Howe Fire Apparatus

How many of us had/have Howe apparatus?We still have our first new truck,a 1964 IH Howe heavy 1 ton,that is currently our brush truck.

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Permalink Reply by Timothy J. Gaffney, Jr. on April 30, 2011 at 1:06pm

Do you have a picture?

Permalink Reply by Chris Weber on April 30, 2011 at 11:56pm

Yep,I do.Sorry about that.Thought I posted them.

These were from our stand-by day at our county fair in August of 2010.

Permalink Reply by Timothy J. Gaffney, Jr. on May 1, 2011 at 7:00am

Very simple brush truck...I love it! :)

Permalink Reply by Chris Weber on May 1, 2011 at 12:20pm

300 gal. tank,250 gpm pto pump.1-1 3/4" crosslay and 1" booster line.Dope the tank with Class A(Indian tanks too.)2 chainsaws and enough tools to keep 20 people busy.
Also carry a 285 gpm portable pump.Throw another one in and it works great to get into inaccesible water supplies.
Weighs just shy of 11,000 lb. loaded(minus the 2 folks in the cab.)

Permalink Reply by Bill Carlisle on May 2, 2011 at 8:30am

Nice looking truck, and looks to me set up very well to perform the tasks needed .

Permalink Reply by Timothy John Dodson on January 24, 2013 at 1:20pm

We still have a 1966 Howe pumper that is currently our reserve pumper. It still runs great. It was re-powered in the late 1990's with a diesel motor to replace the old gasoline motor, and the manual transmission was replaced with an automatic.