years.) I have always been kinda partial to Waukys, or "thunder pumpkins" as they were known for their orange color. Many do not know that Wauky is still very much alive and well building mainly LARGE gen set power plants, they were under the name Dresser, however they were recently purchased by G.E.

Many Waukys,especially the 145GZ (F817G) were installed in firetrucks, however their track record wasn't exactly the greatest- many tanked after a few years. I found the Waukesha Engine Historical Society online, and spent about an hour on the phone one day with a former engineer. He explained that the mettalurgy in many of those engines was bad, and that the castings down at the bottom of the cylinders where the cyls met the block would go bad, leading to coolant leaking into the crankcase.

Mine has a Zenith heated downdraft carb, and as you can see in the video, quite an extensive air cleaner. The video was taken at the Mack Trucks Test Track, and also on Interstate 78 getting on E/B at Lehigh Street heading towards "the wall" of South Mountain just before Route 309. Mack used this stretch of 78 for years to test new stuff.

Whats LWH?

Length/Width/Height

FWD- my wife is curious what high school you went to and year graduated. She is from Easton but grandparents lived there and many friends.

Pete

Pete- I was born and raised in Huntingdon Valley, Pa. just a stones throw from the Philadelphia border. Lower Moreland High School. class of 1993.

oh that is just wrong in so many ways........

I just put the word out on my facebook, lets see if we get any bites....

That didnt take long, have someone asking for the L/W/H. Please provide. From a guy in Bel Air.

In preparation for gastric bypass surgery (which coincidentally is tomorrow) I gave up carbonated beverages over 2 months ago, which I thought would be tough for me, as I never drank coffee in my life. My morning beverage was a 16oz bottle of Coke or Dr. Pepper. It was tough in the very beginning but now I am over it, and have lost close to 30 lbs.

Good to hear your Nana is home. Both of mine have passed and I miss them every day. The guys are right, they appreciate your phone calls every night. You sound like a good kid even if your taste in trucks is lopsided.

I just put the word out on my facebook, lets see if we get any bites....

I'll be there with the 52.

I am looking for inside storage for the truck for the five days before the show somewhere in the area from northern Maryland to the Macungie area if someone can help me out. I am teaching in Harford County, MD June 11 - 14, so it would be much easier for me to bring the truck up on Sunday June 10th and than go directly to Macungie instead of schlepping home on Thursday, loading the truck, and turning right around to cover the same ground again Friday morning.

Where are you teaching in Harford County MD? I used to be a FF at APG, know a lot of guys on local VFD's down there, might be able to help you find a place.

12N Saturday at Watts' tent

Hopefully I'll remember this year!!!! All you Mack guys need someone in the pic with good taste in trucks to classy up the pic a bit.....

I'll be there, you can't miss me, I have the only F.W.D. firetruck, and for that matter usually the only F.W.D. truck period.