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Comment by Tony Leonard,Jr. on August 19, 2011 at 9:20am

http://www.flickriver.com/groups/alfpioneer/pool/interesting/ Link to photo pages of ALF Pioneer I,II & III's P.S.The Yellow Pioneer III Heavy Rescue is A Dream Come True.

Comment by Bob Callahan on April 7, 2011 at 4:02pm

Grew up watching ALF apparatus run up and down the streets of Albany, NY, and then ended up joing a VFD for a couple of years that ran an all-ALF fleet.

Unfortunatly spent most of my time in VT, which was a heavily Maxim and Middlesex affair with very few ALFs.

Comment by David Earl Gregory on March 6, 2011 at 5:56pm

Yeah Tony, I'd like to have seen that. First ALF I ever drove was a Pioneer with Detriot diesel and manual shift. Had to almost stop at the bottom of the hill going up to our station 2 to get low gear. You try shifting on that hill and you got 1500 ft. of hose on the ground. I'll always be a fan of the ALF custom can designs. These newer rigs just don't have that "look" the older ones do.

Comment by Tony Leonard,Jr. on March 2, 2011 at 11:28am

David,I once had the opportunity to see some conceptual art for new cab/chassis designs,& One of them was A Modern PIONEER Cab,with the tipped out front window.It was pretty sweet looking,it's to bad it never made it past that point.It would have been pretty cool to see them on the road once again.

Comment by David Earl Gregory on December 26, 2010 at 1:33pm

:-) Real fire trucks have ALF written on them. Drove my share of them when I was in. Two Pioneers and a Century at one dept. and one Pioneer at the other. Nothing like it anywhere. Not a big fan of the new stuff by ALF though. Something about it just ain't the same.

Comment by John Lord on October 17, 2010 at 9:29pm

We have a 02 lafrance and it is our main fire fighting engine. It is a great truck the only thing i dont like about it is the air ride cab. I am just starting to drive and its differnt driving a truck with air ride compared to the ones that dont. Ours is an 8 man cab and there is a ton of room in the back to get ready.

Comment by Dj Stone on March 1, 2009 at 10:14pm

My dept has a 1998 Engine and a 1971 mid mount ladder
We also have a 1951 tiller driven ladder

Comment by jeffrey hedrick on May 17, 2008 at 6:12pm

our dept still uses a 1982 American LaFrance and we just recently sold a 1957 LaFrance

Comment by Keith Bradt SR on March 29, 2008 at 5:01pm

all rensselaer had was american lafrance
my old truck was a 1974 slim green
8 gater.