Fire Engines Photos

SAFirey,

Any idea where this one originally came from? I think this is a Mk3 from the early sixties

Added by Fire995 on 11 March 2008.

Yes it is a Mk3 I wonder where the front bar is. Is this all in good condition, these trucks were a great drive.

Added by [email protected] on 12 March 2008.

Fire995, I will attempt to titillate your interest with one or two photos of my own of this truely magnificient LFT (large fire tender) and one or two tipbits of information, which may leave you, more or less, none the wiser, , , , !?

Added by Pavel - Western Australia on 12 March 2008.

These were used by the RAAF up until 1977 when they were replaced by the Oshkosh. Four man crew; carried 4 huge CO2 bottles, foam and about 1000 gals of water. A go anywhere vehicle it would fit snugly into a Hercules. Each flying unit would have had at least two of these ready to go.

Added by Dave Mallett on 29 April 2010.

Does anyone know if the Thornycroft Nubian 6x6 requires 2 x 12volt truck batteries or 2 x 24volt truck batteries?

Added by Jan on 01 November 2010.

Looks like Wormalds bodywork.

Added by Ian Moore on 01 November 2010.

12 or 24volt light bulbs?

Added by Neal Glover on 01 November 2010.

Comment to Jan. it will be 2 x 12 volt batteries.
I was looking at this tender today.
it belongs to a very dear friend of mine. I was doing some research on it tonight and this I found. I crawled around her looking for the batteries so I could fire her up to shift her. I did not locate the batteries. However there are no such as 24volt battery. She did a run to our local CFS station some years ago. She has a very long history of a private fire appliance in WA until approxamatlely 15 years ago.

Added by Jon on 03 July 2016.

Great locally built bodywork. The staggered sliding cab doors are very neat. I think Manchester specified some similar doors on some of their appliances, and London inherited a Merryweather with front sliders (just like a London bus) and rear bi-fold doors. I suspect this one lived in a very narrow appliance room?

Added by Rob Johnson on 07 December 2017.

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