Boston Fire Department

[firetdriver_99]

$50,000 won't touch it even if they wanted to replace them. It isn't just pot it out and stick a new one in. You have to consider the other items that he mentioned in the list above. Including bolt patterns not matching up to mount the engines. Not sure how the weight compares to the Cummins engines but will there be enough extra rating to meet nfpa with a new engine? How do the newest EPA changes effect the area to mount the engine underneath the cab as it currently is built. The new engines we just received have just enough clearance for the motors specified. Now if the lawsuit is successful, how much will Boston get out of it? Hopefully enough to cover the added expense. Also, I know KME was pushing the International engines, similar to ALF pushing Caterpillars in 2007 due to the emissions that were coming. My previous department has had a ton of issues with the Caterpillars and ALF but they have (3) 2007 aerials in reserve now and only 5 frontline aerials. They had to replace the units to ensure reliability and public safety. The units were not specced with Caterpillars. it is what was bid and met the spec since we didn't have a standardized fleet of anything at the time and some dump trucks had Caterpillars that were good trucks.

So a new Cummins engine is over $50,000.00 ??? I would question the pricing on that. I am not sure is its an engine problem why everyone is blaming KME. Personally I don't live in Boston or care what they decide to do, they are the ones who have to explain it. But I am still not sure buying a whole new engine over just replacing the defective engines is a cheaper option.