Fire Engines Photos

Petros: Maybe my eyes are failing, but I don’t see where the pump was?

Ed: I see your point. It may have been retrofitted? I need to check my notes. I must have got the gpm from somewhere!

Added by Rob Johnson on 10 August 2023.

Your other photo of this appliance suggests that if it was rotated 180 degrees there would be no room for a pump behind the driver’s seat, unless of course it towed a trailer pump. This would not mean that it did not have one fitted after it was photographed, only that it’s usefulness as a turntable ladder was probably a bit limited.

Added by Rob Johnson on 10 August 2023.

Rob
I have looked and cannot find anything definitive. However I am 95% sure the CFO wanted a pump on this machine. So it was either retrofitted (this is a delivery photo) by the brigade mechanic, or as an alternative, was there such a thing as a free standing non plumbed in pump in those days?
In WW2 the CFO went to huge lengths to get the Home Dept of government to fit a pump on his wartime TL, and that is covered in my book. I have the correspondence.
There are v few other photos of this machine to check its later form. However this picture does refer to a pump too



Added by Petros on 10 August 2023.

I reckon the pump's under the seat. Chain drive pto case over the gearbox. Pair of deliveries behind the seat. Suction inlet blank cap and four 2.1/2" couplings visible over footboard locker? Just guessing.

Added by Alan Thompson on 11 August 2023.

Alan: You may well be right! Not sure about the four things under the monitor - they could be valves - but the rest looks like it could be right. If so, a very neat, compact and space saving installation.

Added by Rob Johnson on 11 August 2023.

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