[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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Just my two cents, but could the lack of Road Salt play a big role in how well apparatus holds up in LA and LACo? When I went across the country in '08 and '09 I noticed that older rigs (ones that would have been rusted out POS's in NE) were in like new condition.
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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Just my two cents, but could the lack of Road Salt play a big role in how well apparatus holds up in LA and LACo? When I went across the country in '08 and '09 I noticed that older rigs (ones that would have been rusted out POS's in NE) were in like new condition.