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• #1 by Taylar on December 24, 2015 - 2:27 PM

  

  There is a lot of debate on this topic. There was a penidng contract to be awarded for new engines for the CFD. The ALF Eagle that served as CFD E23 was purchased at the same time as the Freightliner/3D assigned to E92, as the Freightliner was to take care of an immediate need for a pumper while E23 was intended to be a demo to see if they liked the truck and its design. I was not aware that a contract was awarded to ALF, but the story I have heard is that ALF/3D kept building additional units beyond the demo and when the contract was awarded to Luverne, they were stuck with the balance. East Chicago purchased two as noted and have the same paint and details as a CFD rig, but East Chicago painted the doors with their logos. They must have like the rigs since they later bought two more pumpers on the Eagle chassis.

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