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.
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.
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.