Fire Depts. with "Old School Tankers" Mack, Peterbilt, Freightliner, Kenworth, real trucks.

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Permalink Reply by Ray Evans Jr on August 27, 2009 at 3:59pm

And My Granddad helped build 14-6 from a R modle log truck and a milk tank

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Permalink Reply by John Sees on June 3, 2009 at 1:02am

My company is still using a 2500 gal. milk tank. It has had a chevy, white and mack under it.

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Permalink Reply by John Sees on June 3, 2009 at 10:50am

Here are the white and mack. The tank is over 25 years old.

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Permalink Reply by Mark Berg on June 3, 2009 at 7:31am

Kew KW tanker pumper. 3000 water-1250 midship first class pump. Big motor.

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Permalink Reply by Will B on June 3, 2009 at 11:23am

We just retired this old late 60s Binder.
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Permalink Reply by Lee Huff on June 18, 2009 at 10:42pm

I don't have a pic yet, but we're running a '91 International with a '77 4-Guys 1800 gallon body.

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Permalink Reply by Paul J. Storke, Jr. on June 21, 2009 at 7:36pm

We have 2 tankers T54-1 is a 2002 Western Star with a 4-Guys body holds 4000gal and T54-2 is a 1987 Mack with a front mounted pump and holds 3500

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Permalink Reply by John L. VanAuken on June 21, 2009 at 9:05pm

One of our oldest trucks is our tender, it is an 81 Kenworth 4000 gal with a tag axl, it has no jakes and is an auto shift with an old v8 screemen mimi engine. will do a houndred miles an our if would let it but as said no jakes so on our dept only a few people can drive it and most have a cdl or drive trucks for a liven.

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Permalink Reply by Ben "Batman" Barry on July 6, 2009 at 4:23pm

my dept has a peterbilt a wonderful truck

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Permalink Reply by Lee Huff on August 25, 2009 at 11:27pm

Hey- I finally got around to getting some pictures taken!
Here's that '91 International with a '77 tanker body that I mentioned way back.

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Permalink Reply by Nick xLTx on August 26, 2009 at 12:43am

T4 is a 1976 F700 with a small block 361 gas V8 & 4 speed trans w/hi-lo axle. 1600 gal tank w/ a newton quick dump. Tanker 6 is almost mirrored with a couple different things... 1979 F700 with a 370 big block "Lima" engine w/ a 2000 gal tank instead of 1600. Everything else is the same.

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Permalink Reply by Dustin J. Millis on August 26, 2009 at 4:16am

If you want to see some tankers, check out my thread... "your biggest tanker?"

In anycase here is our 4500 gallon 1986 International.

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