Posted by Tim Holloway on Wednesday, November 10, 2004 at 7:50PM :
In Reply to: Hmmm... posted by apb on Wednesday, November 10, 2004 at 7:24PM :
Arthur,
I saw a big American LaFrance hook and ladder truck in a local junque yarde about a month ago. About the same vintage as this one and 95% complete. It even had the original wooden extension ladders stored in their racks underneath. The American Lafrance badges were really beautiful cloissone (sp?) and probably worth a pretty penny by themselves. There was a big compartment with a label that read "life net". I quess thats the thing they run back and forth with in the cartoons and the person jumping always lands next to. I didnt realise that those nets were actually used outside the cartoons.
Tim
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