Axes & Ales Party Tours
About
Axes & Ales runs party tours around the Triangle on a retired fire engine, setting out from Glenwood Avenue in Raleigh. Groups book the big red truck for pub crawls, bachelor and bachelorette parties, and birthday parties for kids, and the ride itself is the main attraction.
Riders sit up on the engine the way the crews once did, and the company’s stated goal is bringing out the firefighter in everyone. It is a real truck with a long working history behind it, fitted out now for a party instead of a fire.
What to know
- Engine #1 is a 1989 Grumman Firecat.
- The town of Belmont bought it, and the Catawba Heights Volunteer Fire Department ran it until a 2000 merger.
- It fought fires for nearly 26 years before being retired from service in 2016.
- Ryan and Anthony bought the truck in early 2017 and converted it for parties.
- Ryan served in the military and graduated from North Carolina State University in 2014.
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