This from Wayne Stuart for #TBT:
The Gary Fire Department operated this 1964 Maxim S Model pumper. It carried serial number 2413. It had a 1,000-GPM pump and a 300-gallon tank. It was originally assigned to Engine Company 9, and later to Engine Company 5.
wayne stuart photo
Wayne Stuart photo
#1 by Matt on April 6, 2018 - 9:24 AM
Whiting, Hammond, East Chicago, Gary, Griffith, South Bend, Lafayette, Terre Haute, Indianapolis among others all had Maxims. Not to mention, if you bought a Mack with a steel ladder, it was a Maxim aerial. Indy had one of the largest fleets outside New England. The salesman would drive the highway and stop everywhere along the way.
#2 by CrabbyMilton on April 6, 2018 - 5:47 AM
I wonder if any made it up here in SE Wisconsin.
There were more PIRSCH apparatus around here that one could count.
#3 by LT501 on April 5, 2018 - 8:52 PM
I recall South Bend as being heavy into Maxim apparatus in the 60’s and 70’s, both CF and CC models. While Maxim was very popular in Indiana, I don’t know of too many Chicago suburbs that had them other than Westchester.
#4 by Joe Smith on April 5, 2018 - 6:23 PM
Quite a few Maxims were sold in Indiana.
#5 by Crabbymilton on April 5, 2018 - 9:38 AM
A rare treat to see MAXIM.
Built the same year I was.