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Rosenbauer Minnesota Trip - February 2013 - Roto-Ray - 03-02-2013
Hey folks!
Members of my VFD traveled to Wyoming, Minnesota last week to complete the pre-construction conference on the Rosenbauer Commander extruded pumper that we recently signed a contract for. It was amazing to see how much busier the plant was since my last visit about 18 months ago. I suppose when you sell over 500 new chassis in less than a year, that's to be expected.
This was truly a working trip, not just sightseeing, so I don't have quite as many photos as I would on some of my previous trips. All of the photos were taken with my throw-down point-and-shoot camera and my Driod phone.
First up are two new pumpers for Apopka, FL. The department had Darley special-build them a 3-stage pump for these, which will be used to help supply the massive amount of booster line that they run. They also feature four CAFS-equipped crosslays.
Rosenbauer Minnesota Trip - February 2013 - Roto-Ray - 03-02-2013
Got 1"?
Rosenbauer Minnesota Trip - February 2013 - Roto-Ray - 03-02-2013
St Lucia had this neat 4x4 right-hand-drive pumper getting prepped for delivery.
Rosenbauer Minnesota Trip - February 2013 - Roto-Ray - 03-02-2013
Nope, no trick photography here.
Rosenbauer Minnesota Trip - February 2013 - Roto-Ray - 03-02-2013
Clear Creek, CO had about 10 of these urban-interface pumpers under construction.
Rosenbauer Minnesota Trip - February 2013 - Roto-Ray - 03-02-2013
One of the rigs over in the ARFF plant was this Panther for the Ogden, UT airport.
Rosenbauer Minnesota Trip - February 2013 - Fire28 - 03-02-2013
Holy 1 inch!
Any idea how much water those clear creek rigs carry? They look sharp!
Rosenbauer Minnesota Trip - February 2013 - Roto-Ray - 03-02-2013
The City of Hibbing, MN will receive this attractive Spartan-chassised pumper for Engine 1.
Rosenbauer Minnesota Trip - February 2013 - Roto-Ray - 03-02-2013
That's it for rig photos, but I have several construction photos if anyone is interested in seeing those.
Thanks for looking!
Rosenbauer Minnesota Trip - February 2013 - tmcbride - 03-02-2013
Quote:Holy 1 inch!
Any idea how much water those clear creek rigs carry? They look sharp!
The Clear Creek Rigs have 1000/20 tanks.
Rosenbauer Minnesota Trip - February 2013 - Roto-Ray - 03-02-2013
Well, I got permission to post any pics of the Baltimore tiller that I took. Unfortunately, it was a very large rig inside a tight area, so I don't have much for you all. Unfortunately, I was in a meeting when the rig was outside being photographed.
Rosenbauer Minnesota Trip - February 2013 - ltjohnny - 03-02-2013
Quote:That's it for rig photos, but I have several construction photos if anyone is interested in seeing those.
Thanks for looking!
Would love to see them!
Rosenbauer Minnesota Trip - February 2013 - Reliance - 03-02-2013
Yes keep the pictures coming.
Rosenbauer Minnesota Trip - February 2013 - Guest - 03-02-2013
Quote:Clear Creek, CO had about 10 of these urban-interface pumpers under construction.
Thanks for posting these. Clear Creek purchased 9 identical rigs, 1 for each of the fire stations in the county. These will compliment 3 Rosenbauer quints ordered a couple years ago.
Rosenbauer Minnesota Trip - February 2013 - Truckman - 03-02-2013
Taylor, great photos with what you had to shoot them with.
Rosenbauer Minnesota Trip - February 2013 - Guest - 03-02-2013
You know from what I hear Rosenbauer is building some pretty solid rigs. There is a lot of talk floating around work about buying a Rosenbauer for the next Engine. I guess time will tell. Thanks for sharing the pictures.
Rosenbauer Minnesota Trip - February 2013 - npfd801 - 03-02-2013
The stuff coming out of Minnesota is absolutely top notch. The quality of the body they build is second to none, and I would put what they're putting on the street up against anyone's product. I'm too far detached from what is coming out of South Dakota any more to have an opinion, but it was not the same caliber that General was doing in Minnesota when I sold the stuff. Of course there is a price difference.
We have two rigs from General and I'm confident both bodies will well outlive their chassis. One is eight, the other is seven years old.
Rosenbauer Minnesota Trip - February 2013 - Roto-Ray - 03-02-2013
I'm with Joel. I would put the bodies coming out of the Minnesota plant up against anyone's construction at any time. I've been around this industry for a long time (and have visited a lot of factories), and I feel strongly that we'll be taking delivery of one of the most finely constructed rigs I've had the pleasure of riding. I know that it was an eye-opening experience for several of our committee members as well, and we left with ZERO regrets that Rosenbauer won the competitive bid. While their parent company might be the largest manufacturer in the world, their factory staff was as approachable and easy to work with as a small regional builder.
I have very little exposure to the South Dakota bodies, so I can't really comment on those.
Here's an idea of the extruded bodies they're using. Note the roll-up drum location, which gives you complete use of the upper compartment without the drum protruding into the clear compartment opening.
Rosenbauer Minnesota Trip - February 2013 - Roto-Ray - 03-02-2013
Here's a closer photo of the upper body construction.
Rosenbauer Minnesota Trip - February 2013 - Roto-Ray - 03-02-2013
One of the things we really liked about the extruded construction was the fact that they allow for recessed shelf mounting, recessed compartment lights, recessed wiring & harnesses, and in our case, we'll have adjustable floor-mounted dividers for spare hose on the D1 compartment without the use of additional hardware.
This photo shows the wiring in the passenger side rear bulkhead.
The attention to detail we found on the rigs was superb.