609albert Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 Hi all my fire truck guys : anyone have any info on the 100th anniversity of mack fire trucks, dates ,location ,etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firemack Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 I heard there may be a 100th Mack Fire Truck Anniversary at Gerharts in Lititz, if I hear more will post that.Firemack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cf685f Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 I would make a trip up for that! My old CF is waiting for a road trip!I heard there may be a 100th Mack Fire Truck Anniversary at Gerharts in Lititz, if I hear more will post that.Firemack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lmackattack Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Does mack still sell any FD trucks? or are they all Special order from a outside builder? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldogboy Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 Lmackattack: Mack stopped building complete fire trucks in 1984; they continued to build fire chassis until 1990. Mack outfitted these chassis for fire service and sold them to fire apparatus manufacturers. Today, standard Mack chassis such as the "Granite" and "Terrapro" are used by fire apparatus manufacturers for pumpers and tankers. bulldogboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldogboy Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 Firemack: I was reading the March 1973 edition of "Fire Engineering" magazine and I came across a classified ad for a 1954 Mack B75 pumper for sale by the Radnor Fire Company. I know that it was sold to Rockingham, VT. where it was painted a nice chrome yellow. When Rockingham replaced it Radnor bought it back and you did a nice restoration. I just thought it ironic to come upon this ad after all these years. bulldogboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firemack Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 Bulldogboy,That is cool that you found that ad, I did not know it was advertised in Fire Engineering, I saw an ad from PA Fireman, can you scan a copy of that page and email it to me?We sold the truck to Rockingham Vermont in April 1973 for $3575, we bought it back in July 2002 for $4250. I had some members complain that we spent more on it than we sold it for. If you figure the cost to store the truck for 29 years, it cost us $23.75 per year, or about $2/ month. I don't think we could have found a better price on a storage garage for 29 years!Firemack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldogboy Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 Firemack: I don't have a scanner but I'll see if I can use one and scan it to you. It's a small advertisement at the back of the magazine. Rockingham had it for 29 years, wow! I'll let you know when I am able to scan it. bulldogboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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