There is a Fire Hose Reel at the M.O.V.E ( Museum of Vehicle Evolution ) at Shepparton, Vic and has some excellent designs painted on it, I thought it looked quite good, so I took quite a a few photos OF IT for future reference.
I found a working drawing of a Fire Hose Reel amongst all the old working drawings I have, so put the two together and this model was created.
It’s a Scratchbuilt 1/12th scale model of an old Fire Hose Reel, these were actually used in anger many moons ago, but when the modern type of fire fighting equipment became available, these old Fire Hose Reels were delegated to competition work at local shows, or to do demonstrations.
This work was designed to keep the “fires” from getting a 'fat guts' from just sitting around doing nothing at the Fire Station, just waiting for a Fire Alarm to go off.
When they were used in anger, they could be propelled along at a bloody good speed by just adding more “turkeys” to pull it along.
If the town was in hilly country, then you could add even more “turkey”s to it by adding ropes fitted with shoulder straps, or even get a couple more “turkeys” to give it a push.
But Alas, they went of fashion and they are now mostly relegated to museums.
Wheels on these are quite different from a Horse Drawn Vehicle, the spokes fitted to the hubs are as per a pushbike wheel is laced up with wire/steel spokes.
So, no dish in these wheels at all, or staggered spokes, just half the spokes are on one side of the hub and the other half are on the other side and they come up together to join onto the wooden fellies, at the middle of the hub.
Even added a few tools to the Tool Box, that the Fire Fighters would have needed as well.
It is a tad different, but have a look anyway and any questions, then please ask?
Here is the working drawing that was published in " The Australasian Coachbuilder and Saddler, November, 1894 " --------------
This is the Hose Reel at the M.O.V.E. at Shepparton , Victoria. ---------------
Just a photo showing the "turkeys" hooked up and ready to drag the Hose Reel.
I think that the area where that photo was taken, might have had a few steep hills by all that manpower attached to it, either that, or they were just showing off -----------------
It is a bit of a different subject, so thought that it might fit into this lot.
Any questions, then please ask -------------------
I found a working drawing of a Fire Hose Reel amongst all the old working drawings I have, so put the two together and this model was created.
It’s a Scratchbuilt 1/12th scale model of an old Fire Hose Reel, these were actually used in anger many moons ago, but when the modern type of fire fighting equipment became available, these old Fire Hose Reels were delegated to competition work at local shows, or to do demonstrations.
This work was designed to keep the “fires” from getting a 'fat guts' from just sitting around doing nothing at the Fire Station, just waiting for a Fire Alarm to go off.
When they were used in anger, they could be propelled along at a bloody good speed by just adding more “turkeys” to pull it along.
If the town was in hilly country, then you could add even more “turkey”s to it by adding ropes fitted with shoulder straps, or even get a couple more “turkeys” to give it a push.
But Alas, they went of fashion and they are now mostly relegated to museums.
Wheels on these are quite different from a Horse Drawn Vehicle, the spokes fitted to the hubs are as per a pushbike wheel is laced up with wire/steel spokes.
So, no dish in these wheels at all, or staggered spokes, just half the spokes are on one side of the hub and the other half are on the other side and they come up together to join onto the wooden fellies, at the middle of the hub.
Even added a few tools to the Tool Box, that the Fire Fighters would have needed as well.
It is a tad different, but have a look anyway and any questions, then please ask?
Here is the working drawing that was published in " The Australasian Coachbuilder and Saddler, November, 1894 " --------------
This is the Hose Reel at the M.O.V.E. at Shepparton , Victoria. ---------------
Just a photo showing the "turkeys" hooked up and ready to drag the Hose Reel.
I think that the area where that photo was taken, might have had a few steep hills by all that manpower attached to it, either that, or they were just showing off -----------------
It is a bit of a different subject, so thought that it might fit into this lot.
Any questions, then please ask -------------------
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