[quote name='GA_Dave' date='10 January 2010 - 09:46 AM' timestamp='1263133592' post='357475']
I'm assuming that you meant "butt" ugly, but that's a matter of opinion, and you are entitled to have yours. On our apparatus, they serve a useful function. I wouldn't spec a rig without one. I was actually interested in why Satans Child felt that they were a mistake.
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I do not like them on apparatus because I see no advantage, they cost more money, they can raise the overall height considerably (the old E\-One's that DC had), and on trucks they cut down on the scrub area of the ladder. And we don't have brushes long enough to reach em either <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />
Now I am interested to hear why you like them
I'm assuming that you meant "butt" ugly, but that's a matter of opinion, and you are entitled to have yours. On our apparatus, they serve a useful function. I wouldn't spec a rig without one. I was actually interested in why Satans Child felt that they were a mistake.
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I do not like them on apparatus because I see no advantage, they cost more money, they can raise the overall height considerably (the old E\-One's that DC had), and on trucks they cut down on the scrub area of the ladder. And we don't have brushes long enough to reach em either <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />
Now I am interested to hear why you like them