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Philadelphia, PA - rontroutsa - 03-12-2009
New Engine 2
Approved for use by PFD
Philadelphia, PA - Guest - 03-12-2009
Ron,
Thanks for posting. They look pretty plain. Hopefully they are going to be adding a few more graphics to these.
Philadelphia, PA - camdenfirespfn - 03-12-2009
Just plain,fire fighting machines all business LOL
Philadelphia, PA - rontroutsa - 03-12-2009
To add to what steve said
Starting with the Ladder Towers and the engines this is how the new trucks will be lettered
Philadelphia, PA - Ladder 68 - 03-12-2009
Something to be said for a simple graphics package and simple, straight forward specs for a work rig.
How many in this order total and who is getting them? And where are the replaced rigs going if thats known yet?
Thanks in advance and thanks for sharing them.
Philadelphia, PA - rontroutsa - 03-12-2009
They wanted to buy 10 but money was only there for 4 of them. They are replacing some of the busier companies in the northern part of the city. Engines 2,7,25,and 50. No word as of yet what will be done with the current pieces will most likely go to the reserve status.
Philadelphia, PA - hp1530 - 03-12-2009
The back of the body reminds me of the old style KME bodies when they were slanted in the back. Any reason PFD had their new trucks built like that? Is there a compartment in there?
Philadelphia, PA - camdenfirespfn - 03-12-2009
One of my shots
Philadelphia, PA - camdenfirespfn - 03-12-2009
Rear compartment
Philadelphia, PA - Guest - 03-12-2009
They look as if the bodies are spec'd pretty much the same as the '95 and '96 KME's (pictured) with the exception of the pre-piped deck gun.
Philadelphia, PA - rontroutsa - 03-12-2009
They are with some updated lights.
Philadelphia, PA - Marc - 03-13-2009
Nice lookin' rigs. How come they did away with the front suction?
Philadelphia, PA - R1SmokeEater - 03-13-2009
[quote name='Crossbronxxpress' post='289273' date='Mar 13 2009, 15:13 ']Nice lookin' rigs. How come they did away with the front suction?[/quote]
I heard no front suction and NO deck gun !!! It made them cheaper $$$$
Philadelphia, PA - jpw25pfd - 03-13-2009
[quote name='Crossbronxxpress' post='289273' date='Mar 13 2009, 15:13 ']Nice lookin' rigs. How come they did away with the front suction?[/quote]
Marc,
They did away with the raised roof, front suction, mounted deck gun, and went with a lesser graphics package to save money. The goal was to shave $38,000.00 off the price of each piece.
Jack
Philadelphia, PA - Guest - 03-13-2009
Nice rigs!!! Good luck with 'em.
Philadelphia, PA - hp1530 - 03-13-2009
Without the deck gun, do they have a portable monitor in its place or nothing period?
Philadelphia, PA - Guest - 03-13-2009
The batch of 1991 Seagrave pumpers they bought (pictured) were the first to have pre-piped deck guns. I guess they'll have to go back to the portable monitors again.
Philadelphia, PA - jpw25pfd - 03-13-2009
[quote name='JFong' post='289377' date='Mar 13 2009, 20:16 ']Without the deck gun, do they have a portable monitor in its place or nothing period?[/quote]
Even with the deck gun a portable monitor was also carried. The companies with these new pieces will just use the portable now.
Philadelphia, PA - Marc - 03-13-2009
Thanks for the info Jack!
Philadelphia, PA - hp1530 - 03-13-2009
[quote name='pfdbuff' post='289421' date='Mar 13 2009, 19:09 ']Even with the deck gun a portable monitor was also carried. The companies with these new pieces will just use the portable now.[/quote]
Didn't know that. Thanks for the info.