[quote name='taurudak' post='42428' date='Oct 10 2006, 21:30 ']I'm not from Rheems, but Tnk 711 is a 2005 Mack CT-Granite/S&S 1250/3500.[/quote]
I have NO idea how I missed this post!! It is indeed an S&S tank... we have had a number of problems with it... the biggest of which was that they used the wrong sized body mounts and we wound up twisting the whole fire body down and to the right. Basically when you looked at it from behind the bumper sat lower on the right side than on the left. S&S of course said it wasn't there fault, it was Mack's fault, the body mount company's fault, our fault, and Powercall's fault for making such awesome sirens <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> . In the process of fixing it they basically destroyed our port-a-tank cover that was custom painted and rigged something else to break (in this case the tank to pump line). I think everything has now been fixed and S&S has gone out of business now. This tanker was a mess from the begining.. the chassis was purchased with an order from a local feed mill to lower the price but it was to be painted different than the feed mill trucks... well guess what...if your answer is that it was painted in the same colors and design as the Wenger Feed Mill trucks.. give yourself a point. Mack knocked money off but after a little bit of time we actually sort of liked the way it looked so our 2 new KME's are painted the same way.
Dave
I have NO idea how I missed this post!! It is indeed an S&S tank... we have had a number of problems with it... the biggest of which was that they used the wrong sized body mounts and we wound up twisting the whole fire body down and to the right. Basically when you looked at it from behind the bumper sat lower on the right side than on the left. S&S of course said it wasn't there fault, it was Mack's fault, the body mount company's fault, our fault, and Powercall's fault for making such awesome sirens <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> . In the process of fixing it they basically destroyed our port-a-tank cover that was custom painted and rigged something else to break (in this case the tank to pump line). I think everything has now been fixed and S&S has gone out of business now. This tanker was a mess from the begining.. the chassis was purchased with an order from a local feed mill to lower the price but it was to be painted different than the feed mill trucks... well guess what...if your answer is that it was painted in the same colors and design as the Wenger Feed Mill trucks.. give yourself a point. Mack knocked money off but after a little bit of time we actually sort of liked the way it looked so our 2 new KME's are painted the same way.Dave
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