- 1939 AMERICAN LAFRANCE SERIAL NUMBERS
- 1939 AMERICAN LAFRANCE SERIAL NUMBER
- 1939 AMERICAN LAFRANCE PLUS
Ted – Thanks for the Ahrens Fox photo from 1918. While I’ve never heard another department use this, “Second Line” does makes sense Thanks for that valuable info. I’ve been trying to figure out what the “SL” in all the reserve apparatus numbers meant- it really perplexed me. Gfd1- Thanks for the interesting insight into Baltimore’s 1939 ALF pumpers. GA Dave - I think you hit the nail square on the head with EMS being a reason apparatus doesn’t last as long today. Ppfd - Thanks for your comments on why apparatus lasted longer back in 50s and 60s. Chicago due to financial constraints and shortages ran 1920's vintage Seagrave in some of the outlying companies and as spares up until the early 60's leaving the newer Macks and FWD's with the busier companies. The rigs were simpler that is for sure in construction and design but I am sure that they were also kept around out of necessity. So many places had to make do and rebuild as needed and many places were not able to buy new equipment until the late 40's and early 50's. Many Cities did not have the money needed to replace lots of rigs, please keep this in mind that from 1929 through 1940 we were in the Great Depression where there was no money to buy anything except the essentials and then from 1941 through 1945 you had WWII when the apparatus that was allowed to be manufactured was being carefully doled out based on need by the war production board. I love looking at these tough old trucks!
1939 AMERICAN LAFRANCE PLUS
Was the equipment "back in the day" that good? Or did cities just not replace equipment that frequently? I think the 60's and 70's are when most of the big cities experienced some of the more memoriable fires? I guess what I'm trying to say is that one most likely would not find 30 plus year old trucks in todays firehouses most the time.
1939 AMERICAN LAFRANCE SERIAL NUMBER
By the way, the Ahrens-Fox serial number list shows that Baltimore City purchased 20 Ahrens-Fox pumpers between 19. The other Baltimore City Ahrens-Fox ladders did not list serial numbers.
1939 AMERICAN LAFRANCE SERIAL NUMBERS
There were no Ahrens Fox serial numbers listed in the Ahrens-Fox book I looked at in the Fire Museum Library, except for the 1914 Ahrens Fox that went to Ladder 11, which may only have been a tractor. Hawkins point- That makes a lot of sense. That unit came to the Museum with a Mack LS tractor which is used around the museum as a tow truck. The Fire Museum of MD has a Hayes-Dahill trailer towed by a Bulldog Mack AC tractor. It served n first line until 1967 and many of these Hayes-Dahill rigs lasted several years in second line. The last of the Hayes/Dahill trucks in service was Truck 17. I believe that the Baltimore shops built the trailers and installed the Fox aerials and installed the Mack tractors.
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