Spartan to Offer Aerials to other OEMS

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I've heard lots of scuttlebutt that a Toyne 75 foot quint will be on display in Indy with a Spartan ERV aerial...  They had been cut off by RK so had LTI to use, but I don't believe they ever built anything with an LTI since losing RK.

I can see Spartan ERV doing this as long as their aerial is being installed on a Spartan cab/chassis and not some other chassis (e.g. HME).  I'm sure they can use the business and they still build 2/3 of the truck.  In this case, after the aerial/outrigger assy is installed in Ephrata, the truck heads to the Toyne plant rather than go to Brandon SD to have the body installed.  I saw Toyne's announcement about their arrangement with LTI last year but didn't think a ladder was ever built for them.  There's very little activity going on at LTI except for work that comes into their corporate service center.  It's still a mystery to me how they continue to cling on!