[quote name='Shoop' timestamp='1326768674' post='471562']
Too big for that City. I don't see them lasting long. Engine 8 and 10 are pretty busy. No KME's this time around due to changes in multiple Chief spots, including one of the Chiefs that was big in apparatus purchasing moving to Florida. The current Chief Daryl Jones is friends with the Keystone Fire Apparatus Dealer. My opinion, and only an opinion is the City missed out. They were to go view a Seagrave engine that the City of McKeesport owns. Very nice small, compact engine built for City use. Something similar would have worked well in Pittsburgh.
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Too big in what sense? They seem to be about the same OAL and WB as the KMEs. Not sure why the body is so tall comparatively.
As far as I know, they never did look at our engine in person, unless they saw it when it was in Pittsburgh for some maintenance. Since Shoop brought it up, here's a picture of it.
Too big for that City. I don't see them lasting long. Engine 8 and 10 are pretty busy. No KME's this time around due to changes in multiple Chief spots, including one of the Chiefs that was big in apparatus purchasing moving to Florida. The current Chief Daryl Jones is friends with the Keystone Fire Apparatus Dealer. My opinion, and only an opinion is the City missed out. They were to go view a Seagrave engine that the City of McKeesport owns. Very nice small, compact engine built for City use. Something similar would have worked well in Pittsburgh.
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Too big in what sense? They seem to be about the same OAL and WB as the KMEs. Not sure why the body is so tall comparatively.
As far as I know, they never did look at our engine in person, unless they saw it when it was in Pittsburgh for some maintenance. Since Shoop brought it up, here's a picture of it.
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