Mack Fire Apparatus 18

By Britton W Crosby
Original Post March 2001 - Updated March 2005 - Re-launched April 2020
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Mack fire apparatus has been used for ladder trucks for many years.
In fact, the first Mack fire truck was a 1911 hook & ladder truck.
Mack did not build the aerial ladders themselves, but mounted a
variety of aerial devices built by other manufacturers on Mack chassis.

The Mortlake, CT Fire Department operated this Mack CF with a
Maxim 100' rear mount aerial ladder for years.
Webster Tri-State Muster 1991.

Mack Fire Trucks
Possibly America's most famous manufacturer of fire apparatus,
Mack Trucks of Allentown, Pennsylvania began building fire trucks around 1911.
Over the years, these beautiful fire engines, bearing the trademark "Bull Dog",
proved to be as tough and reliable as the saying "Built like a Mack Truck" indicates.
Thousands of these classic apparatus served over the years.
Mack stopped making custom apparatus in 1990 to the dismay of Mack fans.
This is a tribute to some of the Macks I have admired had the pleasure of photographing.

Mack Ladders

Many different types of Mack chassis have been used for Ladder Trucks.
While Mack didn't make their own aerial ladders, their apparatus was
matched with aerial ladders made by Maxim, LTI, and other.

This Gloucester 1966 Mack B tractor is pulling a 1985 LTI Tiller Aerial Ladder.
Lynnfield June 2010

Mack Models and Years Produced

Early Years.............................1900-1914
Model "A" Series...................1914-1938
Model "AB" Series................1914-1936
Model "AC" Series................1916-1938
"Early" Model "B" Series....1927-1941
Model "E" Series...................1936-1950
Model "L" Series...................1940-1954
Model "A" Series...................1950-1953
Model "B" Series...................1954-1966
Model "C" Series...................1956-1967
Model "MB" Series................1963-1978
Model "MC" Series................1978-1987
Model "MR" Series................1978-1987
Model "R" Series....................1966-1990
Model "CF" Series..................1967-1990
Mid-Liner MS Series...............1979-

Montreal, Quebec
1953 Mack "L" Magyrus Ladder Truck
at Springfield 1997

Montreal, Quebec Mack Ladder Truck
at Springfield 1997

Mack "L" with a Maxim aerial ladder truck
Lynnfield 2004

Gloucester, MA
1966 Mack B tractor / 1985 LTI Tractor Drawn Aerial Ladder
at Lynnfield June 2010.

Gloucester, MA
1966 Mack B tractor / 1985 LTI Tractor Drawn Aerial Ladder
at Rhode Island muster Sept 2015

New Bedford Ladder 1 in quarters at Station 2
Mack CF tractor drawn Maxim 100' aerial.

New Bedford, Mass Ladder 4 was a Maxim aerial pulled by a Mack CF Tractor.
Operating at a general alarm lumberyard fire in Acushnet mid 1980's.

Harwich Fire Department Ladder 1 - (66)
1970 Mack CF / Thibault 85' Aerial

Duxbury, MA Ladder 1
1976 Mack / Thibault 85'

Daytona Beach Mack / Maxim aerial ladder truck

Norton, MA Aerial 1
1979 Mack CF / American LaFrance 100'

Mortlake, CT Mack / Maxim 100' Aerial Ladder
at Webster 1991

Mortlake, CT Ladder Truck 1995 photo

Charleston, SC
Ladder 5
1973 Mack CF / 75' Snorkle
Photo 1987

Broomall, PA parade 1999

Buffalo, NY Mack aerial ladder responding on a box.
1989 photo

LaPlata, MD 1980 Mack CF / American LaFrance 100' Aerial Ladder.
Baltimore parade July 2007

Bay Shore, Long Island, NY
1983 Mack CF with LTI 100' aerial ladder.
Long Island muster June 2016

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