HME FIRE TRUCKS

Does anyone else run HME rigs, and if so what are your thoughts on them? We just recently purchased on in service december 07. Great truck with awesome tyrning radius.

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Permalink Reply by Lee Huff on May 27, 2009 at 12:34am

Sorry I've been away, John. I got tied up with a family thing, which is back on track now. I can't remember for sure, but I think it's a model 1250 CAFS unit. Thanks for the compliment, and I hope I've been of some help.

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Permalink Reply by Joseph Hoppenstedt on October 21, 2009 at 8:58pm

we have 1 in service and just bought another one and love them but we still prefer Pierce

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Permalink Reply by Bill Muehsam on November 13, 2009 at 8:19pm

Wouldn't take one if someone gave it to us, too many QA issues. Would not even consider spec'ing an Apparatus with an HME chassis. My opinion having "worked" on them.....JUNK!!!!!

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Permalink Reply by Rick K. on November 13, 2009 at 10:12pm

well there are both kme and hme

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Permalink Reply by Michael C. Harrison on November 14, 2009 at 10:06am

HME IS RECALLING MODEL YEAR 2009 1871 FIRE TRUCKS BUILT ON CUMMINS' DIESEL ENGINE. THE VEHICLES MAY BE DESIGNED WITH A HARD WIRED, DASH-MOUNTED SWITCH THAT ENABLES THE VEHICLE OPERATOR TO INHIBIT AFTERTREATMENT DIESEL PARTICULATE FILTER REGENERATION IN ENVIRONMENTS WHERE THE OPERATOR BELIEVES IT MAY BE UNSAFE FOR ELEVATED EXHAUST TEMPERATURES. DUE TO AN ISSUE WITH THE LOGIC IN THE ECM SOFTWARE IN THESE ENGINES, THE SWITCH MAY NOT FUNCTION CORRECTLY, LEADING THE OPERATOR TO BELIEVE THAT THE SWITCH IS IN "INHIBIT" MODE WHEN IT IS NOT.