Memphis Fire Dept

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[quote name='Juice' timestamp='1295201118' post='420790']

Can someone explain the idea of having the tillerman sitting in the middle of the ladder on the old Ford tillers, and the ladder being raised without having a gap in between the rungs?



Trav!

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Hey Trav,



I have Tillered a Pirsch before. They are built two part. One the windshield unlocks swings to the right side below the windshield was a canvas piece kind of a wind block for your legs. Your feet rest is the rungs of the ladder. The seat in the same fashion unlocks and swings to the right side. The steering wheel just pulls out of a scokett below the tread plate under the ladder and you place it in a cup holder on the edge of the treadplate tiller man platform. Then raise the ladder.



The old 1950 KCFD Seagrave 85ft Ladder (Truck 7 later Truck 4) was much the same however you sat in a wash tub between the ladder. The windshield and seat were all together with a metal floor all self contained. The tub was on springs and the the left side latches were released it flipped to the right it was a powerful flip.



The old KCFD 700 ALF's, the 1960's-1970's Seagrave K and P 100ft Ladders had fixed tiller seats behind the ladder. They were open air but windshields and fixed seats.



Stay Safe,

Rick