Fire Engines Photos

Hallo'The Fireman'.This is a lovely old rig as you say in the States.I remember seeing one of these ex-U.S.A.ALF's midmounts whilst visiting Tijuana in Mexico a few years back and couldn't beleave the state it was in, let alone still being in use with a fire dept.

Added by Pete Matten on 12 December 2007.

This is beautiful, now we're in the ball park Mr Fireman! This is so good you can smell the wax on the paint work and the 'Kiwi Parade Gloss' nugget on the tires!!

Added by Pavel - Western Australia on 12 December 2007.

The classic ALF; looks like Series 700; produced from 1947 to 1959.

As kids, we used to chase after the local Volunteer Fire Dept. ALF Series 700 Pumper, on our bikes....

Regards, from Canada,
Pat_R-B

Added by Pat Rivers-Bowerman on 15 November 2008.

This was the second ALF forward-control ladder design, replacing the pre-war JOX. This series, starting with the 500, had the engine between the two rear-facing crew seats, instead of between the front seats. It set the trend for almost every north American fire engine for decades. The only drawback was that the rear seats were very narrow, and often ignored by larger firefighters, who just had to stand there! After quite a few years, the rear cab bodywork on later series was made wider to accommodate the actual hindquarters' dimensions of an average American firefighter!

While this chassis was in production, all aerial ladders had the turntable right behind the cab, with the ladder pointing backwards. Later series also offered a European-style rear turntable, allowing for a shorter vehicle with the ladder extending forward over the cab. Various lengths between 65 and 100 feet were available with three or four sections. A few mid-mount aerials were built as quints with front-mounted pumps, but I know of none which were manufactured by ALF.

Added by Rob Johnson on 22 August 2014.

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