[quote name='dawson_fire' post='243138' date='Aug 31 2008, 22:32 ']No problem Tim! Can the refurb center make any of the old chassis with an old motor and drive train or is this something they are doing for the military only?
Terry[/quote]
Terry;
The short answer is Yes......
A "Glider Kit" rebuild uses the engine, transmission, and sometimes the rear axle from a old rig. Those items can be re-built and installed into a old style ( Non-Multiplexed ) Arrow or Dash chassis. If the glider kit is going to be a new pumper / aerial / rescue, then the rig could be built on a regular production line in Appleton. This type of build would be issued a regular Pierce job number.
A "new" old style cab can be built and installed on a existing chassis to replace a damaged cab or replace a open canopy cab with a 4-door style. Work of this type would be done at one of the Service Centers. The replacement cab job would carry a Service Center "F" serial number.
Now a "Glider Kit" chassis of a "Non-Typical" Pierce Product, like a Baker / FWD Scope would be done in Wega. and could have both a Standard Job Number and or a "F" number.
I have one customer that is considering purchasing a older pumper just for the DDA 8V92 / HT740 engine transmission combination to put into a glider kit rebuild.... This way they would have a pumper that matches their present rig with components their are familiar with.
Pierce mantains the cab jigs and tooling for most, if not all of the past series of cabs... I have photos somewhere of the jigs lined-up out back of the IPP facility in Appleton. I know that several old style "phase 1" Lance cabs have been built in the past for accident replacements.
Hope that answers your question.
Tim
Terry[/quote]
Terry;
The short answer is Yes......
A "Glider Kit" rebuild uses the engine, transmission, and sometimes the rear axle from a old rig. Those items can be re-built and installed into a old style ( Non-Multiplexed ) Arrow or Dash chassis. If the glider kit is going to be a new pumper / aerial / rescue, then the rig could be built on a regular production line in Appleton. This type of build would be issued a regular Pierce job number.
A "new" old style cab can be built and installed on a existing chassis to replace a damaged cab or replace a open canopy cab with a 4-door style. Work of this type would be done at one of the Service Centers. The replacement cab job would carry a Service Center "F" serial number.
Now a "Glider Kit" chassis of a "Non-Typical" Pierce Product, like a Baker / FWD Scope would be done in Wega. and could have both a Standard Job Number and or a "F" number.
I have one customer that is considering purchasing a older pumper just for the DDA 8V92 / HT740 engine transmission combination to put into a glider kit rebuild.... This way they would have a pumper that matches their present rig with components their are familiar with.
Pierce mantains the cab jigs and tooling for most, if not all of the past series of cabs... I have photos somewhere of the jigs lined-up out back of the IPP facility in Appleton. I know that several old style "phase 1" Lance cabs have been built in the past for accident replacements.
Hope that answers your question.
Tim
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When the man at the door said," Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms", I, naturally assumed it was a delivery!
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