[quote name='Truckman' date='05 October 2009 - 11:43 AM' timestamp='1254756192' post='341012']
A mechanic on the turntable is it?
Three members of the department in the platform?
We would never allow members in the platform if a mechanic was "testing" the aerial.
It appears that whoever set the truck up didn't know what they were doing, be it a mechanic or a members of the department. Interlocks should keep the aerial from being raised or move either left or right. If they were able to retract the aerial then I would suspect the out riggers returned back to earth.
There is a great danger of twisting or buckling the frame on this truck and if the platform has fallen, leaving it in this street load will make it fall.
If the mechanics are going to play with a costly ride as this, then no fire members should be in the platform.
Hopefully there isn't any damage done. I would hope that this department would get some from a certifiable aerial ladder testing firm to come in and test this ride before allowing it to be used as an aerial device.
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The person on the turntable is from RK, who along with the mechanics in the bucket, were going to show us silly firefighters that it must have been our fault when we have had our problems with these trucks. ALL OUTRIGGERS WERE ON THE GROUND AT THE START OF THIS TEST!!!!!! When the RK "expert" started to climb the ladder to prove that their claim of four people in the bucket is safe, the rear outriggers came off the ground, the truck teeter tottered on the front outriggers, which RK will tell you can never happen. The bucket dropped a few few as the weight came off the back. Whewn the RK expert scurried hurriedly back down the ladder, the bucket then bounced back up. There appears to be inherit design flaws and safety concerns with these. This has nothing to do with interlocks or moving the aerial.
A mechanic on the turntable is it?
Three members of the department in the platform?
We would never allow members in the platform if a mechanic was "testing" the aerial.
It appears that whoever set the truck up didn't know what they were doing, be it a mechanic or a members of the department. Interlocks should keep the aerial from being raised or move either left or right. If they were able to retract the aerial then I would suspect the out riggers returned back to earth.
There is a great danger of twisting or buckling the frame on this truck and if the platform has fallen, leaving it in this street load will make it fall.
If the mechanics are going to play with a costly ride as this, then no fire members should be in the platform.
Hopefully there isn't any damage done. I would hope that this department would get some from a certifiable aerial ladder testing firm to come in and test this ride before allowing it to be used as an aerial device.
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The person on the turntable is from RK, who along with the mechanics in the bucket, were going to show us silly firefighters that it must have been our fault when we have had our problems with these trucks. ALL OUTRIGGERS WERE ON THE GROUND AT THE START OF THIS TEST!!!!!! When the RK "expert" started to climb the ladder to prove that their claim of four people in the bucket is safe, the rear outriggers came off the ground, the truck teeter tottered on the front outriggers, which RK will tell you can never happen. The bucket dropped a few few as the weight came off the back. Whewn the RK expert scurried hurriedly back down the ladder, the bucket then bounced back up. There appears to be inherit design flaws and safety concerns with these. This has nothing to do with interlocks or moving the aerial.
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