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The timbers have arrived

Posted by Mark on Saturday, June 9, 2012, In : Sacramento tiller 


Butch is carefully guiding the balanced beam as Doug shuffles it into the building with the forks. Careful to watch your toes Butch!
 
 
The other day Doug called and asked if Trevor and I could stop by and help move some ladders with he and Butch. We stopped by and found a pile of goodies that Doug had collected during a whirlwind trading tour that resulted with a new pile of wood for an upcoming project.

The pile consisted of ground ladders and 2 timbers that will be used to re-construct the ma...
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Sacramento tiller aerial arrives

Posted by Mark on Tuesday, November 15, 2011, In : Sacramento tiller 


Last week Doug picked up this 1911 tiller aerial from the Sacramento Fire Dept on the semi trailer (which is how most trucks get here). The tiller has a colorful history in California, including being hit by two streetcars at the same time (the frame damage is still visible in the trailer).

We will be rebuilding this truck for SFD, and expect that the project will take about two years.

The 1914 Ahrens Fox tractor was repainted without the trailer and displayed at Harrah's in Las Vegas, and has ...
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The Reliance Fire Museum is a 501c3 non-profit corporation governed by a Board of Directors including President Douglas Klink, Director Gary Judd, and Director Mark Igel. KVR is the restoration and repair company that works under the Reliance Museum roof and keeps the fleet in tip-top shape. In addition to the contributions of the Reliance Board, Lead Mechanic Butch Lundstedt turns most of the wrenches that keep the engines purring.