Yonkers Lime Continental Compac Engine Photo

[bigfitz2004 19]

Seeing the pictures of Lime Continental Compac just got me thing of a fire that I remember as a kid(5 years old) in Yonkers Morris St. X Elliott Ave. I think in was in the summer of 1989 or 1990. I remember it was very Smokey on South Broadway. I remember a Lime Continental Compac parked in the Key Food Parking lot. Channel 7 News parked in Lincoln Park on South Broadway.

[grumpyff 1,159]

I could see those tubes, but that doesn't give it any more stability than the width of the truck and that doesn't seem right.  I think that ladder says 65', thats still pretty high to such little stability.....

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I know its not much in the way of stability, look at the American Lafrance ladders of the 40's and 50's. Hand operated screw down jacks, that in most cases put the stabilizer maybe 2 to 3 feet off the side of the truck. The majority of the wight was carried on the suspension of the truck.