Does the tip of the aerial on these Ferrara rigs seem like it sits way back on the cab roof, compared to the Seagraves? Most of the Seagraves seem to have the ladder tip almost even with front of the cab or even slighty past it. These are sitting back, looks like two or three feet. Are these new rigs a longer wheelbase, maybe from cab being slightly longer? Or is there something engineering-wise with the way Ferrara mounts the ladder and turntable assembly? Just curious...
Question for the FDNY folks: on the officer's side of the straight stick ladder trucks, what is the recessed comparment with what looks like two vertical sleeves in it? It's located two compartments behind the back door of the cab.
03-02-2011, 11:43 PM (This post was last modified: 03-02-2011, 11:44 PM by Ladder 68.)
Don't believe the LED mini-bars are original. I think before, where the LED mini-bars are now, there where red dome rotating mini-bars similar to the remaining center one.
Thank you for the answer, and I need to clarify myself a little better; why did they keep the 1 rotator on there? I know that's a whole new cab from it being wrecked so I wasn't sure if maybe they kept 1 light from the old rig just to have.
03-03-2011, 08:31 PM (This post was last modified: 03-03-2011, 08:42 PM by goon16.)
i believe 160engine and rescue 5 are only in quarters if i remember correctley and im pretty sure the division is too everything else is in a fenced in parking lot across the street from quarters
If you look at even the newest FDNY rigs, they are the Federal Aerodynic bars, all LED except for the outboard one on each side is a rotator. I read somewhere (not sure how true this is), but it was felt that the rotators give a "bounce" effect against buildings to provide better protection compared to the directional LED light. Like I said, not sure how true this is, but interesting theory at the least.
i believe 160engine and rescue 5 are only in quarters if i remember correctley and im pretty sure the division is too everything else is in a fenced in parking lot across the street from quarters
Its been a few years since I rode out of E160 with Division 8. It is an old 3story 2 bay station. Rescue 5 had one bay. TSU had the rear of the other bay and E160 the front. Division 8 and Rescue 5 Support as well as the division mail van was in the parking lot across the street. Decon, brush and collapse had not been assigned yet. I heard/saw photo that they had build a prefab structure in the parking lot since then.
As you look at Quarters, Rescue 5 on the left, Engine 160 to the Right. TSU would be kept behind the engine during the winter months.
Div 8, HMTender 5, Collapse 5, Decon 160, plus D8 Msger Van and use to be an FFT unit and usally TSU 2 are ALL OUTSIDE! At lease there is a cage around the lot now. BRUSH 160 was reassigned when the Decon was assigned to 160.
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