[quote name='ffdrive' date='05 October 2009 - 12:43 PM' timestamp='1254759786' post='341031']
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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Having driven many types, brands and type and further being present when they were delivered by the factory and "their" man was there, had this happen in my department, they would have been rejected. Take them back and repair them or face the legal action. In all probality the City would have given the maker time to make the necessary repairs and be certified or they would have had a legal case to award the contract to the next bidder, leaving this company hold the bag, so to speak, with their faulty apparatus.
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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Having driven many types, brands and type and further being present when they were delivered by the factory and "their" man was there, had this happen in my department, they would have been rejected. Take them back and repair them or face the legal action. In all probality the City would have given the maker time to make the necessary repairs and be certified or they would have had a legal case to award the contract to the next bidder, leaving this company hold the bag, so to speak, with their faulty apparatus.
John Hinant
Retired Member of Richmond VA Fire Bureau
October 25, 1858 - October 25, 2020 = 162 years old
The sixth oldest paid, documented, Fire Department in the United States
First established in 1782
"In God We Trust - All Others We Take For Granted"
Retired Member of Richmond VA Fire Bureau
October 25, 1858 - October 25, 2020 = 162 years old
The sixth oldest paid, documented, Fire Department in the United States
First established in 1782
"In God We Trust - All Others We Take For Granted"
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