[quote name='Truckman' timestamp='1302881970' post='434756']
Also if the pumper is close to the curb, trees or parked cars, getting a ladder off the side is difficult if ladders are mounted like these are.
Having them on the operators side, even though it may be in the way sometimes, does allow the removal of ground ladders and not having to fight the other items I mention.
Besides, once the ladder or ladders have been remove from the rack, that ladder system can be returned to the riding position and be out of the way.
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Exactly the reasons why Dale City did it as well (Second in the NOVA to do so). Plus the ladders are less likely to strike low lying tree branches being on the driver's side. When the two units came in many uneducated comments were made but after a short lesson most understood why.
Also if the pumper is close to the curb, trees or parked cars, getting a ladder off the side is difficult if ladders are mounted like these are.
Having them on the operators side, even though it may be in the way sometimes, does allow the removal of ground ladders and not having to fight the other items I mention.
Besides, once the ladder or ladders have been remove from the rack, that ladder system can be returned to the riding position and be out of the way.
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Exactly the reasons why Dale City did it as well (Second in the NOVA to do so). Plus the ladders are less likely to strike low lying tree branches being on the driver's side. When the two units came in many uneducated comments were made but after a short lesson most understood why.
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