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20 - Cape Cod Breakers and Apparatus 1970s-1980s                    Breakers                    Forestry                    Tankers                    1970 Wellfleet 90                    1971 Dennis 110                    1972 Otis B9                     1973 Hya 84                     1973 Sand 153                     1973WB T296                     1975 Bourne 128                     1977 Bourne 130                     1976 Fal B20                     1976 Chilmark                     1976 Dennis F105                     1970s Barn B204                     1970s Otis T13

 

Otis Breaker 9 coming out of the woods. This was a 1972 Gibson military chassis with a 1000 gallon tank.

 

Hyannis Fire Department operated this 1970s Dodge Power Wagon combination brush breaker / rescue truck
for a number of years.  This unit also carried Hyannis's first Jaws of Life.  It was replaced by a large heavy rescue
truck in 1985.  Hyannis did not have a "brush truck" after the retirement of Engine 4 (84).

1970'S SANDWICH BREAKER

Sandwich Breaker 153 is a 1953 Studebaker Military Chassis with
barwork built by Ted Young of Sandwich built in 1973. It has an 800 gallon tank.

The 1953 Studebaker was renumbered Breaker 453.

Sandwich Breaker 453 shown in fall of 2001.
This view show how the bars and steel plating protect the front of
the breaker and enable it to push trees and drive over them.  Additionally,
the winch is an important feature for those times when the breaker gets
hung up in the woods and needs to winch off a root ball or other
obstruction hazard.

Sandwich Breaker 453 in fall of 2001.
This truck gets a major refurbishing in 2002.













 

1970S BOURNE BREAKERS

Bourne built this 1500 gallon breaker on a 1967 Kaiser Military chassis in 1975.

Bourne Breaker 128 in 2001.

Breaker 10 1977

 

Bourne turned this 1953 International military chassis into a 1000 gallon breaker in the 1977.
Breaker 10 / 130 served into the 1980's.

Falmouth Breaker 20
1976 Dodge / Continental

Falmouth Fire Department called this unit Breaker 20 until recently changing it to B-17.
It is a 300 gallon 1976 Dodge Power Wagon built by Continental.

Abington, Mass brush breaker

Sandwich Fire Department Breaker 142 (B 442) is a 1000 gallon breaker.
Placed in service in 1980, it is built on a 1967 5 ton Kaiser Military chassis.

The 1967 Sandwich Breaker renumbered as Breaker 461 in 2000.
(Note - reassigned as B462 in 2002)

 

 

 

 

 

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