Kansas City area fire apparatus

[MFD76]

[quote name='gravenut74' post='319401' date='Jul 6 2009, 14:44 ']How are those tiller trucks holding up? We have 3 here in Baltimore County and are not well liked. Examples are visability in tiller cab we had issues with all three with the 5th wheel not being able to be lubricated, trailer being too heavy for the chassis and it pushes it as we make turns with it etc. We were told that they were built off KCFD specs.[/quote]



Ah the tillers,



They have had some issues. The Vogle lube keeps pulling away from the 5th wheel. When the first one was delivered in 1999 the were breaking tiller axle's every time the rig turned left. The first one I believe went to Truck 2 or Truck 11. Truck 8 has not had the pushing. They have lost the PTO for the generator a few times. Just small issues I call nuts and bolts things. Overall these Trucks have held up better than the pumpers but still they don't match the abuse the 1976 Seagrave's endured over their twenty plus year career. And the Seagraves kept on ticking. Sadly all the Seagraves left by 1999 when the first E\-One Super Tiller entered service so many of the KCFD Tillermen now do not know anything other than the E\-One's. We will see, I did hear Rumor just Rumor the tillers will all be sent to Pierce for refurb. Unkown what that would entail



In my mind. Nothing could beat the open Tiller Seats the 1976 Seagraves had with just a windshield and the Federal Becon Ray Pipe Light behing the seat.



Stay Safe, Rick