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When Mack sold the "MS" model later versions offered a four door option called the "Team Manager". It was marketed to utility companies and emergency services. Shortly thereafter, the "MS" model was discontinued. Perhaps Mack is going to offer a four door "LRU" to the utilities. In order to be a fire chassis the "LRU" would have to meet stringent NFPA requirements regarding fire chassis that are not found on commercial trucks, such as dual ignitions, rollover protection, etc. I doubt that Volvo and Mack would want to invest that much into a chassis that would sell in limited numbers. When the "MS" was sold, Mack offered a fire chassis version of the "R", "MC", and "MS" chassis. I know of one "Team Manager" in the fire service, a 1999 "MS"/KME in Washington, NH. bulldogboy

j hancock: Do you know if that "ED" from Kemp's was once owned by the Abbott Machine Company in Wilton, NH? My late father-in-law once drove that truck for Abbott. bulldogboy

August in New England, time to mount the plow frame. Won't be long for the blade. bulldogboy

The red and white "B" model fire truck is East Conway, NH Fire Department's old Engine 2. It is a "B-42" so it is a commercial model with another manufacturer's body on it. Sad to see it in such bad shape. bulldogboy

A not so green John Deere. bulldogboy

ws721: Thanks for the info. bulldogboy

Another big Massachusetts Mack taking a break. bulldogboy

I like that '59 Ford hardtop and the '59 Edsel station wagon. I went to the top of the Arch in St. Louis back in 1998. Quite a claustrophobic ride up there but the view is terrific. bulldogboy

Saw this early 1950s GMC advertising a seeding business in Massachusetts. bulldogboy

Down on the farm again, this time with a John Deere 640. bulldogboy

Massachusetts "Granite" taking a break. bulldogboy

A visitor to New Hampshire. bulldogboy

That's what I meant to say, a coupe. A sedan cab would really be rare. Thanks. bulldogboy

Nice!!! Looks like after market body mounted on a Mack commercial chassis. bulldogboy

yarnall: Thanks for the post; definitely don't see many Mack coupe cab ladder trucks. bulldogboy

Windham, NH Fire Department operated this 1973 Mack "MB", 1000/1000, as Engine 54. When it was rehabbed it was painted white over red. bulldogboy

East Conway, NH Fire Department once operated this Mack "B-42" chassis fire truck as Engine 13E2. The body looks like either a Moody or Farrar. It looks like it might have had a front mount pump but ECFD says it was a 1000 GPM side mounted pump (must be inside the compartment). The truck was privately owned when I took this picture in 1999. bulldogboy

Looks like Sandwich, MA Fire Department's old tanker. I don't think that it had that box behind the cab when it was a fire tanker. Sandwich is on Cape Cod. bulldogboy

The Mack "MB" fire truck was the way many small volunteer fire departments entered the "custom" fire chassis market. Until then most small departments used Ford, Chevrolet, or IHC chassis. The "MB" gave them "big city" features such as jump seats, dual ignitions, keyless starting, and other NFPA recommended items. Later, these departments could move on to "CF"s, ALFs, Duplex, Spartan, etc. My department was all "CF" but we had one "MB" (budget cuts!!) and two neighboring departments purchased their first custom engines, Mack "MB"s. bulldogboy

Both the "MS" and its conventional twin, the "CS", were built by Renault using the same cab that was used on Ivecos, DAFs, etc. in the 1980s. Renault owned Mack at the time and these models gave Mack two medium duty trucks to sell in the U.S. In the mid 1980s, I had a part time job driving an "MS-200" for an air freight company in New Hampshire. It wasn't a bad truck for the job but the exhaust was located beneath the driver's door; some days you needed an SCBA to get in and out of the cab. The truck that I drove had a nomenclature plate that said it was built in Brazil. I wish that I had taken a picture of it. bulldogboy

I don't think that I ever saw a "B" model ladder truck with a coupe cab. All the ones that I have seen in person or in pictures had an open or semi-cab. This one must be a rare version. Did the posting say where it was from? bulldogboy

Too bad the posting was pulled, I would liked to have seen it. What model? bulldogboy

A Ford 5640 tractor from the New Hampshire Department of Transportation. bulldogboy

One of many ex Long Island, NY Macks that ended up in NH, VT, and ME in the '70s and '80s. Some of them were in Unity, NH, Alexandria, NH, Aurora, ME, and Hopkinton, NH among others. Hopkinton's was a "C" model straight ladder. About a year ago I heard that Unity's Mack was parked at the former Meadowood Fire Department in Fitzwilliam, NH. I don't know if it's still there. This is Alexandria, NH's former "B" model, formerly Brooksville Fire Department in Port Chester, NY. Aurora, ME's "B" model is privately owned in CT. bulldogboy

I just saw the last photo that shows the FWD when it was complete. The decal on the door looks just like the decals on some of Unity, NH's old trucks (not the Mack). Different looking engine. bulldogboy