[quote name='ResQguy' date='21 July 2010 - 10:36 PM' timestamp='1279764987' post='393985']
We don't have much choice in the matter. Ford no longer makes a Type3 diesel ambulance chassis, and the Chevy Express is unacceptable for our needs. These two IH/Hortons are remounts of 2006 bodies, as the construction of the Horton ambulance module has been found to be much more durable than any we have ever purchased. Also, the cost of ownership on the medium duty chassis is much less over its lifetime. In case anyone's unsure about them in a city, Boston has been running medium duty chassis for many years now. I love driving them, the turning radius is phenomenal compared to the Fords.
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Boston has had a ton of success with the GMC/Brauns. They of course got rid of the air lowering system and went with a custom lower suspension of some sort. I think the medium duty chassis will work fine and they sure look better then the smaller ones. Any idea where they will be assigned? Also I've never understood why our ambulances are never purchased with lightbars, I assumed it was to cut costs, any insight?
We don't have much choice in the matter. Ford no longer makes a Type3 diesel ambulance chassis, and the Chevy Express is unacceptable for our needs. These two IH/Hortons are remounts of 2006 bodies, as the construction of the Horton ambulance module has been found to be much more durable than any we have ever purchased. Also, the cost of ownership on the medium duty chassis is much less over its lifetime. In case anyone's unsure about them in a city, Boston has been running medium duty chassis for many years now. I love driving them, the turning radius is phenomenal compared to the Fords.
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Boston has had a ton of success with the GMC/Brauns. They of course got rid of the air lowering system and went with a custom lower suspension of some sort. I think the medium duty chassis will work fine and they sure look better then the smaller ones. Any idea where they will be assigned? Also I've never understood why our ambulances are never purchased with lightbars, I assumed it was to cut costs, any insight?
Roy J. Ward
DCFD
Sergeant
Tower 3 Platoon 2
DCFD
Sergeant
Tower 3 Platoon 2