tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026214128770026952.post9113182885291256574..comments2023-12-19T22:53:18.256-08:00Comments on the Happy Medic: Sunday Fun - Your firstThe Happy Medichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11521335229435386281noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026214128770026952.post-27357301268986973872009-09-07T06:16:24.954-07:002009-09-07T06:16:24.954-07:00Ahh, HM, I remember her well. 1963 International ...Ahh, HM, I remember her well. 1963 International Harvester R185/Howe. 750GPM, 500 gallons of water. Square gears; not only did you have to double clutch, but if you missed, you had to STOP and start again.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.rowleyfire.org/RFD/History/Entries/2006/4/9_Engine_3.html" rel="nofollow">RFD Engine 3</a><br /><br />By the time I got my hands on her, she was living out her golden years training new operators and tanking water for brush fires. She had a mechanical gear primer which you had to engage and disengage with the clutch.<br /><br />Carried lots of hose, and two Scott IIa AirPaks in boxes on the rear step (which we were still riding.)<br /><br />In 1993 she went on to a second life with a small department in VT, replacing an even older rig. We sent her with a full load of hose, and she reportedly was a bit of a local legend in the mid-90s.<br /><br />I hear she was recently finally retired. I've thought of looking for her, but I don't have the time, money, or garage space to give her justice.<br /><br />Her replacements have both been great trucks, but you never forget your first love.mack505https://www.blogger.com/profile/07739854076837646534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026214128770026952.post-69151834778983313062009-09-06T15:44:52.995-07:002009-09-06T15:44:52.995-07:00Oh yeah. It was in the back seat of my....oops.
...Oh yeah. It was in the back seat of my....oops. <br /><br />Nevermind. <br /><br />I read the last question and now I have read the whole post.<br /><br />My first was a 1984 Mack CF. I loved it. It was good to work off of and a great engine...even if it was yellow!Fire Critichttp://www.firecritic.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026214128770026952.post-32977984553572920902009-09-06T15:24:12.935-07:002009-09-06T15:24:12.935-07:00Oh Axxon 8000 how I remember you .... watching for...Oh Axxon 8000 how I remember you .... watching for the lights to blink as a call was coming in .... and how I missed the dos base computer commands. <br /><br />Those were the good old days .... now have to deal with Intergraph and all its little quirks. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026214128770026952.post-87707929919953162172009-09-06T10:23:51.454-07:002009-09-06T10:23:51.454-07:00Not only do I remember my first (from when I was j...Not only do I remember my first (from when I was just a kid, so not technically a rig I ever operated), but I recently bought one of her seven identical sisters, 22 years after I last saw her.<br /><br /><a href="http://e17project.blogspot.com/2009/07/beginning.html" rel="nofollow">The Engine 17 Project</a>Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04180521829754741440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026214128770026952.post-38485489801049272102009-09-06T10:09:05.503-07:002009-09-06T10:09:05.503-07:00Wow...first ambulance was a 1972 Cadillac/ Superio...Wow...first ambulance was a 1972 Cadillac/ Superior rasied roof unit. It was white, had the great big V8, and Superior's "CPR Package" for the patient compartment. Equipment include a big, black, honkin' AMBU bag and Thomas half-ring traction splints without ankle hitches (we made them out of triangular bandages).<br /><br />First fire truck that I got to drive was a 1957 Chevrolet p/u with an Ansul Magnum skid loaded Purple K/AFFF fire unit in the back. It was worn out by the time I got on it, and the steering was all over the road. And the doors would sometimes just open, for the heck of it, while you were running down the taxiways....9-ECHO-1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10146575729985891696noreply@blogger.com