bulldogboy

                               The early "CF" models, 1967-68, had that painted grill with the horizontal chrome strips. The full chrome front was on later "CF" models.

                              An early 2000s Ford F-750 dump truck.

Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker built the F-27 prop jet. Fairchild-Hiller Corporation built the plane in the USA under license from Fokker and called it the FH-227. 

Boston based Northeast Airlines used several FH-227s on its smaller market routes in New England.

                                              A big Mack (without the "A") "DM" working at a construction site in New Hampshire.

                                                                          bulldogboy

Brings back lots of memories of the 1950s here in New Hampshire.  A lot of different companies operated Mack "L" and "B" model tractors and straight trucks.

Trucking companies, manufacturers, public works departments, fire departments all had Macks of various models. Wish that I had pictures of them.

I can see the F-600 becoming popular with the fire service. Fire apparatus manufacturers can now offer a heavier chassis but with the dimensions of an F-550.

Smaller pumpers are still very popular as first response fire and EMS units.

                                    bulldogboy

           You might also want to post this on the SPAAMFAA "Facebook" page. I'm sure someone there will know what it is. Good luck.

                                                                              bulldogboy

                   Redi-Mix Concrete in Nashua, NH had a mixer built on a "B" 6X6 chassis. As a kid I had a newspaper photo of it but it was lost years ago.

                                                          bulldogboy

                       On duty in Keene, NH. Mack Truck photo.

                                             bulldogboy

I remember seeing the one in Blackstone, MA; not up close but in the yard with the other Macks. At least one "D" model was used as a fire truck. According to John Malecky, 

in his book, "Mack Tilt Cab Fire Apparatus", a 1956 "D" model was built for Esso as an airport fuel tanker and was later converted into a foam carrier at Esso's Bayway Refinery in

Linden, NJ. In 1978 it was donated to the Readington Fire Company who used it until 1986.

                  bulldogboy

                                 First time that I've seen a Shelby pickup truck. I know that it's a Ford F-150 but there are no Ford markings on it.

                                                                             bulldogboy

Back in the 1980s, several air freight companies around here used a lot of "MS" model Macks. BSP Airfreight out of Londonderry, NH had an entire fleet of "MS" straight trucks and "MS" tractors. Big T & D Airfreight from Boston also used "MS" straight trucks. The company that I worked for part time had one "MS-200" straight truck. It was a basic 5 speed that I was used to in the Mack fire trucks that I drove. Not being a professional truck driver I probably didn't know better but it seemed like a good truck to me (I just didn't care for the exhaust pipe under the drivers door). BSP, a lot smaller now,  and Big T& D are still in business but no longer use Macks.

bulldogboy

FDNY 343:

Is this really a former Boston Fire Dep't. engine? I thought that the "B" models Boston had (Boston's last Macks) were semi-cabs with the unique Boston bodies. 

If not, do you know what department it came from? Either way, nice engine and car.

                                                 bulldogboy

 The Hollis, NH Fire Department used to run this 1956 Ford/Moody engine. Looks like a smaller F-600, not a "Big Job". I know that the New Ipswich, NH Fire Department once had a

 1956 Ford F-700, "Big Job" engine, a Farrar I think. I saw it about 30 years ago sitting along Route 9 in the Antrim/Stoddard area of New Hampshire.

                                              bulldogboy

  Two photos that I took at the Ringling Brothers Museum in Sarasota, FL in 2010. One is the cannon truck and the other shows the miniature circus with Mack "CJ" and "AC" trucks.

                                                     bulldogboy

    The Mack is at the Ringling Brothers Museum in Sarasota, FL. Even if you're not a circus fan this museum is well worth visiting. There is a huge model of a circus setup

    complete with miniature Mack "BM" model circus trucks. Learning how the circus traveled from city to city, setting up and breaking down in one day, was very interesting.

                                                                  bulldogboy

That four door Mustang looks pretty nice but, I don't know, the Mustang is,and always was, a two door sports car.  If Ford wants a four door sedan keep the Fusion and update it.

What's next, a Corvette mini-van?

                                               bulldogboy

                 One of the Cromwell, CT Macks that didn't make it to Yocum Creek or Upper Cloverfork, KY Fire Departments. joesmack needs to be notified.

                                                        bulldogboy

Radnor sold its Mack to the town of Rockingham, VT where it was in service with the Rockingham Fire Department. In Vermont it was painted a bright chrome yellow.

Rockingham sold it back to Radnor. There are three fire departments within the town of Rockingham:  Rockingham, Saxton's River, and Bellow's Falls.

                           bulldogboy

                        Looks like a Mack "C" model fire truck next to it.

                                                       bulldogboy

                          1979 Mack/Pierce, 1250/1000. Replaced with a 2015 Pierce Arrow XT, 1500/1000.

                                                     bulldogboy

110 years ago today, October 1, 1908 - the introduction of the Ford Model T. How did that work out for them?

bulldogboy

Several years ago, I exchanged e-mails with Michael Fyock, who was the Chief of the Woodsboro, MD Fire Department on 9/11/2001. He said that shortly after 9/11 the Mack ladder truck was sold to the former owner of Interstate Mack in Hagerstown, MD. I don't know if he still owns it but there is no doubt that this truck and crew played a big part in one of the most infamous days in U.S. history. It would be nice to see it in a museum. There is a book about the Pentagon on 9/11, "Firefight - Inside the Battle to Save the Pentagon on 9/11" that has a chapter devoted to the exploits of the crew from Woodsboro and Ladder 16.

bulldogboy