SIRAACA_Editor Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 A monstrous contraption to say the least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DeSoto Frank Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 I've seen early fire engines on similar chasses - ( large wheels at rear, small at front )... Jumbo ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ex98thdrill Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 I've seen early fire engines on similar chasses - ( large wheels at rear, small at front )... Jumbo ?A lot of the early fire engines where you see large wheels in the rear and small in the front are commonly a case where the fire departments would take a horse drawn steamer and convert it to a motorized rig.In the early 1900's, the larger fire apparatus companies like American LaFrance felt that the automobile was a fad. With that in mind, they weren't eager to switch to motorized fire apparatus until they knew that the automobile was not a fad, and that reliability issues had improved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 We have seen this pic before somewhere on another thread. Is it possible to get a closeup of the badge just above the front end of the drive chain? The powerplant is not very big and the drive ratio is very low - but with that steering set up you wouldn't want to drive it very fast anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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