Quoting Lego Fire Museum Inc.
Who did the 2003 and 2001 refurbs? Is it originally all Mack? Whatever the story, it is a nice truck. But you know I love Mack CF trucks. It is good to see some still kicking around.
Good questions LFM, here is some background info.
Tanker 1 was originally built in 1988 as a large volume pumper for an airport.
In 1999 it was sold to a volunteer fire department who sent it to E-One in 2001 for refurbishment, new pump, closed the cab and added a new deck gun.
In 2003 that FD's own shop refurbished the rig again installing a new bumper, all round lighting and added new lightbars.
At the end of 2009 the rig was retired and sold to a fire apparatus dealer.
SVFD bought it in 2010, refurbishing it yet againby their own shop.
New paint, red/blue emergency lighting, and a complete overhaul on the tank, pump, electrical systems and engine where given and added a trafficbar in the back, making it a bigger sized Engine 14.
It passed the acceptance tests easy, and is now temporary in second line service as a spare/training rig, but in the future when financial issues are resolved it will get a first line status with its own crew.
