[quote name='gravenut74' date='31 December 2010 - 08:14 PM' timestamp='1293843255' post='417713']
Baltimore County did purchase this truck in the mid 1980's because we really didn't have any reserve trucks maybe one or two. From what i was told by some of the older guys it was a real gem. It was always a spare and only lasted a few years.
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I was a member at Woodlawn VFD when this Pirsch was bought from Trenton. The story at that time was that Baltimore Co was going to use this rig to replace the 1972 ALF Aero Chief at the Westview Station #13. I believe it was also originally numbered as T-13. There were supposedly safety concerns among the career firefighters mostly because the Trenton Pirsch did not have any sort of outriggers or jacks. (many TDA of this era were designed to be "jackknifted" for aerial operations) The Pirsch was then placed into reserve status and used at Westview until the Aero Chief was rebuilt with a 100' ladder and returned to service.
Baltimore County did purchase this truck in the mid 1980's because we really didn't have any reserve trucks maybe one or two. From what i was told by some of the older guys it was a real gem. It was always a spare and only lasted a few years.
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I was a member at Woodlawn VFD when this Pirsch was bought from Trenton. The story at that time was that Baltimore Co was going to use this rig to replace the 1972 ALF Aero Chief at the Westview Station #13. I believe it was also originally numbered as T-13. There were supposedly safety concerns among the career firefighters mostly because the Trenton Pirsch did not have any sort of outriggers or jacks. (many TDA of this era were designed to be "jackknifted" for aerial operations) The Pirsch was then placed into reserve status and used at Westview until the Aero Chief was rebuilt with a 100' ladder and returned to service.
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