Funny how the Sky-Arm was dropped around the same time Pierce obtained the rights to sell Bronto Skylift products. Now that E\-One has picked up the Bronto line once again, will Pierce re-introduce the Sky-Arm ?
I also think that they adapted the Sky-Five five section ladder.
Off topic, but here's some fire apparatus trivia (for canadian apparatus buffs) ...
Pierce still owns the rights to the Pierre Thibault name. Pierre Thibault's grandson, Carl Thibault, runs his own company in Pierre Thibault's original factory in Canada, but his company carries his name, Camions Carl Thibault. He was president of Pierre Thibault at the time they went bankrupt for the last time in 1989. He started his new company a few weeks later, but couldn't use the Pierre Thibault name so he used his own name. Meanwhile, after a failed attempt by the union to restart the company (the union owned 51% of Pierre Thibault), a conglomerate (Nova Bus Corporation) bought the assets of Pierre Thibault and started Nova Quintech in the early 1990s. Nova Quintech sold its aerial product line to Pierce in 1998. The Sky-Arm, Sky-Five, Sky-Pod, Sky-Boom and Sky-Four aerials were all designed by Pierre Thibault in the late 1980s. Those are the last aerial ladders designed and built in Canada.
I also think that they adapted the Sky-Five five section ladder.
Off topic, but here's some fire apparatus trivia (for canadian apparatus buffs) ...
Pierce still owns the rights to the Pierre Thibault name. Pierre Thibault's grandson, Carl Thibault, runs his own company in Pierre Thibault's original factory in Canada, but his company carries his name, Camions Carl Thibault. He was president of Pierre Thibault at the time they went bankrupt for the last time in 1989. He started his new company a few weeks later, but couldn't use the Pierre Thibault name so he used his own name. Meanwhile, after a failed attempt by the union to restart the company (the union owned 51% of Pierre Thibault), a conglomerate (Nova Bus Corporation) bought the assets of Pierre Thibault and started Nova Quintech in the early 1990s. Nova Quintech sold its aerial product line to Pierce in 1998. The Sky-Arm, Sky-Five, Sky-Pod, Sky-Boom and Sky-Four aerials were all designed by Pierre Thibault in the late 1980s. Those are the last aerial ladders designed and built in Canada.
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