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| 1923 |
RED |
American LaFrance, Type 48, reg. no. 4181,
shipped
4/23/23, 600 GPM rotary gear pump, chemical system, chain drive,
triple combination, 90 HP six cylinder motor, solid tires. It
was housed on 8/11/23 at a cost of $10,250. In 1944 the company
voted to have a large tank constructed for an additional water
supply in rural areas. It was sold for junk in 1947 to the Jake’s
Junkyard in Kennett Square. |
| 1934 |
RED |
Indiana/Phila. Fire Truck Works, open
cab, 350/200, front-mount
pump, lighter engine purchased for long trips outside
of borough where water was limited, booster reel mounted high
behind driver, Barton front mount pump, dual rear wheels, pneumatic
tires, cost $2,722, it was never housed, body produced in Roslyn,
PA. Sold in 1948.
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| 1948 |
RED
RED & WHITE |
International K-8/?, full cab, 6 cyl.
126 HP motor, 500GPM Front-
mount Darley pump, 1310 gallon tank, full contoured body. It was
delivered 3/48 and housed on 5/25/49 at a cost of $6,704. Body
was built locally, was remounted on the 1968 International.
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| 1949 |
RED
RED & WHITE
GREEN
& WHITE |
Autocar C-/Oren, eight man sedan cab,
500/500. It was ordered on
7/47, the chassis was delivered 12/47, but it wasn’t delivered
to
the company until 4/1/49 and it was housed on 5/25/49 at a cost
of $12,000. It had a Autocar Type 501 motor, 6 cyl. 165HP. Sold
out of the fire service in 1965 or 1966 to Kaolin Mushroom Farms.
This type of cab was not a standard offering of the manufacture
at the time-it had to have been built aftermarket by a specialty
body builder, Hale pump, carried 30ft 3-section aluminum ladder,
1.5 KW portable generator purchased by the ladies auxiliary.
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| 1956 |
RED
RED & WHITE
GREEN
& WHITE |
Dodge Power Wagon side step pickup, 250/150,
4x4 field
piece. The chassis was purchased new for a cost of $2,341. The
Testa brothers who were members and mushroom farmers, bought a
Studebaker chassis and body from the Tallyville Fire Company (New
Castle County, DE). The brothers kept the chassis, but gave the
body to the fire company who mounted it on the Dodge chassis.
They nicknamed it "Pee Wee". It was sold out of the
fire service in 1983 to Jack Dent of West Chester. Mr. Dent sold
it in 1995 to an individual in Long Island.
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| 1949 |
RED |
Ford F600/Ward LaFrance, full cab, purchased
used in 1964 from the
City of Philadelphia, 200 GPM, placed body on 1968 International
4x4 chassis.
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| 1966 |
RED & WHITE
GREEN & WHITE |
International VCO-196/Hahn, canopy cab,
model HS-7-117,
750/750, delivered on 6/17/66, 285 HP gas engine. It was housed
on 7/21/66 at a cost of $23,000. It was sold to a dealer in Texas
in 1981.
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| 1968 |
GREEN & WHITE
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International Loadstar 1600, full cab,
250/360, mini-pumper.
The rig was built by the company members by remounting the body
from the 1949 Ford F/Ward LaFrance. The body was replaced in 1970
with a body they got from Bell telephone. The chassis was a 4x4.
It was sold in 1983 out of the fire service to a orchard in NJ.
By 2001, seen in a boat yard on the mainland outside of Long Beach
Island, NJ.
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| 1968 |
GREEN & WHITE
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International Fleetstar 2110A, full cab,
750/1300, tanker-
pumper. This was also built by the company members, body remounted
from the 1948 International, but the pump was mounted by Hahn,
model HMP-2. It was delivered on 6/11/68 and used as a shuttle
tank truck. It was sold to the Glenmoore Fire Company (Chester
County) in 2/92 for $3,500. Glenmoore sold it in 8/98 for $4,000
to the Charlestown Paving Company-Chester County. It was only
kept a couple of years when the pump blew, sold at a auction.
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| 1961 |
RED
GREEN & WHITE |
Autocar/Boyer, semi-cab, 750/1000. Purchased
used in the 1970’s
from the Hokessin Fire Company (New Castle County, DE),
Serial #11252, sold to Bethel Township Fire Company (Delaware
County)in 1981, sold in 1989 by Bethel to a collector-Bill Jones,
Wilmington, DE. By 2000, seen in Elkton, MD.
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| 1957 |
GREEN & WHITE |
Mack B-61 Tractor/1956 Heil Trailer, 500/5000.
The
trailer was donated from Matlack Trucking of West Chester in 1974,
it is all aluminum, and the diesel tractor was also donated to
the company by Mushroom Transportation. The tractor was replaced
in 1978. |
| 1968 |
GREEN & WHITE |
International Loadstar 2000, diesel, purchased
used in
Middletown, Pa. to replace the 1957 Mack B-61 tractor and was
replaced in the 1987 and sold to Wilenson Bros. Of Landenburg.
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| 1981 |
GREEN & WHITE |
Hahn 84, canopy cab, model HCP-15, 1250/1000,
delivered
6/24/81, Detroit Diesel, automatic, 6 KW diesel generator, first
canopy cab purchased by the company. Replaced and sold to Hillbilly
Fire Apparatus for $8,000 in 05/04. |
| 1983 |
GREEN & WHITE |
Hahn 84, canopy cab, model HCP-12, 1250/750,
delivered
11/2/83, almost a identical twin to the 1981 pumper. Sold in 1995
to Clay County Fire/Rescue, FL for $63,000. |
| 1983 |
GREEN & WHITE |
Chevrolet Scoutsdale Pickup, 250/200,
4x4 field piece,
6.2L diesel, automatic, extended front bumper with 9000 lb. Ramsey
winch, 3 KW Onan portable generator. Sold in 2003 to Lockwood
(Tioga County, NY).
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| 1986 |
GREEN & WHITE |
Mack R Tractor, purchased used from Harvey
Mack to
replace the 1962 International tractor in 1987. It has a Mack
350 HP engine, 9-speed Road Ranger transmission, sliding 5th wheel,
AM/FM radio, and air-conditioning. It was sold to the Daisy Construction
Company of New Castle, DE in early 1997.
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| 1986 |
GREEN & WHITE |
Chevrolet Suburban, purchased new, it
was repainted by
the company and is used as a manpower unit and to pull
the foam trailer. It was converted to a chiefs vehicle in October
of 1996 when the new squad went into service. Sold in 1998 to
an individual in Lancaster County.
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| 1983 |
GREEN & WHITE |
Chevrolet Caprice Wagon, EMS manpower
unit. It was
donated to the company by the Hewlett-Packard
Company in 1991 when the plant shut-down. Sold out of the fire
service in 1995.
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| 1992 |
GREEN & WHITE |
Mack MC/4-Guys, 4-door, 1250/2000, stainless
steel
elliptical tank, tandem axle shuttle truck, 3 KW generator. It
was housed on 5/30/92 at a cost of $179,000. This
was the first 4-door unit ordered by the company. It was housed
at the New Garden Twp. Building since there was not enough room
in the firehouse. On 8/28/2000 around 8 o’clock in the evening,
the twp. building caught fire. The fire captain got into the bay,
and drove the rig right through the garage door to save it. Some
heat damage on top and to the paint. Sent back to 4-Guys for repairs.
Damages were only $5,000 for materials, and $10,000 for labor.
Placed back into service on 11/19. On 4/16/05 it was sent back
to 4-Guys to have the elliptical tank removed and replaced with
a cabinet style body with a 1500 gallon tank – converted
to a pumper-tanker. The cab was also repainted and the generator
was replaced with a 10KW Kubota diesel generator. It was received
back on 7/22/05, placed back into service on 7/30/05. The old
tank was sold to Hillbilly Fire Apparatus who was going to have
4-Guys mount it on a Mack chassis.
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| 1994 |
GREEN & WHITE |
Spartan Diamond MFD/4-Guys, 4-door 8 man
cab, 1500/750,
rescue-pumper, hydralic ladder rack, 10 KW Onan diesel generator,
deep side compartments, delivered 7/29/94. Housed 5/17/97
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| 1995 |
GREEN & WHITE |
Ford F-250 XLT, pickup body with a utility
body cover, QRS EMS unit, 4x4. Housed 5/17/97. Converted to a
duty officers vehicle in 2001. Sold in 2002 for $16,000 to Hartsville
FC, NY. |
| 1996 |
GREEN & WHITE |
Chevrolet 3500 Crew Cab Pickup/Reading,
turbo diesel,
open compartmented utilty body with a portable generator in it.
Placed into service 10/23/96. Housed 5/17/97
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| 1997 |
GREEN & WHITE |
Peterbilt 377/4-Guys, full cab, 1250/3500,
tandem axle
stainless steel elliptical tanker, 435HP Cat diesel, automatic.
It went into service on 3/2/97. Housed 5/17/97.
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| 1987 |
BLUE
RED
GREEN & WHITE |
Chevrolet Astro Van, donated used in 1995
by the Longwood
Gardens, used as a squad and fire police unit. Sold to New
Garden Twp. who gave it to Avondale (Chester County) in early
1999, converted to a traffic unit. For sale in 08/04, given back
to New Garden Twp. to be used in the sewer department.
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| 2004 |
GREEN & WHITE |
International 7400/4-Guys, 4-door, 1000/625,
all wheel drive, 320HP
diesel motor, automatic, 5 KW Kubota diesel generator. Delivered
3/29/04. Purchased from Commonwealth Fire Apparatus. Placed into
service on 4/21/04.
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| 1995 |
RED
GREEN & WHITE |
Chevrolet Tahoe, 4-door,
4x4, purchased used in mid 2004 from the
Hockessin Fire Company (New Castle County, DE) for $5,000. It
was used as a fire prevention unit at Hockessin. Repainted and
converted to a traffic control unit. |
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