Muskogee, OK

[boardmansteve]

Here are 16 photos of the MFD's fleet in 1984.  I wasn't recording job numbers then, so please let us know if you have any for these rigs:

1976 ALF Pioneer III
1250/500
Diesel/automatic
Engine 1

Her twin, running as Engine 2

1970 Ford/Howe
250/250/85'
Gas/automatic
Ladder 1
(aerial remounted on Pierce Arrow chassis in 1990s)

1977 Chevrolet 4x4/Pierce
Gas/manual
Rescue 11

(SL photos, 1984)

[boardmansteve]

1974 ALF Pioneer II
1000/500
Diesel/automatic
Engine 4

Her twin, assigned to Engine 3

1956 Mack
1000/300
Gas/manual
Reserve Engine 1
(All three of the Mack Bs were delivered with booster baskets; this is the only one that didn't have a reel added later.  Sold in the 1980s, she has since been returned to the MFD for use as a parade rig.)

1979 Chevrolet 4x4/Pierce
300/250
Gas/manual
Engine 13

(SL photos)

[boardmansteve]

1967 Ford/Howe
1000/500
Gas/manual
Engine 5

1979 Chevrolet 4x4/Pierce
300/250
Gas/manual
Engine 15 (twin to Engine 13)

Engine 6 is a twin to 5's

1979 Chevrolet 4x4/Pierce
300/250
Gas/manual
Engine 16

(SL photos)

[boardmansteve]

1956 Mack
750/300
Gas/manual
Engine 7

1979 Mack
75'
Diesel/automatic
Ladder 2
(After a refurb in the late 1990s, she is STILL in service as L2!)

Reserve Engine 4 is the twin to 7's (she couldn't be pulled out that day because the brakes were locked up)

1931 Seagrave
1000/85
Gas/manual
She's still around, but currently for sale:

http://www.govdeals.com/index.cfm?fa=Main.Item&itemID=4&acctID=2905

(SL photos)

[FAO25]

What was the purpose of the mini-pumpers? Did these run as two piece companies or were they brush trucks? Thanx in advance.

[boardmansteve]

What was the purpose of the mini-pumpers? Did these run as two piece companies or were they brush trucks? Thanx in advance.

Brush trucks

[FDNYTRUCKScom]

no idea exactly which is which, but this is the info.

1974   3716   C-27-3716   Muskogee, Oklahoma   OK      1000/500   Pioneer II      4-2-74   American La France
1974   3717   C-27-3717   Muskogee, Oklahoma   OK      1000/500   Pioneer II      4-2-74   American La France
1976   4849   PC-28-4849   Muskogee, Oklahoma   OK      1250/500   Pioneer III      7-27-76   American La France
1976   4850   PC-18-4850   Muskogee, Oklahoma   OK      1250/500   Pioneer III      7-27-76   American La France

[boardmansteve]

no idea exactly which is which, but this is the info.

Thanks, Mike!

[Engine33Truck]

1967 Ford/Howe
1000/500
Gas/manual
Engine 5

(SL photos)

I like those old Howe's.  Well not old then.  Howe many did Muskogee run and how many are still around?
Also, did Muskogee run three man engine companies or did they put guys on the tailboard?

[boardmansteve]

I like those old Howe's.  Well not old then.  Howe many did Muskogee run and how many are still around?
Also, did Muskogee run three man engine companies or did they put guys on the tailboard?

The ones you see here are all they had.  None are left in service anywhere that I know of.

They stopped riding the tailboard here in the mid-'80s.

[Engine33Truck]

The ones you see here are all they had.  None are left in service anywhere that I know of.

They stopped riding the tailboard here in the mid-'80s.

Drat.  Those are very nice rigs!  I've always been a fan of Howe.

[boardmansteve]

1956 Mack
750/300
Gas/manual
Engine 7

Reserve Engine 4 is the twin to 7's (she couldn't be pulled out that day because the brakes were locked up)

Here is a factory photo of one of these girls.  The booster hose was originally in a tray over the pump; reels were added later.  I never knew they had overhead ladders until I acquired this photo:

(SL collection)

[boardmansteve]

1970 Ford/Howe
250/250/85'
Gas/automatic
Ladder 1

1985 Pierce refurb #F-1174
1991 Smeal 75'
Diesel/automatic
Ladder 1

The aerial, torque box, and outriggers were remounted in 1985 on a new Pierce Arrow chassis.  Pierce built a new body around the old aerial assembly.  In 1991 the Grove aerial was replaced by a 75' Smeal stick.  Unfortunately, I never got to shoot the Pierce/Grove combination.  Here's how she looks today:

(SL photo)

[boardmansteve]

1979 Mack
75'
Diesel/automatic
Ladder 2
(After a refurb in the late 1990s, she is STILL in service as L2!)

Except for having the boom refurbished back in the '90s, this one hasn't had many changes.  The only upgrades seen in the current photo (below) are a repainted cab and an electronic siren speaker.

This and the Pierce aerial were both replaced last month; it's unclear which of the older rigs will be kept for a reserve rig.

(SL photo)

[boardmansteve]

1989 E-One #? (one of two)
1250/500
Diesel/automatic
Engine 1

2005 Chevrolet 4x4/Hackney #06F09124
Diesel/automatic
Rescue 11

1998 Spartan/Ferrara #BR-994 (one of three)
1250/1000/40
Diesel/automatic
Engine 3

1998 International/Boardman #E-0041
Diesel/automatic
Rescue 12

(SL photos)