By looking at the shifting scene, this really has a 10 speed, 5 speed main box with a 2 speed rear axle. 1st is really classified as a "deep under" gear. Some buses and trucks with a 5 speed has a regular under in 2nd. So on a 5 speed, if you have a deep under in 1st, only four of the speeds are truly useable on the highway.
I am a volunteer firefighter/emt and the fire dept I work for taught us that as a rule all of the hose hook ups on top are the discharges and all of the ones on bottom are the intakes. It looks like your truck has 2.5 inch and 5 inch intakes. The 2-3 inch hoses or medium diameter hose is either supply or attack. Small diameter hose or anything less than 2 inches is always attack and large diameter hose ( anything over 3 inches) is always supply. The PTO switch should be the one with the lights to the left of the steering wheel. This will turn on the pump by switching the truck from drive to pump and you have to be in neutral to switch it and, i think, first gear to operate the pump. The last gasoline manual fire engine we had we just donated new volunteer fire dept. This truck was a 1981 Chevy/Darley front mount ( all of the controls, supply and discharges are on the front bumper). The hoses in the reels are known as booster hose. And being a 1000 gal. truck means that your truck is a type 1 or structure engine.
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Congratulations on your purchase. These "Plain Jane" Engines have been a workhorse across America. I do not know what State your in, but there are plenty of Fire Munsters that you can start networking in to gain more knowledge. SPAAMFA is another great network.
Nice truck my first standard I drove was that same year truck just it was a flat bed and I was ten picking up hay wish I had it today. enjoy all your future rides
This truck is so popular that Ford & Mack made tons of these trucks. Ford easier to find. The harder ones to find or Mack. This body style was made is very popular. Some fire departments still have this type of truck in service this day.
My Dad was a member of his hometowns volunteer Fire Company in the 70s and early 80s and they had a similar looking truck which I thought was a Ford or Mack. It was a Hahn.
WOW!! Great find. With that low of miles that truck couldn‘t have been used much in it‘s career because midship pumps clock miles even though the truck is sitting still. Ford C-series were the most popular fire apparatus chassis in North America. Did you split shift the rear axle? I am wondering if it was in low range all the time. My department had a 1974 F-750 same engine with a straight 5 speed and it would easily achieve 70MPH fully loaded. Great video!👍
An interesting side note is that what Ford calls their Cab Over C Cab was originally the Mack N Cab up until 1958, then Mack was gonna discontinue, and scrap the N Model, but Ford offered to take it over, and change it from the N Cab to the C Cab.
That is really awesome ! I started looking for any information on RU-vid for classic fire engines . I just purchased a 1954 GMC five window fire engine and I know nothing about it. It needs batteries and a starter I will be picking it up next week. Thanks
