1958 F.W.D.

Fire Engines are red, thank you.

True story- Back in 2001, I was freshly divorced with some cash from a settlement and a whole lotta overtime in my pocket (why be at the house, it was empty?) and I wanted an S-Model that a buddy had.....Two problems- the POS under the hood, and the fact that it was worth more than I had to spend. I knew my buddy would have sold it to me for what I had, but I didnt want to do that. So I said screwit. Few weeks later, same buddy called me to tell me about the FWD being for sale.

you mean *other* than it's a piece of shit?

Just talked to my boss. My contribution will only go up $4.20 per paycheck, (8% of his 15% increase.)

I work for a small company- about 35 employees. Got a 5% raise 2 weeks ago, Now I know why. Anyone wanna take a bet that I get a letter from my employer come December sometime that he's going to have to start deducting more for my health care plan?

Ron do you want me to come over and rub your feet?

I may or may not be there. If you see the 58 FWD or the 78 Hahn (or both) be sure to introduce yourself!

Oct 29th

Baloney. Which number did you call and who did you speak to? Calling Hale anymore is like calling AutoZone or O'Reilly Auto Parts- if the kid behind the counter can't look it up in the computer, he won't pull a book out and do it. Also try Supplee Brothers in Oreland, Pa. Ask for Daniel or Billy. If you get the machine leave a detailed message, someone will call you back.

You mean like this?

This is my *EXTREMELY RARE* Mack Model Z Firetruck, made special at Mack's Clintonville, Wisconsin Plant...Model Z's are also known as "Northern" or "Clintonville" Macks. Think it has a chance of getting in the calendar?

Hmmmm......I guess I need to warm up my photochoppage machine.........

June 11, 2005 September 10, 2016

She came straight from work. You're lucky she looked as good as she did that night...LOL

And here's the Cummins, too.....

It's been relatively uneventful lately. I saw a big Mack firetruck at a 9-11 Memorial Service. It has a 50' "telesqurt" on top of it, made by the Snorkel Company. Mack would make the chassis, ship it to Snorkel to have the aerial device installed, then back to Mack to have the body fabricated. Then I saw these Crown Buses north of Philadelphia. If you know much about Crown, you know that one on the east coast is rare, let alone two of them. One had some kinda pancake thing painted alpine green. I didn't pay much attention to it. The other one had a pancake Cummins. They both had 10-speed Fullers. Max total size 24.41MB Insert other media Uploaded Images Then I saw this 1923 Model T Ford. It was pretty. I saw a billboard, it was for some kind of fantasy movie, or Science-Fiction, I'm not sure which. My Volunteer Fire Department celebrated 100 years of service and this past Saturday Night we had a big old fancy dinner at a local country club. They asked me to bring the FWD and park it at the front door so that everyone could get their pictures taken with it. As I was driving over, I saw some girl hitchhiking and even though I was a little late I fell sorry for her so I stopped and picked her up. Since she was dressed real nice and all, I asked if she had any dinner plans and she didn't, so I said "hey this is your lucky night, I am going to allow you to be my date for this dinner dance thing I am going to." She was so impressed she could hardly refuse and immediately kissed my ring. Here's a better picture of the hitchhiker- she kind of looks like Meryl Streep. Sort of. Kind of. Either way she is all kinds of hot, don't you think? And when the night was over, I saw the FWD parked next to it's Grandson at the fire station as my house is 40+ miles away and I didn't wanna drive it back up that far at 1130 at night. Besides the hitchhiker had other ideas as for what I was gonna do for the rest of the night.

When is the John Haines IV show this year????? 39babymack? Doug Maney?

My friends from Australia that were just here couldn't get enough of our bacon and sausage....Said that it was way better than theirs, especially the bacon. Oh, and for Otherdog- they enjoyed the scrapple with some buttermilk pancakes and syrup!

I bet you'd have a stroke if I showed up....LOL.......of course I wouldn't be empty-handed.......

Wow you saw a Tyrannosaurus Rex!!!

If you cannot see that what you said in that "Letter to the Editor" was wrong; let alone why it was wrong.....well sir.......You have greater problems than me, I won't hold my breath for that apology. As for who I am? I don't know how much more you need- you have my given name. My interest? I am upset that a fine organization had some mud tossed upon it's good name. Like you are passionate about that truck, I am passionate about the organization that you spoke ill of. Many of the folks on here know me personally and know of my passion for the History and Heritage of Mack Trucks. I shall speak no more of this topic. I can only hope that you come to realize the error of your ways. Have a pleasant day!

Well....Seems some people get a bit testy when you call them out onto the carpet for being a douchebag. I tracked down Mr Waldron on Facebook, and private messaged him the same message as posted above. You can block me on facebook Mr Waldron but I'm like a bad case of the clap- I just don't go away......I'm gonna leave these screen shots right here......

Hey Dan Waldron.... I just saw your letter to the editor in the Sept/Oct issue of Vintage Firetruck. And I quote: "Since we have no serial number, the Mack Trucks Historical Museum hasnt been able to help us and stronly hinted they wanted money to even talk to us." The Mack Trucks Museum advertises (clearly stated on their website) that they will attempt to fulfill archival requests with copies of any documents at no cost....due to the number of requests and limited staff, requests are usually fulfilled in 6-8 weeks. An appropriate donation is appreciated. Do you know a thing about the Mack Museum operation? Are you aware that the staff is mostly volunteer? Do you know that many files are microfiche and need to be manually pulled and viewed for content? Do you know that not only will you get copies of your file, but many times you will get an engine and chassis manual as well? Do you know that the cost to ship these materials to you via UPS is about $20.00?? That being said, given that you had no serial number......what did you expect the VOLUNTEER staff there to do....Look through EVERY file for 1955 and 56 B models? That was a pretty cheap shot and I think you owe the Museum staff an apology, And a check.

As an emergency responder, I say this........ I have 25+ years of experience both as a Career and Volunteer Firefighter/EMT. I have seen all kinds of crazy shit in that time. I also have all kinds of training- hundreds, possibly even thousands of hours of training, in everything from basic first aid to operating a three million dollar airport crash rescue firefighting rig and everything in between including swift water rescue and small and medium marine vessel operation. That being said, with all of my training and experience, I still see shit doing this job where I say "yeah didn't see that coming" or "nope never saw that happen before." But my training, experience and instinct prepares me to improvise, adapt and overcome. What I hate to see as an emergency responder is a group of individuals with no training or experience in emergency rescue procedures come in and start to go to work in an unorganized and chaotic method. Its counter productive for everyone- us, them and especially the victims. THAT having been said.....The floods in La were/are of huge proportion, and there were people waiting for days on the roofs of their homes without food, fresh water or shelter. The emergency responders were overwhelmed and help was desperately needed. The Cajun boys did what needed to be done. The Senator's intentions may be good but he really should have waited a while to announce his intentions and then maybe check with us professionals for some guidance before he shot his mouth off.

Oh you have balls..........