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About LinkBacksWord is CFD will make an order with an vendor to provide a 200 foot (61 meters) aerial platform. Details are being worked out but the unit will be the first tiller the city has seen in over two decades.
Can anyone confirm the details?
Who makes a 200 foot aerial platform?
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04-01-2010, 08:48 AM #1Forum Member
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Chicago to order 200 foot aerial?
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04-01-2010, 08:52 AM #2Forum Member
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April Fools??????
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04-01-2010, 09:22 AM #3Reliance
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Bronto & E-One
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110 footer is about the tallest now being made.
Who in their right mind who want to ride a 200 footer??
I never like the 125 Calavars!!Stay Safe and Well Out There....
Always remembering 9-11-2001 and 343+ Brothers
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Yes, and I heard from a reliable source that FDNY is buying back the original elements of the Super Pumper System and placing it back in service.
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04-01-2010, 03:06 PM #6Forum Member
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Whether it's a joke or not...Bronto does make aerials up to 368'...
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Originally Posted by FireRescue61
Weather??
112 meters is too damn high.Stay Safe and Well Out There....
Always remembering 9-11-2001 and 343+ Brothers
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04-01-2010, 03:50 PM #8Forum Member
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Oops...... Originally Posted by CaptOldTimer
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04-01-2010, 04:29 PM #9Forum Member
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In other news:
-Mack is re-entering the Fire Apparatus market, with a new custom chassis and body line, which will include a partnership with Seagrave Fire Apparatus to mount the Aerialscope line of products.
-American LaFrance has announced that they are financially stable, all vendors have been paid in full, and that they are now aggressively flooding the market with new sales promotions.
-E-One Fire Apparatus has announced that they will be purchasing Pierce Fire Apparatus. The Appleton, Wi. plant will be closed and all operations will be moved to Ocala, Florida."Loyalty Above all Else. Except Honor."
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That's a good one! Originally Posted by FWDbuff
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The kool-aid is now being spiked with cyanide.... Originally Posted by FWDbuff
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04-01-2010, 06:08 PM #12Reliance
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The new company is going to be called Pierce One Eleven
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So does this mean I get to transfer to Florida? I haven't got the memo yet! Originally Posted by Reliance
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Ferrara builds a 127' straight stick and E-One mounts a 134' Bronto. Originally Posted by CaptOldTimer
110 footer is about the tallest now being made.
Who in their right mind who want to ride a 200 footer??
I never like the 125 Calavars!!
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E One built a 135' ladder in the 90's and Chicago owned one as well. Originally Posted by simpleguy68
A 200' platform or ladder is by no means impossible. So long as it is not any higher then a typical tractor trailer (which almost all city streets will fit) and they have a station with the clearence to park it, it could be built. The 135' ladder could fit in most standard stations. Another 65' could easily be fit without making the truck impossible to manage. It would be another section or two. If you had a tiller design you could technically use 50' sections. That would only need 4 sections to give you 200'.
If a company can sell enough of them, they can make them. It's by no means an unattainable feat. The reason most companies are not offering ladders that big is most departments are not asking for them. It would cost millions to engineer that ladder and chassis. Way too much engineering cost if your only going to sell a handful. Not many departments have budgets big enough to pay for a ladder truck that would likley be in the 1-2 million doallar range. But i assure you, if a City came up with specs on a 200' ladder and the funds to by a dozen or more, it would be made.Last edited by WD6956; 04-01-2010 at 07:39 PM.
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No. You and Pierce will suffer the same wrath that Saulsbury Fire Apparatus did under E-One. Originally Posted by ShaunFremontFD
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Poor Saulsbury... Originally Posted by FWDbuff
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Someone needs to check on the Red Baron. Here we are talking about a 200' aerial and no METZ plug yet.
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Does Rosenbauer sell Metz now?
BTW: Here is a unique Rosenbauer/Metz aerial...
http://www.rosenbaueramerica.com/del...detail/?id=397
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I see another fire chief has had too much Jagermeister Kool-Aid........... Originally Posted by FireRescue61
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