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Ledebuhr1
02-11-2006, 09:58 PM
I was on KME's website looking at thier recent deliverys and saw this truck. Is it possible to build a truck with all that on a single axle? It seems like an a lot of weight for a single axle. Or maybe it is a mis print. If its true that could knock down a lot of fire.

http://fire.kovatch.com/Default.aspx?PageContentID=500&tabid=40
Res343cue
02-12-2006, 12:35 AM
http://fire.kovatch.com/Default.aspx?PageContentID=505&tabid=40

There's another one, but on a commercial chassis. You can do it, but I know I sure the hell wouldn't. The biggest in this area is 1500 on a single axle.
Ledebuhr1
02-12-2006, 08:11 AM
Also look at how much foam it has, and full height cabinets. If its true that rear axel must be screaming from being overweight.
FF4020
02-12-2006, 09:16 AM
I would like to hear the sales pitch for that. I bet they will be eating brakes for lunch with that thing.
NewJerseyFFII
02-12-2006, 09:54 AM
It must be a 1,000 gal poly tank ?
Res343cue
02-12-2006, 10:14 AM
Also look at how much foam it has, and full height cabinets. If its true that rear axel must be screaming from being overweight.

I saw the foam too. I was thinking it was probably an integral cell. But even so, doesn't foam concentrate weigh ALOT more then water?

All I can imagine, is that they are using one of the biggest axles available for the rear, and praying that they successfully designed a truck that will shift some of the weight to the front. It's KME though, they do the impossible, right? ;)

The 1500 single rear here, has no compartments on them at all. It's essentially a chasis with a tank, and a couple lenghts of hose and some 3" on the back bumper with a portable pump.
Ledebuhr1
02-12-2006, 11:52 AM
Im sure they used a 31k rear axle. Usually tankers with a single rear axle will have the rear axle very close to the rear of the truck, this shifts much of the weight to the front axle. Even if they used a 19k front axle and a 31k rear axle it is still too much.

Remember though, they are trying to Keep Mechanics Employed. :)
confire
02-13-2006, 06:36 PM
Also look at how much foam it has, and full height cabinets. If its true that rear axel must be screaming from being overweight.
Must be a hose bed also (at least it looks like a bed cover in the pic) so add the extra weight of supply line to the total. Just think about a 1000+ feet of LDH.

But is the total weight all that important anyway?
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