[quote name='GA_Dave' post='73476' date='Feb 4 2007, 16:04 ']Nice pics, Frank!
The aerial device is NOT a "Squrt", as one may think. Ward LaFrance teamed up with Reading Techmatic to produce a line of aerial devices that could compete with the line from Snorkel. The 50' device in these pics was originally marketed as the "Telerise", but Snorkel brought suit over the use of the "Tele" prefix and WLF renamed it the AWT-50 (Articulated Water Tower-50'). If you compare this device to the Squrt, you'll see the differences in the design, even though the concept is the same.[/quote]
A major difference between the Reading tower and the Squrt is the nozzle attachment. On a Squrt, you can change the nozzle with no more than a spanner wrench. On the Reading, you'd need to call the shop out to the scene to do this. This was explained to me by a former officer at Squrt 8 in Philly.
The aerial device is NOT a "Squrt", as one may think. Ward LaFrance teamed up with Reading Techmatic to produce a line of aerial devices that could compete with the line from Snorkel. The 50' device in these pics was originally marketed as the "Telerise", but Snorkel brought suit over the use of the "Tele" prefix and WLF renamed it the AWT-50 (Articulated Water Tower-50'). If you compare this device to the Squrt, you'll see the differences in the design, even though the concept is the same.[/quote]
A major difference between the Reading tower and the Squrt is the nozzle attachment. On a Squrt, you can change the nozzle with no more than a spanner wrench. On the Reading, you'd need to call the shop out to the scene to do this. This was explained to me by a former officer at Squrt 8 in Philly.
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