Read what was done to it on the Fenton page right sidebar. It really is a good value for an Aerialscope, most of which now go for north of $1 million.
Where I worked, Hartsdale, we had a 1994 FWD/Baker Aerialscope 95' /Saulsbury. Each unit was built differently due to quality control, and the schematics weren't relevant.
grumpyFF would know more about P'ville, but Hartsdale's ladder sat for almost 3 years with people pointing fingers about who was to blame. In my opinion, it was sent to the wrong people to repair it over the years to begin with, and those shops actually did more damage. I'm pretty sure they've invested more money in that truck then it's currently worth, and it should have been maintained/rebuilt a long time ago. Hartsdale recently decided to have the boom put back together after the 3 year saga and Seagrave put it back together with a new bucket, and basically that's it. Everything else is there same. But what actually put it out of service was the Commisioner's sons, who was a newer career firefighter, backed it into a wall at the station, damaging the bucket and linkage.
And it's not just the aerial, the engine and transmission are significantly underpowered, and the rear differential too small given the hills in Hartsdale.
It's sad that they had the largest users of Aerialscopes in the world 30 minutes to the south, and could't find a proper repair facility, mainly because commissioners sent rigs to whomever they liked.
Where I worked, Hartsdale, we had a 1994 FWD/Baker Aerialscope 95' /Saulsbury. Each unit was built differently due to quality control, and the schematics weren't relevant.
grumpyFF would know more about P'ville, but Hartsdale's ladder sat for almost 3 years with people pointing fingers about who was to blame. In my opinion, it was sent to the wrong people to repair it over the years to begin with, and those shops actually did more damage. I'm pretty sure they've invested more money in that truck then it's currently worth, and it should have been maintained/rebuilt a long time ago. Hartsdale recently decided to have the boom put back together after the 3 year saga and Seagrave put it back together with a new bucket, and basically that's it. Everything else is there same. But what actually put it out of service was the Commisioner's sons, who was a newer career firefighter, backed it into a wall at the station, damaging the bucket and linkage.
And it's not just the aerial, the engine and transmission are significantly underpowered, and the rear differential too small given the hills in Hartsdale.
It's sad that they had the largest users of Aerialscopes in the world 30 minutes to the south, and could't find a proper repair facility, mainly because commissioners sent rigs to whomever they liked.
Seth Granville
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