{"id":9035,"date":"2025-06-09T09:02:23","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T13:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/?p=9035"},"modified":"2026-04-01T10:56:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T14:56:30","slug":"quads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/quads\/","title":{"rendered":"Quads in North Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a blog version of a Facebook posting<\/a> from September 28, 2023.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nShown are Hickory, Wilmington, Concord, Sanford, Morganton, Hendersonville, Henderson, and Morehead City.<\/p>\n

Here’s a master list of quadruple combinations or quads that have served in North Carolina.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Concord
\n1949 Mack 75, 750\/250 – Reg #75-2-2349<\/p>\n

Henderson\u00a0
\n1940 American LaFrance 575 CDO, ___\/___ – Reg #L1215<\/p>\n

Hendersonville\u00a0
\n1948 American LaFrance 700 Series quad, 750\/[150?], model 775-QJO, reg#L-3451, shipped April 27, 1948<\/p>\n

Lenoir
\n1934 American LaFrance Type 307, 750\/___ – Reg #7513. Delivered July 1934.<\/p>\n

Morehead City\u00a0
\n1928? American LaFrance, 1000\/90 – Water tank possibly converted from chemical tank.<\/p>\n

Morganton
\n1942 American LaFrance B-675-CDO quad, 750\/150 – #L1880.<\/p>\n

Sanford\u00a0
\n1939 American LaFrance 575 RDO, 750\/100 – Reg #L-1090<\/p>\n

Wilmington
\n1938 Seagrave, 750\/___ – Reg #93140. Previously cited as 500 GPM.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Not Quads But Service Trucks with Booster Systems<\/strong><\/p>\n

Charlotte
\n1949 American LaFrance 700, ___\/___ – Reg #L3809
\nTruck 5 at Station 8, later Ladder 8\u00a0<\/p>\n

Greensboro
\n1948 American LaFrance ALF 700-BSJO, ___\/___ – Reg #L3712\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n

New Bern
\n1927 Seagrave had pump, no water tank.
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\nDefinition<\/strong><\/p>\n

Four things define a quad:<\/p>\n