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Welcome back Dave.

Agreed, Joesmackl is close by. Good guy and probally willing to help a BMT member. Joe sorry for volunteering you. Take care Don

Looks good Joe. Nice to see them all lined up together. Can you geuss which is my favorite. I will give you a hint there is a bulldog on the front. Take care, . Don

Very nice thanks for your efforts.

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Hello, Can you use a Certificate Of Origin to register the vehicle. I had a 1988 CF from CT where they do not issue titles or track VIN's for municipal vehicles. The truck went to PA and In order to get it registered I called Mack and spoke to a woman named Alberta Swindler. She sent me the paperwork, I filled it out and returned it to her and a short time later a duplicate of the Certificate Of Origin arrived. The truck is now registered in PA enjoying its second home fighting fires.

Hello that sucks, Its a long shot by there was a guy recently who posted his B model tractor he converted from a fire engine. His handle is ttttrucks. Try to reach out to him and hopefully he has not scrapped the transfer case yet. Other then that put the word out and Google search. I'm sure there a dusty one sitting on a shelf some where. Temporary fix to allow you to drive the rig and enjoy it would be remove transfer case and install a longer drive shaft. Good luck, Don

Hello, . If the front drive shaft is spinning and the rear drive shaft is not spinning then your transfer case is not in the road position. The transfer case is either in pump or floating between road and pump. If the hand brake was the issue you would feel and hear the motor when it tried to over come the hand brake. My first question would be do have any children that go near the truck when your not around. There should be two levers. One on the pump panel and the other below the pump panel on the drivers side. These levers alow you to manually put the truck from road to pump and then back. The lower lever moves a shaft downward which allows you to use the upper lever to put the truck into pump or back to road. The lower lever needs to be put back so the shaft can go back up and locks into the metal piece the upper lever connects to. If it does not lock in the the transfer case can slip out of road position and float between road and pump. I was at a show once and spectator manually put my truck in pump. Assumed it was a kid because they touch everything. To check the electric pump shift motor, with the truck off and the batteries on flip or have someone flip the switch in the cab. You will be able to hear the two speed pump shift motor operate. I hope I was able to help. Keep us posted on how you make out. Don

That's a sharp looking rig. If there keeping that outside what are they hiding inside. I know some guys in Kentucky that would do just about anything to get a tanker like that. Don

Thanks for posting the link. A lot of nice rigs there.

I saw that one but the 5.760 mile round trip is more then I want to go right now. My wife would most likely notice me missing. She has told me no more trucks !!!!!! But I have heard her saw that before. Don

Glad to hear you found the clamp you were looking for. Don

Pm sent with chassis number

Hello Dave, Thank you for your efforts. Don

Thanks Dave

Hello Dave, your photos are great. Do you know where the B model tanker from Flovilla went after they got rid of it. There was a guy looking for its location about 2 years ago. I spoke with Turn Of River Fire Department but they had lost track of the rig. Thanks for any help you can provide. Don

Not bad, need more time to play with the toys.

SHFS does a very good job. They have a great collection and love their Macks. Worth giving them a visit if you are in the area.

So let me see if I understand this. It will be ok to urinate in public but don't park your antique truck at your residence.

Hello Mike here's the story, Several years ago the Yocum Creek Fire department acquired a 1987 Mack CF from the Evarts Fire Department. Then Captain Joe Wynn aka "joes mack" posted about the truck on this site asking questions about Mack Fire Engines. It became clear to me he and his fire department loved the quality of the Mack Fire Apparatus. Joe continually asked questions about their Mack and making repairs to some of the valves. Joe also asked questions about making repairs to a 1972 Ford/American LaFrance engine they had. One day while responding to a call the Ford had a catastrophic failure to the drive train. Fortunately nobody was injured but the truck was permanently out of service. Joe began looking for a replacement vehicle and asked questions about a Mack CF that was located in CT. We corresponded by phone and email. Unfortunately Yocum Creek was unable to get the funding for the rig they were looking at. Joe and I had continued to talk and not only did he love Mack Fire apparatus but he takes great pride in his community. I told Joe I would help him find a replacement engine for the Ford. Eventually I was made aware that the Cromwell CT Fire Department was selling a 1976 Mack CF. I placed a bid on the rig and bought it so that it could be given to the Yocum Creek Fire Department. After picking up the rig I drove it to Yocum Creek. Upon arrival I was amazed at what I saw. Harlan County KY is a beautiful place that has not done well financially due to the war on coal. On one of my visits to Yocum Creek we went around to other fire departments including the Lower Clover fork Fire Department. All of their truck were out of service and they were using the 1967 Ford Borrowed from Yocum Creek. I again started looking for another truck to go to KY. In September of this year at the Engine 260 Muster in Milford CT I spoke to Howard Peiffer and told about Lower Clover Fork Fire Department. Howard then went back to Florida and started making an effort to get a CF which had been removed from service to be sold to Lower Clover Fork. Thanks to Howards efforts with the Palm Coast Fire Chief and the city council he was able to get the 1986 Mack CF donated. Howard then took it a step further and paid to have the rig transported from Florida. As if that was not enough he also drove to KY so he could hold drivers training for Lower Clover Fork Fire Department to familiarize them with the rig. Joe is now the Chief of the Yocum Creek Fire Department. He has established a great working relationship with all the fire departments located in the Clover Fork Region of Harlan County. They are holding combined training sessions so that the fire fighters have more training hours available to them. This has also help getting the departments to work together as more of a regional fire department then as individual departments. They take great pride in their community and help in many more ways then just putting out fires. In the time that I have known Joe I have seen great improvement training and brotherhood between the fire departments in the Clover Fork Region. They are providing a professional service with a very limited budget. I hope this answers your questions Mike. Don

Howard is a wonderful man who is full of knowledge and passion for fire fighting and its history. He has put a lot of effort into helping the Lower Clover Fork Fire Department. The addition of the Mack CF was much needed. This apparatus will help provide fire protection in Lower Clover Fork and the surrounding communities. I am proud to say that he is a friend of mine. Don

Very nice, The C model is my favorite. Good Luck Don

In 1959 a B Model fire truck would come with a 707C. In 1960 the ENDTF 673 became an option. Fire apparatus were custom vehicles which included the fire body for its particular application. This one in my opinion although one of four is no more then a B Model tractor with out a roof. The historical significance or fire body has been removed making it nothing more then a neat tractor. Just my two cents.

In 1959 a B Model fire truck would come with a 707C. In 1960 the ENDTF became an option. Fire apparatus were custom vehicles which included the fire body for its particular application. This one in my opinion although one of four is no more then a B Model tractor with out a roof. The historical significance or fire body has been removed making it nothing more then a neat tractor. Just my two cents.