Mirrors falling off driving down the road, issues with the front bumper, Truck (Tower) 2 is in the shop for a good 4-6 weeks as the rear axle was not geared/programmed correctly and it burned up the rear axle....Intakes/discharges (that are all electronic/electric) just shutting down and quitting working during a working fire.... The guys were told "design what you want, but this is the chassis it is on and it is going to be a PUC". The guys using the trucks do not like the PUC and, over half of the new engines are in the shops and almost all reserves are in service. Both Engine 2, Engine 9, Engine 22, and Truck 2 were in reserves the day I rode. Truck 2 is the new Tower.
I will add that this is not hearsay or rumor. I rode early in the week of Christmas (before Thursday) and heard this first hand from a Captain and the crew of a certain station (squad/engine) that were credible. There were other issues that the Captain (a friend of mine) mentioned, that I just can't remember.
And it is too bad, because looks-wise.....they look like awesome trucks. I just didn't get a chance to look at any in person.
****DISCLAIMER......I may have forgotten or mis-worded some of what I have been typed...but what I have typed have come DIRECTLY from FRONT-LINE WICHITA FF'ers
I will add that this is not hearsay or rumor. I rode early in the week of Christmas (before Thursday) and heard this first hand from a Captain and the crew of a certain station (squad/engine) that were credible. There were other issues that the Captain (a friend of mine) mentioned, that I just can't remember.
And it is too bad, because looks-wise.....they look like awesome trucks. I just didn't get a chance to look at any in person.
****DISCLAIMER......I may have forgotten or mis-worded some of what I have been typed...but what I have typed have come DIRECTLY from FRONT-LINE WICHITA FF'ers
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