[quote name='wardengine' post='76025' date='Feb 11 2007, 15:44 ']ok i give up where are the out riggers or stabilizers hidden on int/pirsch??[/quote]
In the photo, not the comparatment that has the "LADDER 1" but next one back... They were SCREW JACKS that come down from the compartment. They also had "jack pads" of plywood. What I remember was laminated sheets of 4 inch by 4 inch that was over 2 inches THICK. This was my FIRST Ladder I had to climb to vent a roof (This was Mutial Aid to my FD - I did not belong to FFD) ... I would have liked a 50 foot Portable Ground ladder instead of Climbing that thing... The BOUNCE factor was great (might have been from MANY YEARS of operating a Ladder Pipe at most big Fires!) as was the limited stabilizers!!!
Hard to see but here is a shot of it IN ACTION about 1988 or 1989. Credit to the Photographer (From Flemington Fire Dept Website)
In the photo, not the comparatment that has the "LADDER 1" but next one back... They were SCREW JACKS that come down from the compartment. They also had "jack pads" of plywood. What I remember was laminated sheets of 4 inch by 4 inch that was over 2 inches THICK. This was my FIRST Ladder I had to climb to vent a roof (This was Mutial Aid to my FD - I did not belong to FFD) ... I would have liked a 50 foot Portable Ground ladder instead of Climbing that thing... The BOUNCE factor was great (might have been from MANY YEARS of operating a Ladder Pipe at most big Fires!) as was the limited stabilizers!!!
Hard to see but here is a shot of it IN ACTION about 1988 or 1989. Credit to the Photographer (From Flemington Fire Dept Website)