This 1996 Metalfab Custom Pumper manufactured for the Aylesford, NS Fire Department is Today's Throwback Thursday featured Truck.
The chassis for this pumper was a Spartan Custom Chassis. The chassis had a Cummins C8.3-300, 300 HP Diesel Engine. The transmission was an Allison MD 3060 P Automatic Transmission.
The extruded aluminum body had high side compartments on the left side of the chassis and low side
compartments on the right side of the chassis. The doors on this unit were all flush mounted doors. There was a manual drop down ladder rack and three suction hose trays mounted on the right side of the unit.
The Metalfab custom Pumper was equipped with a Hale QSG 1050 IGPM Midship pump with a Foam Pro 2001 foam system. In place of the standard crosslays mounted above the pump, 1-1/2" speedlays mounted at the frame height forward of the pump were utilized. The poly tank had a capacity of 1000 Imp. Gal. of water and 20 Imp. Gal. of Foam.
No comments:
Post a Comment