Who is building Smeal's "branded"chassis line? I suspect Ferrara is, and if that's the case I can only see Smeal and Ferrara partnering to sell each others products. Spartan ERV's aerial line represents a ton of investment by them, I can't imagine they'd undermine that by putting another competitor's product in the mix.
(If you look at http://www.redstormfire.com/wp-content/u...hassis.pdf you can see the photo of the chassis in crash testing is actually a Ferrara). They've done a nice job of making the Smeal line look different than Ferrara's, but the air intake and a number other characteristics are a good giveaway.
To be perfectly honest, I'm actually shocked that Spartan hasn't cut Smeal's access to Spartan chassis now that they have their "own" line of chassis. That's why Rosenbauer was cut off, as were E\-One, KME, etc. However, I think cutting off Rosenbauer was a huge financial mistake for Spartan, one they'll never recover from.
We have a Smeal quint that has been a fantastic rig, I'm glad to see LTI is in good hands.
(If you look at http://www.redstormfire.com/wp-content/u...hassis.pdf you can see the photo of the chassis in crash testing is actually a Ferrara). They've done a nice job of making the Smeal line look different than Ferrara's, but the air intake and a number other characteristics are a good giveaway.
To be perfectly honest, I'm actually shocked that Spartan hasn't cut Smeal's access to Spartan chassis now that they have their "own" line of chassis. That's why Rosenbauer was cut off, as were E\-One, KME, etc. However, I think cutting off Rosenbauer was a huge financial mistake for Spartan, one they'll never recover from.
We have a Smeal quint that has been a fantastic rig, I'm glad to see LTI is in good hands.
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