Philadelphia Tractor Drawn Aerials

[alex3610]

I have heard the same rumors. I have heard, the MM tower was cancelled for the reasons listed about the ground ladders. The tillers are harder to get a solid line on. I know the original 9 were completed, delivered and have had some issues much like LA City did when they got there newest ones. I have been told several versions about the next 3 that were ordered to include, they were cancelled and that was where the other 3 towers came from to they are getting the 3 ordered and using money in the new budget that was planned for tillers to get the extra towers. So anybodies guess is as good as this.

Either way, Pierce has had some significant issues with those aerials and overall have had some qualities issues with some deliveries over the last few years especially. I know we had a bunch of fit and finish issues that we are still working on two years later.

Any idea what kind of issues the LA City units had? First I have heard of that, although being on the East coast I don't pay a ton of attention to them.

As far as the trailer swaying at speed goes my first thought is the tak-4 IFS that they use under the trailer. They have an interesting history of doing weird things under the front end of straight body rigs, although it seems like in recent years they have gotten that figured out better.