Station 47 - Farmington

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The day I happen across this 1994 Simon-Duplex tanker I remarked to the Farmington fire company chief that I had never seen a tanker like this one with a regular apparatus cab on it. Later the same day I came across two more very similiar in appearance. The rear axle turns the opposite direction of the front wheels when the tanker is turned. This is to allow the tanker to turn around sharp or tight turns.
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Farmington, Delaware and Station 47 posed their 1927 GMC for me, kicking off Fire Prevention Week recently.
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