DCFD Photos, old or new

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[quote name='dcfireman' post='149238' date='Sep 17 2007, 06:21 ']

The DCFD put three more Seagrave TT06DA tillered trucks on the street in 2003; shop serials S-398, 399, and 302. The cost was approximately $600,000 per apparatus. The trucks were the standard DC spec 250-lb. aerial, 40’ pre-piped waterway, open ladder banks, etc., and were assigned to Truck Companies 6, 9, and 17. The trucks were designed for speed of use. A distinguishing feature from the 2000 models was the addition of another roll up door. The trailers now had two roll up doors on either side. They would be the last roll ups! Image is T-06 (S-398, Seagrave 76352) on the fireground, January 2007.[/quote]



Any reason for doing away with roll ups period? Were they not licked by the FFs or was it a more practical sort of thing?