Early Morning Hose Fire, Portland 3-16-2014

[Guest]

The roof shots are awesome. Any word on the wheel incident.. The piece seemed fairly new .

 

It was caused by a casting defect. There is a forward camera somewhere on the rig and it caught the whole thing. When the wheel broke off it rolled along beside the rig for a considerable distance, nearly hitting a truck, before it fell over. Then the camera shows two members lifting it upright and rolling it out of the way.

All our other recent Pierce's were checked within a few hours and found to be OK.

It was still within the warranty period.