[quote name='wagon70' post='95660' date='Apr 8 2007, 13:25 ']Just a question
Through out this thread guys have talked about how big the Pierce TLs are and how they don’t fit down a lot of streets. To those who want Boston to go back to Tillers after looking through the Apparatus section The TDAs I saw were all Monsters especially the new ones. Most Boston stations were designed for Horses Correct? How would these new TDAs fit inside without extensive Overhaul of the stations? I site Revere Ladder-2 (a Pierce 2004 100Ft TDA I believe) as an example. That truck is so big it cannot fit into Lynn’s Western Ave Station on Mutual Aide. That Station was built in the mid 60’s. They Wind up sitting on the ramp when they cover. imagine what it would be like in Boston where stations are even older. And Fire Trucks keep on getting bigger.
Just my observation as a Buff
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Both stations 4 and 8 had tillers in them before so they should fit. I was in front of station 8 last Saturday when L-1 was useing a spare and one of the jake's had to get off of the truck and had to physically move a tree so the ladder itself did'nt hit it to go on a run.
Through out this thread guys have talked about how big the Pierce TLs are and how they don’t fit down a lot of streets. To those who want Boston to go back to Tillers after looking through the Apparatus section The TDAs I saw were all Monsters especially the new ones. Most Boston stations were designed for Horses Correct? How would these new TDAs fit inside without extensive Overhaul of the stations? I site Revere Ladder-2 (a Pierce 2004 100Ft TDA I believe) as an example. That truck is so big it cannot fit into Lynn’s Western Ave Station on Mutual Aide. That Station was built in the mid 60’s. They Wind up sitting on the ramp when they cover. imagine what it would be like in Boston where stations are even older. And Fire Trucks keep on getting bigger.
Just my observation as a Buff
P.S. Pro Tillah all the Way <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/BananaMan.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' />[/quote]Both stations 4 and 8 had tillers in them before so they should fit. I was in front of station 8 last Saturday when L-1 was useing a spare and one of the jake's had to get off of the truck and had to physically move a tree so the ladder itself did'nt hit it to go on a run.
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