Quads in North Carolina

This is a blog version of a Facebook posting from September 28, 2023.


Shown are Hickory, Wilmington, Concord, Sanford, Morganton, ?, Greensboro, and Charlotte. 

Here’s an ongoing list of quadruple combinations or quads that have served in North Carolina.

Charlotte
1949 American LaFrance 700, ___/___ – Reg #L3809
Truck 5 at Station 8, later Ladder 8

Concord
1949 Mack 75, 750/250 – Reg #75-2-2349

Greensboro
1948 American LaFrance ALF 700-BSJO, ___/___ – Reg #L3712

Henderson 
1940 American LaFrance 575 CDO, ___/___ – Reg #L1215

Hendersonville 
1948 American LaFrance 775-QJO, ___/___ – Reg #l3451

Lenoir
1934 American LaFrance Type 307, 750/___ – Reg #7513. Delivered July 1934.

Morehead City 
1928? American LaFrance, 1000/90 – Water tank possibly converted from chemical tank.

Morganton
1942 American LaFrance B-675-CDO quad, 750/150 – #L1880.

Sanford 
1939 American LaFrance 575 RDO, 750/100 – Reg #L-1090

Wilmington
1938 Seagrave, 750/___ – Reg #93140. Previously cited as 500 GPM. 

Others?

Not Quads

Raleigh, Durham, Winston-Salem – Only service trucks, some with chemical tanks.

New Bern – 1927 Seagrave  had pump, no water tank.

 

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