Throwback Thursday - Middlesex Centre Fire Department/Delaware, ON Station - 1997 Metalfab Single Axle Tanker

A 1997 Metalfab Single Axle Tanker is the featured unit for this week's Throwback Thursday.  This unit was delivered to the Delaware, ON Fire Department.  Delaware is a station in the Middlesex Centre Fire Department.

 

 

 

This tanker on a Ford F700 chassis was equipped with a Hale AP PTO
driven pump.  The water tank had a capacity of 1,500 Imp. Gal.  A Newton 10" Dump with rotating swivel and flip down chute was installed on the rear of the unit.




The extruded aluminum body was equipped with low side compartments on each side of the truck.  A portable tank in a standard bracket and 1 suction hose tray were mounted on the left side of the unit.  Ladders were mounted in a standard rack on the right side of the unit along with 1 suction hose tray, 1 pike pole, and 1 bar.