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Engine 16, Union Fire Company, Lebanon, PA (retired) 1978 Mack CF 1500/500
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Tanker 291, Westfield, NY (retired) 1979 Mack R/Kari Kool 0/3500
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Engine 1, Friendship Fire Company, Winchester, VA (retired & collector owned) 1950 Mack 85LS 750/400
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Ladder 1, Volunteer Hose Company #1, DuBois, PA (retired) 1977 Mack CF/Hamerly 0/0/100' Thibault
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Engine 301, Lutherville, MD (retired & collector owned) 1954 Mack B-85 750/500
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Engine 1, North Union Township, PA 1994 Mack MC/New Lexington 1750/1000
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Antique, Taneytown, MD (retired & collector owned) 1949 Mack 85LS 750/500
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Tanker 5, Hydetown, PA 1987 Mack R/New Lexington 500/3000
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Engine 1, Fleetwood, PA (retired & collector owned) 1946 Mack 85LS 750/300 #85LS-1084
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Tanker 1262, Pine City, NY 1989 Mack MC/Saulsbury 350/2100
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Engine 2, Hopwood, PA 1980 Mack MC 1000/750
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Engine 6, Cooperstown, NY 1989 Mack MC/Pierce 1250/1000
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And now we return to our regularly scheduled Mack Fire Apparatus..... Engine 42, Broughton, PA (retired) 1978 Mack CF 2000/750
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Red Horse, You are correct on the Bargaintown rig, it was purpose built for the Fire service. The 93 CH/59 Heil is still in service. While most commercial tank trucks are designed to carry a specific weight, it is not typical that they hold that weight 24/7/365 unless there is a fire. Fire Service tankers do just that and it takes a toll on them. Here's an analogy: Pick up your wife and carry her to the other end of the house. No big deal (unless she's the size of MY wife!) Now, sit in a chair and have her sit on your lap. For several hours. Now, jump up and run, carrying her to the other end of the house. See the difference?
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Engine 10, Mechanicsville Hose Company, South Amboy, NJ 1986 Mack MC/Rescue Systems, Inc. 1250/500
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Engine 8, South Bend, IN (retired) 1976 Mack CF 1250/500
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What's your definition of "relatively young"? Most of the retired tankers I have posted are over 25 years old. When I add the "(retired)" to my post, I am indicating that the rig is no longer in active service with that Fire Department. It could very well be in service somewhere else. There are many reasons they get replaced, including age, need, manual transmission, CDL requirements, and funding. Some that were strictly water carriers have been replaced by pumper-tankers that combined two apparatus into one, eliminating the need for that second or third pumper in the fleet.
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Tanker 3068, Pleasant Plains, NJ 1993 Mack CH/1959 Heil 500/7500
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Engine 211, Griffith, IN (retired) 1978 Mack CF 2000/1000
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The Port Vue, PA Mack R open cab has already been posted here, as have other blue rigs from Sellersburg.
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Engine 3014, Independent FC, Burlington, NJ 1986 Mack CF/Pierce 1250/500/54' Squrt
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Engine 3, Sellersburg, IN (retired) 1973 Mack CF-795 1500/750 #CF-795F15-1029
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Tanker 1528, Bargaintown, NJ (retired) 1986 Mack R/4-Guys 450/4000
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Engine 1922, Arrington, TN (retired) 1972 Mack CF 1000/1000
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Your abilities were never any part of my comment, it was strictly your choice of project. As for the Pink trucks, the vast majority of them (several dozen across the US) are painted pink to raise awareness and funding for breast cancer research. A closer look at these rigs will reveal that they are covered in handwritten signatures of cancer survivors and memorials of those who did not. I, among many others in the fire apparatus crowd, fully support this endeavor.
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