1958 F.W.D.

Not many people know that the FWD was the first truck I ever rode on- Dad took me to a parade when I was 3. Also, there is a dent in one of the compartment doors that you have to look at "just right" to see it......That was done by the Uncle that I was named after, who died before I was born.

There's a shot for that

No room. That pesky 20x26 detached garage maxed out the lot.

Kevin: There are generic flip-down seats available. Next time I am at my Hahn I will take pictures for you of the ones installed on it, and get you the name and model number.

YES PLEASE MIKE!!!

Nothing close by that I can think of offhand, and those are usually "You park it now and dont access it until April 1" We want to be able to either come and work on it or remove it occasionally to do work, or at the least light her off every other week and run her for a half hour.

Yes, I could, but where would the Hahn go? You can't get a square peg into a round hole.....And even if I used a shoe horn and buttered the sides of the doors, she still aint going in the existing garage.......

Lads: My hopes for indoor storage have plummeted over a cliff. The Hahn needs to get under a roof before the winter sets in. Looking for something in the immediate area of Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton Pa or anywhere between here and Huntingdon Valley Pa (Northeast Philadelphia) or that immediate vicinity in Bucks or Montgomery Counties. Does NOT have to be heated or have utilities, just need it to be fairly weather-tight. I'll even take a dirt floor barn, so long as it's fairly dry and SECURE. I need to have access to be able to come work on the truck, or to be able to come and get it to take it off-site for work. I am putting out the word everywhere. If anyone has anything, please let me know, and any and all leads are appreciated. No, I cannot put up a pole barn on my property, not enough room. No, I cannot put up one of those vinyl buildings, needs a permit and even if I could, I do not have enough room. Yes will consider the Schuykill County Historical Fire Society, but it's 60 miles away so gonna make that a last resort. Thanks Fellas!!

Owch!

The literal translation of "Hahn" is "Cock." COCK OILYCOCK LOUDCOCK YELOCOCK

No. One extra bay which they park the "Utility" SUV in.....Also thats the bay that we allow our members to use to wash or work on their personal vehicles as a benefit to hanging out for duty time.....Which I could do with the Hahn but not long term storage.

I was thinking "007" When people ask me what it means, I can say "I have the ability to drop oil on the road or make a smokescreen if anyone is chasing me."

Path created by FWD.......

The Aerialscope has the designation of being one of the most versatile aerial devices designed specifically for firefighting. Capable of maintaining a 1000lb basket load while being able to flow 1000gpm at any angle or amount of extension is one of the things that makes them what they are, and the reason that FDNY has purchased so many of them throughout the years. The rear of a 'Scope, showing the basket and storage rack for several hundred feet of ground ladders. A side views of a single screw scope Couple of scopes in action in Brooklyn Any angle, any elevation, any extension, 1000lbs in the bucket while flowing 1000gpm You can even use them below the level of the turntable (yes....still 1000lbs/1000gpm.) Photo credits to the unknown photographers.

Here's FDNY Ladder 44 on a second alarm in The Bronx, summer of 1993 I think, somewhere near 163rd & Walton Ave. Photo by me. Here is a newer Seagrave Aerialscope, assigned to Ladder Co. 31 (1216 Intervale Ave at 169 St.) Photo by me. Lemme see if I can dig up a few pix of a single screw.....

Ken that's a nice aerial ladder but I since you mentioned a bucket, I was thinking of a Mack "Aerialscope" like this.....Except single screw (a hell of a lot shorter.....) This is Philadelphia Fire Department Ladder 6 (back in the day) out of 43rd and Market. Photo by me. Mack sold hundreds of these to FDNY over the years as both the chassis and aerial devices were considered to be bomb proof. FDNY still buys them to this day except they are now built on Seagrave Chassis.

Oh. Shit. Now you tell me.......DAMMIT!!!????

Hmmmmmmm

Where are you located? We're just north of Philly. I will have to look back in my records, but the place has a shop in Wilmington, De which is where they had me drop it off- they had their guys transport it to Bmore and back on their daily parts run at no cost to me. I'll look it up for you.

Should have gotten a pic of it in front of the 72nd NYI (Second Fire Zouaves) Momunent!!!

Wow.....Guy that owns that Oaklyn Scope lives near me.....He traveled a long ways. Good for him.

Challenge accepted! The only thing about 'Scopes- single screw scopes are notoriously hard on brakes because they are so heavy. But if you're not fighting fire on a daily basis and also know how to downshift....You should be ok.

Yes, but Paul the ULTIMATE hard on for Pop was when we picked up the FWD after I had bought it- he was sitting in the passenger seat, I was behind the wheel.....we look at each other and said "wow this is fucking weird....." then I looked out across that hood, and at the time, it looked like it was 7 miles long....I said out loud "oh my god what have I done?" He really enjoyed watching the boys climbing on yellow today......and Large and Small rode with him inside the cab, and medium rode the jumpseat....I think he really enjoyed that.

The 1978 Hahn has been rescued from it's death sentence of neglect, sitting on that farm it was on in Central Bucks County, Pa. Headed up and down some good hills on Pa 611 to 212 to 412 into Hellertown, about a 20 mile ride- not one single solitary hiccup. She acted as if she had just pulled out of our firehouse 10 years ago and wanted to go to a fire. Originally the old man who owned her said we could keep it there until the spring, but he started getting squirrely on us, so we wanted the truck out of there. She's about 5 minutes from my house- outside...Booo.....But we're working on something indoors. Pic by me of my Pop driving first (I'm driving dad's diesel Jeep Liberty- zoom zoom vroom vroom) Pics by my buddy, driving my pickum-up truck

Sounds like it may be at the end of it's life. You may have to break down and send it out for a rebuild. There's a fantastic clutch shop in Baltimore if you are anywhere near there. They rebuilt and balanced the Lipe-Brown clutch for my FWD, ran me $400 I think.