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A neat bit of body-work on this little Pump....

Were there Hose Connections behind the rear locker doors? or did she just run with the Booster Reel, Water Tank and Rear Pump ?

Regards, from Canada,
Pat_R-B

Added by Pat Rivers-Bowerman on 09 January 2010.

pat,
this vehicle was used as a Hose reel tender or personnel vehicle,a rotary pump supplying water from the 150imp.gallon to the low pressure hosereel.It could be supplemented from a hydrant or tanker supply.The lockers contained hydrant and hose gear plus chimney and other small gear, beaters for grass fires would have been carried also .
This vehicle was one three in the brigade and were attached to stations with a major pumping
appliance.They used to "fly"but had terrible brakes!Regards to Canada,i had a month touring your wonderful country in 1994 realising an ambition upon my retirement.

alan jones


Added by Alan Jones on 06 February 2010.

Alan; thanks for the info, and 'beater' is the word that I was trying to think of, elsewhere, for the flappy things on a stick that you flail away at grass-fires with.

Good on you, making it to Canada - rather a lot of country, isn't it.....I had lived in Halifax, Nova Scotia and my sole sibling lived in Vancouver, British Columbia; so, the directions for a family visit were fairly easy....I simply had to drive 46 miles(75 km) to Truro and turn left onto the Trans-Canada Highway at Exit 15W... then turn right at Exit 27, off the same highway onto 1st Avenue, Vancouver, and I was there.... some 3,400 miles(5,500 km) and four(4) Time Zones later !!

Regards,
Pat_R-B

Added by Pat Rivers-Bowerman on 07 February 2010.

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