What Type Of Ladder Truck Do You Have In Your Department

I was just wondering what type of Ladder Trucks do you have in your Departments.
Where I came from in New York, we had two ladder trucks. One was a 100 Ft. American
LaFrance Tiller, and the second was a 100 Ft. Mid Mount Seagrave. Just as I was leaving
the department was getting a 100 Ft. Rear mount Platform.
The Department I am with now has a 50 Ft. American LaFrance Squirt.
I will say that it is a much smaller Department I am with now, but I am hoping that
some day soon it will be replaced with a larger Ladder. It is 29 years old, and has been
a excellent truck, and still looks good for it's age.

So tell me, " Whats In Your Department "

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Permalink Reply by Mick Shelley on April 25, 2009 at 9:59pm

Todd, Very nice Ladder Truck, I like the Color as well

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Permalink Reply by Paul on April 25, 2009 at 10:53pm

100' pierce. Truck 49. Proud to derve next to them.

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Permalink Reply by Ben Waller on April 26, 2009 at 12:05am

We have four aerials...

Two of our engine companies operate Ferrara quints with 1250 GPM pumps and 75-foot rear-mount aerials.
Our truck company operates a LTI 100-foot tiller with an ALF Metro tractor.
The spare truck company piece is a LTI 100-foot tiller with a Spartan tractor. (ex Atlanta FD Truck 2)

Our former spare truck was a 105-ft rear mount Pierce. It was OK, but with the setbacks we have, it couldn't reach some of the places that the tillers will go. It also required a complete tactical revision for the truckies every time they swapped into the spare piece.

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Permalink Reply by Just Plain Craig Moyer on April 26, 2009 at 9:34am

We have a very small district, only 1/2 mile square with 2 schools and the fire house being over 2 stories. Back in 87 we were looking for a new engine and past Chief Trotter talked the board into getting a 55 foot snorkel. it would have been a great piece if we had a greater need for it. We went and looked at Barnaget NJ's unit.

We ended up getting a squrt and to this day Cheif Trotter is still had at me for talking them out of the snorkel.