Yes you are right Larry only the 135 foot E/One Aerial Ladders in Chicago were Prepiped and that's why in Chicago they were officially called "Aerial Tower" companies. Truck 3 also had a 1983 E/One Pemfab "135 foot Aerial Ladder which was totaled in an accident in the mid 1990's but wasn't replaced with another prepiped Truck.You are also absolutely correct that currently only Truck 1 is equipped with a prepiped waterway and unlike our other Pierce straight Aerial Ladders it is a 105 foot heavy duty model as opposed to our 34 other Pierces which are 100 foot medium duty models. The last I had heard we still had the 1988 E/One 135 foot Aerial Ladder on the premises as a spare apparatus.
New York City also does't purchase their straight Aerial Ladder Trucks prepiped (same as Chicago) and they also heavily rely on their "Tower Ladders" (Aerialscopes) for their elevated master streams.
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Truck Co. 01 is the only truck with a pre-piped aerial if I remember correctly. Always has been since the era of the '88 E\-One rig. And they run Tower Ladders and Snorkels so I would imagine the need for every truck to be pre-piped isn't there.
Corrections welcome.
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New York City also does't purchase their straight Aerial Ladder Trucks prepiped (same as Chicago) and they also heavily rely on their "Tower Ladders" (Aerialscopes) for their elevated master streams.
[quote name='Ladder 68' timestamp='1295731186' post='421616']
Truck Co. 01 is the only truck with a pre-piped aerial if I remember correctly. Always has been since the era of the '88 E\-One rig. And they run Tower Ladders and Snorkels so I would imagine the need for every truck to be pre-piped isn't there.
Corrections welcome.
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