Chicago FD Places Order For New Ambulances

[FireMedic049]

The new van is in fact the bigger cousin of the Transit Connect and will be called the Transit.  It will have a diesel but from
what I have seen from Ford info releases the GVWR of the Transit cutaway is so small 10,360 GVWR that only a 149" module

will be able to be installed safely, from a weight distribution standpoint.  To compare, that GVWR is only 310 lbs more than the

E-350 cutaway was or 4,130 lbs less than the E450 cutaway.


Kris

Are you sure about those weights?  From what I've seen the E-350 GVW cutaway is in the area of  11,500 range which would put this new chassis below what the current E-350 is and totally eliminate Ford from the market that the E-450 competes in.

 

Doesn't seem like a good business strategy to me.