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17 - Third Generation Brush Breaker - 1967                    1967 Maxim TOB Ost 216                    1969 Dodge TOB Cotuit 217

Town of Barnstable brush breaker 216 was built by Maxim in 1967.  The custom 1000 gallon brush
breaker with a 250 gpm pump replaced the second generation 1952 Ford brush breaker.
The breaker is shown here during off road trials before it was painted.

Photo of 1967 Town of Barnstable Maxim brush breaker 216.

Barnstable Forest Fire Department brush breaker 216.
Powered by a Waukesha gasoline motor and 5 speed transmission initially, it was later repowered
with a diesel motor in the 1980s.

Town of Barnstable brush breakers 216 and 212 were operated by the
Centerville-Osterville Fire Department.

In 1975 the Centerville-Osterville Fire Department purchased the 1967 Maxim from the Town of Barnstable
as its Forest Fire Department shut down after over 50 years of service. The unit became Breaker 316.

Breaker 316 wets down a grass/brush fire in early 1980's.

COMM FD Breaker 316 still operates from the Centerville Fire Station.