This from Mike Summa for #TBT:
This is the Summit Fire Dept.’s Engine 951, 1960/70’s Mack CF. Please fill in the blanks if you know more. Thanks. The first picture is mine, the second, a group shot is from the Summit FD Facebook page. Enjoy and comment.Mike Summa
Mike Summa photo
#1 by Crabbymilton on August 24, 2023 - 8:10 PM
No problem. To each their own.
#2 by Tim on August 24, 2023 - 5:20 PM
Sorry Crab but your argument is a bit weak. Sure Mack used their engines but they were a popular commercial engine builder just like Cummins and Detroit. And like the Cummins and Detroits, the Mack engines were a dime a dozen with readily available parts.
#3 by crabbymilton on August 24, 2023 - 3:10 PM
I guess it’s because MACK used propriertary engines rather than DETROIT or CUMMINS. Then with the exception of the C and CF which were custom chassis, the rest were adapted commercial chassis. I guess I’m just partial to custom purpose built chassis. Milwaukee seemed to be saturated with MACK’s in the 1970’s. May sound silly but we all have our own tastes.
#4 by Ray Stantz on August 24, 2023 - 2:39 PM
Hi crabbymilton,
Curious about what you disliked about the Macks? I remember seeing a lot of these Macks everywhere in New York when I was a kid. In the early 2000s, Yonkers had a few spares when I was with the Department for a short period. They seemed to had been holding up better then the new pumpers (engines) the city had purchased.
Thanks
#5 by crabbymilton on August 24, 2023 - 9:27 AM
I make no secret that I’m not much of a MACK fan. However, those CF’s were sharp along with their predecessor cab forward custom models. Milwaukee had quite a few of these so it brings back memories of when I first got interested in fire apparatus in the late 1970’s as early teenager.
Nice picture of that SEAGRAVE. Unusual in that it has the cast spoke wheels.