Reynolds Boughton’s other trade was chassis for fire appliances. The Pegasus 4×4 under the Chubb Pursuer was drawn for airfield work: seven tons, a rear-mounted V8 and nought to 50 mph in under twenty seconds, because a crash tender’s only real specification is how quickly it reaches the aircraft.
Very few were sold. West Sussex took the only municipal one, for road accidents from Crawley; the Civil Aviation Authority used one for training; another went to Dounreay and then Barra. The Defence Fire Service’s RB44s came later and have mostly survived into civilian hands.
11971 – 1985
Chubb crash tenders (1971–1985)
4 VEHICLES IN THIS CHAPTERThe Pathfinder, then the Pegasus-chassis Pursuer at home and abroad.
Registry records · chapter 1
21992 – 2010
Defence Fire Service (1992–2010)
1 VEHICLE IN THIS CHAPTER‘RB44, Truck, 2.5 ton, Fire Fighting’.
Registry records · chapter 2
Sources
- The 1970s Chubb Pursuer crash tender — Tractor & Machinery
- Reynolds Boughton RB44 — Think Defence