Quote:Dave any idea if DeKalb Trk 2 and Trk 20 will be getting a new Pierce TDA, I remember hearing that they were getting 3 new TDA's however I have only seen or heard of the 1 that went to 23's
That's what I've heard. T23 (I think) was wrecked on the way down to GA. Not totalled, but messed up pretty bad.
Quote:Dave any idea if DeKalb Trk 2 and Trk 20 will be getting a new Pierce TDA, I remember hearing that they were getting 3 new TDA's however I have only seen or heard of the 1 that went to 23's
Quote:That's what I've heard. T23 (I think) was wrecked on the way down to GA. Not totalled, but messed up pretty bad.
DeKalb County ordered three TDA's from Pierce. As of November 23rd, none had yet entered service. I have been told that they will be assigned to Ladders 2, 20 and 23. The first one left the factory in mid-September with the others supposed to follow at two week intervals. I had not heard about one getting wrecked on the trip down.
Quote:Last Wednesday, I took a drive down to south Georgia. One of my stops was to update apparatus from Albany. All of the previous apparatus I have photographed have been replaced as front line units. They operate from 11 stations. I began at Station 1, where I hoped to discover what was where in the rest of the stations. It turns out that there was some big bridge dedication ceremony that day and the two newer aerials I would have photographed were set up on display with a large flag between them and that they would remain there until late afternoon. I also discovered that 10 of their 11 engines are running nearly identical rigs. Engine 10 was standing by at Station 1, so I photographed it and headed north.
Engine 10, Albany, GA (one of ten purchased since 2001)
2003 Kenwirth T-300/Pierce Contender
1250/1000/30F
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Dave, I believe this was in the fairly recent nationally shown movie "Fireproof", a great Christian principles based movie made by a church in that area.
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