Commercial Chassis ALF Rigs

[Box 2565]

Harlan, Kentucky  Engine 2
1977 Ford-American LaFrance
1250 gpm-500 Tank
Serial #5647
Steve Hagy photo.

[District5]

Amelia OH
1915 (?) Ford/American LaFrance
2 Tank Chemical  serial #F 146

Does anyone know the exact year of delivery on this oldie :?:

[Box 2565]

Keeneland Race Course at Lexington KY
1966 Ford/American LaFrance
500 GPM - 500 Tank
Serial #2-1-261
Steve Hagy photo.

[wf33ret]

1957 Ford / American LaFrance

 750/500

Shippingport,PA.

 Photo by Bob Lloyd             10-94

[wardengine]

this 1966 dodge/american lafrance 1000gpm 1000gwt served dallas fire dept dallas pa luzerne county until being replaced with 1977 american lafrance century pumper then was sold to kunkle pa fire dept then retired in 1992 unknown where it is today

[Box 2565]

North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
1966 Ford/American LaFrance
750 GPM - 500 Tank
Steve Hagy photo.

The first time I ever held a charged line was when the guy who pulled this rig out pulled the booster line and let me mess with it for a couple of minutes.  Still a great memory from the summer of '75!

[Box 2565]

Hanover Township at Hanover IN  Truck 1
1977 Ford/American LaFrance
1000 GPM - 2500 Tank
#2 - 5660
Steve Hagy photo.

[BFD1151]

Concord, NC
Freightliner/American LaFrance non walk-in
Rescue 1

[Andrew2340]

Bryson City Fire Dept.
Swain County, NC
Parade Truck
1938 (or 39?) Dodge/American LaFrance
750gpm (maybe) ???gal
ALF Registered # B-1148

Can anyone tell me anything about this truck?  Pump/Tank sizes?  Is Bryson City the one & only owner of this relic?

Thankfully she still runs & pumps, and is used in the yearly fireman's festival in town.  This is how all older fire trucks should end up, still parked in the station and in working order!

[mack505]

Love these old Ford/ALFs.

1963 C-850/ALF
750/500
x-Wayland, MA Engine 3

[hoss]

New Marlborough, MA Engine 5 - 1960 IH/ALF now owned by our current chief. Photo from Dept albums.

[boardmansteve]

Stroud, OK

Engine 1
1959 IH/ALF
Gas/manual
750/500
(second reel at rear step)

Engine 3
1969 IH/ALF
Gas/automatic
1250/500

Perry, OK

Engine 6
1956 IH/ALF
Gas/manual
750/300
(now owned by a Perry firefighter)

Engine 8
1971 IH/ALF
Gas/manual
1250/750

(Steve Loftin photos)

[boardmansteve]

Bristow, OK
Engine 3
1955 Ford/ALF
Gas/manual
750/500

Collinsville Rural Fire Prot. Dist. (Collinsville, OK)
Engine 40
1959 GMC/ALF
Gas/manual
750/500
(ex-Edmond, OK)

Guthrie, OK
Engine 7
1968 Ford/ALF
Gas/manual
1250/500
(This girl was sold to Sharon, OK; she recently has been surplused by that department.  How 'bout that wondeful old station [2's] in the background?  Still in service, it originally housed horse-drawn apparatus.)

Tecumseh, OK
Engine 2
1958 Ford/ALF
Gas/manual
500/1000
(now at Lamar, OK; note the Pyle siren)

(Steve Loftin photos)

[boardmansteve]

Enid, OK

1940 Ford/ALF
Gas/manual
500/150(?)
(This rig is now owned by an individual in Enid.  Four new ALFs were purchased this year by the EFD...a 500 Series 750-gpm pumper, a JO 85' aerial w/booster system, and two of these Fords.  The JO is currently being restored, and should be finished in time for the 2007 [100th anniversary] Oklahoma State Firefighters Convention in Enid next week.)

1951 Ford/ALF (also one of two)
Engine 51
Gas/manual
500/500
(The tank and reels were removed during last year's restoration of this rig.  In their place, dual bench seats were installed for parade use.)

Here are some in-service photos of these rigs (or their twins!):

http://www.enid.org/fire/photos.htm

Henryetta, OK
Ladder 105
1961 GMC/ALF
Gas/manual
250/300/65'
(The booster system on this truck hasn't been used for years.  The reel has been removed, but the plumbing remains as you can see in the photo.  Although the ladder is no longer certified, this piece is still owned by the department.) 

Lawton, OK
Engine 36 (reserve; ex-E6)
1960 Ford/ALF
Gas/manual
750/500

(Steve Loftin photos)

[boardmansteve]

Fayetteville, AR

Engine 3
1959 Ford/ALF
Gas/manual
750/500
(Note the busy pump panel [individual discharge gauges, etc.] on this girl, compared to the one on E7.  These were delivered with just the Federal #78 sirenlight on the roof; beacons were added later.  She was still a first-line piece in 1984, when this photo was taken.)

Engine 6 (second engine out of headquarters)
1962 Ford/ALF
Gas/manual
750/500
(Note the two auxiliary 2.5" intakes on these rigs...any of you youngsters ever heard of "layin' duals?")

Engine 7 (reserve)
1958 Ford/ALF
Gas/manual
750/500
(The 1957-60 "Big Job" [fat-fendered] F-Series Fords are my favorite commercial-chassis rigs.)

Mena, AR
1960 Ford/ALF #2-1-8367
Engine 3
Gas/manual
750/300

(Steve Loftin photos)