Boardman Apparatus

[Andrew2340]

Crabtree-Iron Duff Fire Department
Haywood County, NC
"Tanker 1604"
1989 Ford F-800/Boardman
1000gpm 1000gal
Boardman Serial # F-2813

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Maggie Valley Fire Department
Haywood County, NC
"Tanker 1703"
1989 Simon-Duplex/Boardman
1250gpm 1500gal
Nicknamed "Midnite Flyer"
Boardman Serial # F-2792

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Clearmont Fire Department
Yancey County, NC
"1608"
1990 Ford F-800/Boardman
1000gpm 1000gal
Boardman Serial # F-2820

This truck serves as first-out engine from Clearmont's substation on Jacks Creek Road.

[Box 2565]

Midwest City, Oklahoma

Engine 3
1981 Ford/Boardman
1000 GPM - 700 Tank
#F 2481

Engine 1
1984 Hendrickson/Chassis
1250 GPM - 750 Tank
#F 2599

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Engine 2
1972 Chevrolet/Boardman #F-1871
Gas/manual
750/300
(Now owned by the Hennepin, OK FD, this girl carried 2,500' of 2.5" hose as well as preconnect and booster lines.  She should have been dubbed the "Spaghetti Wagon!")

Engine 1
1984 Ford/Boardman #F-2571
Gas/automatic
1000/750
(now reserve E3)

(Steve Loftin photos)

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Engine 1
1977 Ford/Boardman #F-2285
Diesel/automatic
1000/750
(Having the preconnects on reels sure makes "pickup" easy!)
(Now at Konawa, OK)

Engine 2
1971 Ford/Boardman #F-1816 (one of two, also #F-1817)
Gas/manual
1000/500
(The preconnect reels on these three trucks were eventually replaced by crosslays.)

Engine 3
1968 Ford/Boardman #F-1608
Gas/manual
1000/500
(Now at Shamrock, OK)

Engine 4
This was originally a 1961 model (#F-1304) on an F-850 chassis with a 750 pump and 500 tank.  It was remounted (by Boardman) on a 1968 tilt-cab chassis after an accident which totaled the original.  It was refurbished in 1983 (again, by Boardman) with a new Diesel engine, manual transmission, and 1,000-gpm pump.  (I always wondered why an automatic transmission wasn't included as part of the refurb...?)

(Steve Loftin photos)

[boardmansteve]

King Co. F.P.D. #28 (Enumclaw, WA)
1987 Ford/Boardman #F-2746
Diesel/automatic
1250/750
$107,000

Lincoln, CA
1985 Ford/Boardman #F-2632
Diesel/automatic
1250/750

Wilton, CA
1983 Ford/Boardman #F-2558
Gas/manual
1000/PTO/750
$72,000

Costa Mesa, CA
1986 Ford/Boardman #F-2715
Diesel/automatic
1250/750
$89,517

(factory photos)

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Engine 1
1956 Ford/Boardman #F-1157
Gas/manual
200/500
(a restoration is planned)

Engine 2
1977 Ford/Boardman #F-2232
Gas/manual
750/1200

Engine 4
1984 GMC/Boardman #F-2593
Gas/manual
750/750
$57,450

Engine 5
1993 International/Boardman #F-2925
Diesel/automatic
1250/750
$139,373

(Steve Loftin photos)

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Engine 2
1978 Ford/Boardman #F-2298
Diesel/manual
1000/500
(originally a demonstrator)

Engine 3
1978 Ford/Boardman #F-2278
Diesel/manual
1000/500

Engine 6
1977 Ford 4x4/Boardman #F-2297
Gas/manual
250/400

Engine 7
1972 Ford/Boardman #F-1869
Gas/manual
1000/500
(also purchased as a demonstrator)

(Steve Loftin photos)

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Unit 13
1978 Ford/Boardman #F-2303
Gas/manual
1000/500
(Note that Q2B sirens, removed from twin 1960 International VCO/General pumpers after they were taken out of service, have been mounted under the cabs of this and the next rig.)

Unit 6
1982 Ford/Boardman #F-2532
Gas/manual
1000/750
(sold to Depew, OK)

Unit 4
1984 Ford/Boardman #F-2586
Diesel/manual
1250/750
$89,420
(now at Turley, OK)

Engine 5
1989 Ford/Boardman #F-2799
Diesel/automatic
1250/1000
$126,604

(Steve Loftin photos)

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Unit 58
1967 Ford/Boardman #F-1548
Gas/manual
1000/500

Unit 58, after 1990 Boardman refurb
(original drive train and pump left intact; now at Butler, OK)

Unit 66
1972 Ford/Boardman #F-1908
Gas/manual
250/750

Unit 78
1978 Ford/Boardman #F-2289
Gas/automatic
1000/500/35'
(Now at Hermann, MO)

(Steve Loftin photos)

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Engine 84
1984 Ford/Boardman #F-2579
Diesel/automatic
1250/750

Engine 66
1989 Ford/Boardman #F-2807
Diesel/manual
300/750
(pump powered by Wisconsin 4-cyl. gas engine)

Tower 92
1988 Pirsch/1991 Boardman #F-2865
Diesel/automatic
1250/500/55'
(This chassis was at Boardman having the Readi-Tower installed for a customer in Michigan when Pirsch's legal/financial troubles started.  Once the legal dust settled, Boardman retained the chassis and finished the truck to WFD specs.)

Unit 42
1942 Ford/Boardman
Gas/manual
500/300
(this is the oldest existing Boardman that I know of)

(Steve Loftin photos)

[boardmansteve]

That's pronounced "my-AM-uh," not "my-AM-ee!"

Engine 10
1973 Ford/Boardman #F-1952
Gas/manual
1000/500
$32,888.18 (tag-on to Tulsa contract; built to TFD specs)

Engine 11
1977 Ford/Boardman #F-2246
Gas/manual
1000/500

The first two shots were taken in about 1978 with my trusty old 110 camera.  The newer shots show how these girls have been modified over the years.

Engine 10, which has since been sold to Centralia, OK, was converted into a rural response piece.  The tank was changed to 1,000 gallons and a hose bed mounted on top of it.  The transverse compartment ahead of the pump was replaced with backboard storage and dual crosslays.  The curbside booster reel was removed in favor of foam storage.

Engine 11 had high-side compartments and a 50' TeleSqurt added in the early 1980s.  The booster reels were removed and replaced with crosslays at the same time.

(Steve Loftin photos)

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All of these girls are long gone; the station in the background is no longer used.

Engine 6
1975 International/Boardman #F-2153
Gas/manual
1000/500

Engine 4
1980 Chevrolet/Boardman #F-2433
Gas/manual
300/600

Engine 2
1974 International/Boardman #F-2056
Gas/manual
500/500

(Steve Loftin photos)

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The numbers shown on the rigs are actually the shop designations, not the company assignment.

Engine 6
1990 Duplex/Boardman #F-2839
Diesel/automatic
1000/1000
$173,036

Engine 26 (reserve)
1992 Duplex/Boardman #F-2901
Diesel/automatic
1000/750

Engine 22 (reserve)
1984 Ford/Boardman #F-2581
Diesel/automatic
1000/500
$103,100 (fully equipped)

Engine 19 (reserve)
1982 Ford/Boardman #F-2502
Diesel/automatic
1000/500

(Steve Loftin photos)