[quote name='SrFireOfficial' post='313819' date='Jun 14 2009, 20:18 ']There is something to be said for being able to retire in the immediate near future and that is I can probably count on staying on a relatively conventional looking fire engine and hopefully that ladder truck with Praying Mantis-looking feelers sticking out in front of it will stay in the second battalion and need a visa to get into the fourth. FS29 has had four apparatus assigned to the truck company there since I was hired in 1984: a 100' Seagrave TDA, the 135' E\-One rebuilt in the mid 90s, one of the first Pierce Dash 105's with tandem rear axles and now this. Of course, we did need a couple more decent reserve ladder trucks.
It would be a decent looking cab w/o the goofy mirrors, like, 'um, Lutherville's new rescue.
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Everyone I have talked to that has driven a unit with the Praying Mantis looking feeler mirrors has grudgingly admitted that visibility is better with them. If they provide better visibility and aren't being torn off constantly who cares if they are painted pink with purple poka dots. I have to say that I enjoy taking pictures of neat looking trucks like the next person but as an elected official that actually has to watch how he spends the people's dollars (remember people kinda frown upon taking their taxes and spending it frivilously) I am all for functionality.
It would be a decent looking cab w/o the goofy mirrors, like, 'um, Lutherville's new rescue.
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Everyone I have talked to that has driven a unit with the Praying Mantis looking feeler mirrors has grudgingly admitted that visibility is better with them. If they provide better visibility and aren't being torn off constantly who cares if they are painted pink with purple poka dots. I have to say that I enjoy taking pictures of neat looking trucks like the next person but as an elected official that actually has to watch how he spends the people's dollars (remember people kinda frown upon taking their taxes and spending it frivilously) I am all for functionality.
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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