Yonkers FD 80's - 90's

[CPAGE 2]

Ok now it is time to move over the Bronx River Parkway to Yonkers. This is all for you Chief Dunn aka BATT 2.

First is Batt 1

[CPAGE 2]

YFD Engine 306 (The 3 Horses) and Thanks to all the members of 306 and to Capt. Vinny amd Chief Chris (RIP).

[CPAGE 2]

Ladder 70 Before finding a home as Ladder 71

[CPAGE 2]

Engine 304 aka engine 4 before Yellow was cool

[CPAGE 2]

Engine 310 with the Compac

[CPAGE 2]

Engine 313 with the the Compac

Edited September 16, 2007 by CPAGE

[CPAGE 2]

Ladder 72 with the Mack/ALF

[CPAGE 2]

Ladder 73 The Supertrain

[CPAGE 2]

This was Ladder 73 before the Tiller and them later Ladder 75 then painted red over white

[CPAGE 2]

Ladder 74 with the start of the red over white

[CPAGE 2]

Engine 311

[CPAGE 2]

Engine 311 on the day it found Yonkers

[CPAGE 2]

Engine 307 with the Compac

[billfitz 109]

Ladder 70 Before finding a home as Ladder 71

I beleive this started as TL-71 at Station 3 because the engineers said the floor at Station 1 would never hold the weight!!!!! Then went to Station 14 as TL-70, after a brief stint at Station 14 it reappeared at Station 3 as TL-76 (L-76 was moved from station 11 to station 3 then disbanded around 1983) after that the truck fell into disrepair and eventually was disposed of! The single axle TL was never suited for the hills of Yonkers!

[CPAGE 2]

Ladder 68 this truck came from Mt. Vernon FD for tiller training in Yonkers.

[61MACKBR1 222]

Terrific Photos - Bring on more, especially from the 1960's and Early 70's. Chief Fitzpatrick, you are indeed correct as it relates to TL70. The Rig, originally purchased in 1974, was designated at Tower Ladder 1 (Single Axel Mack Baker TL), and it original home was intended to be YFD HQ. But, as you said, the Yonkers Building Engineers said that the existing floors at Headquarters would never support the weight of this new Rig. Therefore, this truck would find its way to Station 3, again as Tower Ladder 1 (Original Lettering before the Reflective Plaqards). It was at this time, that this specific rig would be "Out of Service" more than "In Service" There was a period of time that the rig was not even in Yonkers, as it was sent out of town for repairs. Eventually, Truck 1 (then Ladder 71) would end up getting 1 of those ALF Century Tillers, which was housed at YFD Hqs. Once the repairs were finally made to the satisfaction of all, this rig was then stationed at Station 14, as TL70. It would then end up as TL76, before being put out to pasture. As the chief said, this single axel rig could never hold up having to ciimb the hills of Yonkers. Chief, wasn't that also the case of the Old Mack 62 Box Rescuem, that R1 had problems going up the various hills in Yonkers? (although this rig held up well from 1962 thru 1976, given that the YFD Rescue responded to most emergency based calls with Local Hospital Owned Ambulances [No Empress, AA, or Yonkers Volunterer at the time] with the YPD E-Rigs not really prominent until the early 1970's with those old blue and white Station Wagens).

Does anyone else have any memories from the Old Days of both Tower Ladder 1 and the Old Rescue 1?

[redtruck75 24]

Ladder 70 Before finding a home as Ladder 71

In 1987 & 1988 it served as TL-75 before 75 got its' new 10 wheeler Mack Tower Ladder, which is now spare TL-77. By the way the brakes were terrible on that old tower ladder. Love the picture of E-304.

[R1SmokeEater 359]

-Here it is in 1987 (Cr@ppy pic).......................

"in 1987 & 1988 it served as TL-75 before 75 got its' new 10 wheeler Mack Tower Ladder, which is now spare TL-77. By the way the brakes were terrible on that old tower ladder."

[R1SmokeEater 359]

And.......................

[R1SmokeEater 359]

>

[Guest]

Nice picts

[x129K 1,393]

Great pics...some of those rigs were around during my tenure with Empress in the 90's.....I loved the YFD

[61MACKBR1 222]

I think I remember when Yonkers finally painted over that 74 Mack Baker TL and made it TL75 for about 2 years. I might have been at that time that someone was finally able to get all of the "Bugs" out of it. (Again, it spent more time in the Shop than on the Front Lines during its tenure in Yonkers). Were there any other Rigs from the 60's, 70's, 80's or 90's that anyone can remember, that didn't do well in Yonkers (Besides those Continential Compac's)