[quote name='Fireman5230' date='06 August 2010 - 12:57 AM' timestamp='1281069473' post='396194']
Have to say that the West Coast seams to have some better pride in the rides. But the 2 FD's you mention also have a high rate of ROTATION. A rig is not in the same house for its whole life that often. Look at Engine 236 in LACo... I was there in 1998, in the time frame since I was there they have had 2 NEW Engines. But even as the rig is clean and nice the big miles they have on move up is kind of NUTS!
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Yeah, we've had our new engine for 2 years and it currently has 38k miles with 4000+ calls/year. We keep engines as first out for 10 years. At that rate we'll have right at 200k miles or more. The engines are kept as spares for 5 or more years after that. We just salvaged a 1991 Sutphen engine with a tick over 300k miles on it.
Have to say that the West Coast seams to have some better pride in the rides. But the 2 FD's you mention also have a high rate of ROTATION. A rig is not in the same house for its whole life that often. Look at Engine 236 in LACo... I was there in 1998, in the time frame since I was there they have had 2 NEW Engines. But even as the rig is clean and nice the big miles they have on move up is kind of NUTS!
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Yeah, we've had our new engine for 2 years and it currently has 38k miles with 4000+ calls/year. We keep engines as first out for 10 years. At that rate we'll have right at 200k miles or more. The engines are kept as spares for 5 or more years after that. We just salvaged a 1991 Sutphen engine with a tick over 300k miles on it.