Mack Fire Apparatus 02

By Britton W Crosby
Original Post March 2001 - Updated March 2005 - Re-launched April 2020
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Is there any question who built this truck?
Mack has done a great job identifying their trucks from almost any angle.
The name, the logos, the shapes and styles all ay MACK.

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.

The Mack Name

The name "Mack" became synonymous with trucks from the beginning.
Mack Trucks have been utilized in every imaginable way.
They have been utilized as fire trucks since 1910.

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-

The Mack AC Truck was introduced around 1916.
The truck served in WWI including in Great Britain
where it earned the reputation of being tough like the
British Bulldog, a factor that would stay with Mack forever.
The AC would continue to be built until about 1938.

The Mack name was typically displayed on radiators.

Mack tool box step
1951 Mack Edgartown, MA

Mack front and center.
Edgartown 1927 Mack.
July 2007

Edgartown's 1927 Mack with radiator cap.
Sept 2018

Lynnfield 2017

The reminder that you were driving a Mack was never far away.

The "Mack" name on the side of the 1931 Early Mack B of Easton, MA.

The "Mack" name in the side of a 1938 Mack "E" slightly changed from the 1931 version.

Long Island June 2016

A well worn Mack step

Mack tool box

The pump on an early Mack

Mack utilized a variety of name plates, grill styles,
and configurations over the years.
Mack "E" style.
Photo RI Muster 2011

The Mack name and logo are often one in the same.

The name and the logo.

North Patchogue, Long Island, NY
Aug 2017

Lynnfield 1995

Mack B-85
Rhode Island 2011

Mack B-85
Lynnfield June 2010

Peabody B-95 Mack
Lynnfield 2010

Wilmington 2019

Mack Pressure gauges

The hose bed and rear step meant to carry large amounts of hose
and often four standing firefighters.

Rear step compartment
Lynnfield 2012

Rhode Island 2011

If there was a place to put the name, Mack seemed to take the opportunity.

This 1963 Mack C-95 has the "C" style logo
combining the Bulldog and name together.

The Mack C series logo used between 1957 and 1967.

Easily identifiable as a Mack C logo.

The newer look of the Mack CF starting in 1967.

Even without the name, it is easy to recognize the shape and features on a Mack CF.

Every Mack has one of these somewhere on the pump panel.

"MACK" on the front and center of the Mack R.

Mack CF Series used from 1967 until Mack stopped making fire trucks in 1990.
FDNY was 100% during a good deal of this period.
Satellite 1 with the BIG gun.

Some of the historical facts and information referenced in this feature
came from a wonderful book called...

Mack Fire Apparatus
A Pictorial History
By
Harvey Eckart 1990

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