The Barnstable County Forest Fire Service put this 1963 Maxim 800 gallon brush breaker in service as C-12 in Dennis. It replaced the 1951 Ford County No.4. The 1958, 1960, and 1963 Maxim brush breakers all looked alike.

     The rear view of the 1963 Maxim No.4 (C-12).

     The 1963 Maxim brush breaker is shown with other Dennis apparatus at the West Dennis Fire Station 1 on Route 28. The Maxim F pumper is the 1972 Engine 3, so the photo was likely taken in 1972-73.

     In about 1986, the 1963 Maxim breaker was acquired by the Brewster Fire Department as their first brush breaker. They assigned it as Breaker 235. It would serve until about 1996.

    Brewster Breaker 235.

     The Brewster Breaker 235 behind the fire station in 2001. Out of service.

     By November 2002, the old Maxim was showing its age.

     In the end, the 1963 Maxim breaker No.4 (C-12), Brewster's Breaker 235, ended up behind the Brewster Station, next to the 1958 Ford/Maxim 750/500 former Brewster Engine 233 which was retired in 1989. Photo August 2004.