neil2007

Hello !

Last night I started pulling off the decking (So I can replace it) that is over the top the main water tank on my '53 Reo 530 B (Firemaster). I've got a couple of questions that hopefully someone who is familiar with the 530's will be able to answer.

1. What was the original wood used to create the decking?

2. Dealing with the water tank itself... After I removed the old decking, I noticed that there are a whole lot of bolts heads around the perimiter of the tank itself. Are the water tanks on the 530b's made in a multi-peice design to where you can unbolt the lid of of and remove it? I'm wanting to get into the tank and clean out all the 20+ years of debri it gathered from sitting in the woods and give it a good sealer coat of something.

Any thoughts or suggestions on any of the above would greatly be appreciated!!

Thanks!!!



Neil