[quote name='Lime Guy' post='151384' date='Sep 26 2007, 06:57 ']what is that thing above the ladder on E 201 for?[/quote]
It is a small little coffin compartment for storage of equipment like you see on a lot of rigs today, though most of them you see have ladder racks or are full depth rescue engines with the ladders coming off the back of the rig. You can see from the pictures that on Engine 208 the compartment while still small is a little deeper. The compartments above the ladders on 201 is not very deep and I suspect shovel handles and other small items are carried up there. One could make an argument that it is good use of wasted space or that there isn’t enough space for a change of underware much less any equipment. I wish the comment about a change of underware was an original joke but it isn’t as this conversation has come up when I have talked to guys who operate apparatus with similar setups to Engine 201 when I have asked about what equipment is stored up there. You will note Lime that Engine 202 does not have that same coffin compartment above the ladder rack .
It is a small little coffin compartment for storage of equipment like you see on a lot of rigs today, though most of them you see have ladder racks or are full depth rescue engines with the ladders coming off the back of the rig. You can see from the pictures that on Engine 208 the compartment while still small is a little deeper. The compartments above the ladders on 201 is not very deep and I suspect shovel handles and other small items are carried up there. One could make an argument that it is good use of wasted space or that there isn’t enough space for a change of underware much less any equipment. I wish the comment about a change of underware was an original joke but it isn’t as this conversation has come up when I have talked to guys who operate apparatus with similar setups to Engine 201 when I have asked about what equipment is stored up there. You will note Lime that Engine 202 does not have that same coffin compartment above the ladder rack .
Dave McClung
Arden Hills, Minnesota but....
my heart is also back in Northern VA, especially Alexandria.
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Arden Hills, Minnesota but....
my heart is also back in Northern VA, especially Alexandria.
All pictures are taken by me and subject to copyright.
No picture taken by me may be copied or linked without my
express permission.
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