If you look at the specs' is states that it is a 3-foot out rigger spread fromm each side of the truck. That leads me to beleive that this is a medium duty aerial ladder (assuming 500# tip load max). So that is probably why they have a ladder pipe set up and not full waterway. Also too it has a hydrolic reel set up so I'm assuming they carried resuce tools on it as well.
Also too quite honestly, having a pre-piped waterway may not be the answer if 90% of your aerial useage is the ladder itself to gian access to roofs over a long distance or height. I don't know anything about the company that operated it nor the area so I can only assume. And quite honestly if you are going to need an elevated master stream at a prolonged incident, there is nothing wrong with the ladder pipe set up instead of pre-piped waterway. Obviously theire is advantages and disadvantages to both.
As for pumps on a truck, I'm a traditionalist, a ladder truck should be a ladder truck.
But the price for the engine hours and miles on it does seem high for the rig.
Also too quite honestly, having a pre-piped waterway may not be the answer if 90% of your aerial useage is the ladder itself to gian access to roofs over a long distance or height. I don't know anything about the company that operated it nor the area so I can only assume. And quite honestly if you are going to need an elevated master stream at a prolonged incident, there is nothing wrong with the ladder pipe set up instead of pre-piped waterway. Obviously theire is advantages and disadvantages to both.
As for pumps on a truck, I'm a traditionalist, a ladder truck should be a ladder truck.
But the price for the engine hours and miles on it does seem high for the rig.
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