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Engine housing
I'm looking for some help with an engine housing. What all should/need to be included in the housing of a new engine. Any and all help would be welcome.
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Permalink Reply by Ben Waller on
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Chief Rick Lasky describes an excellent way to house a new engine in Pride and Ownership: The Love of the Job.
It is an excellent book and has a prominent place on my office book shelf.
Rick is a terrific guy, an excellent fire chief, and a firefighter's firefighter.
His book describes a lot of old traditions and some nice new ones.
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Permalink Reply by AssChief7 on
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I'm not looking at building a new bay for the station. We are having a housing ceremony for our new engine.
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Permalink Reply by Jay Nicholson on
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My dad had a few stories like this:
Officers found that it was too tall when they tried to drive the truck into the Liberton station.
Or one were the engine was too long for the barn and while backing into quarters for the first time, knocked out the back wall.
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Thanks, I was able to look it up and read some of it online. I think I will buy the book just to have it.
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Nothing a measuring tape and blueprints won't take care of proactively.
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Well the engine is in and in service. And there was no problem backing it in the bay. We have one of the smallest engines that pierce has built in some time. Just to let you know about the bay, the bay door is 10' high x 9'9" wide. Our engine is 113" from mirror to mirror giving us 2" of clearance on each side. And from bumper to bumper it is 30" excatly. But like I said it fits perfectly.
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Permalink Reply by Paul Dudan on
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Congratulations. We have an 03' Pierce Contender that fits like a glove in our Station #1. Ours is wide(ish) but Road Height is 9'3". The last part of breaking in your new engine is Wetdown!!
EDIT: I've heard wetdowns are more of a Jersey thing...but why not share the fun.
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