http://www.boston.com/news/local/ma...firefighting_relic_languishing_in_hope_maine/
BOSTON—A fire truck restoration expert in rural Maine is growing tired of baby-sitting a mighty contraption once used to battle blazes in Boston's tallest buildings.
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Andy Swift says he saved the wagon-mounted 65-foot tower from the scrapyard in 1998. But he was told a week after carting it to Maine that Boston fire officials wanted it back. He, in turn, said they'd have to pay the transportation expense.
Now, he wants Boston to pay him rent for keeping the rusty, six-story tower in a barnyard on his property in Hope, a small town near Camden where it has remained for so long that it has sprouted weeds at the base.
"I can't even (park in the city of) Boston without getting a ticket or getting towed, but I've been baby-sitting this thing for a decade," Swift told the Boston Globe. "If we don't resolve this, I said, 'Your tea party is going to look like a picnic.' "
BOSTON—A fire truck restoration expert in rural Maine is growing tired of baby-sitting a mighty contraption once used to battle blazes in Boston's tallest buildings.
more stories like this
Andy Swift says he saved the wagon-mounted 65-foot tower from the scrapyard in 1998. But he was told a week after carting it to Maine that Boston fire officials wanted it back. He, in turn, said they'd have to pay the transportation expense.
Now, he wants Boston to pay him rent for keeping the rusty, six-story tower in a barnyard on his property in Hope, a small town near Camden where it has remained for so long that it has sprouted weeds at the base.
"I can't even (park in the city of) Boston without getting a ticket or getting towed, but I've been baby-sitting this thing for a decade," Swift told the Boston Globe. "If we don't resolve this, I said, 'Your tea party is going to look like a picnic.' "
