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which do you prefer mid-mount or rear mount aerial truck
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Permalink Reply by Mick Shelley on
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Hey Eric, Being a Truckie at heart, I tend to like Mid-Mount over
Rear Mount, but saying that, both have their purpose's in the fire
services, it mostly depends on the area they are seving, and the
types of structures you are dealing with, and the room you have
to work with.
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Permalink Reply by Michael C. Harrison on
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Mid-mounts are MUCH easier to position (unless some rocket scientist decided to put a raised roof cab on it) but many trucks these days are under/poorly utilized due to lack of common sense, training, and experience.
Just learn to use what you have, a good fireman can make most anything work
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Permalink Reply by Tony P on
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Like I think most people, I'll vote for what I'm used to. Rear mount for me. Standing at the pump panel I can see both sides of the truck, whichever has the fire. (No safety hazard, we always have at least one other appliance parked behind the main pumper)
Now, being a non-user of aerials, and never having seen a North American aerial in the flesh, I'm most likely wrong. But to me, that photo of Eric's looks like a mid mount. Or is it that the inlets/outlets are simply placed a long way from the pump and panel?
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Permalink Reply by Adam Box on
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I think what you're referring to is the pump panel. Eric is referring to where the aerial ladder is mounted. either being based at the rear, or in the middle of the apparatus. (do a google image search for "mid mount aerial" and you'll see what I mean.)
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Thanks Adam. I was most certainly thinking about pumps! I never knew that the ladder mount was rear of middle! Learn something new every day! So, now my answer is
"I have no opinion - to go with my no knowledge!"
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Permalink Reply by Shareef Abdu Nur on
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I agree with Mick Shelley in that both styles of aerials have their pros and cons depending on your individual Departments and types of responses. Rear mounts are good if you want extra compartment space and mid mounts are good if you need added manueverability. I have never worked on a mid mount and my Truck now is 21 years old, so I'm probably not the best person to comment on this topic.
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Permalink Reply by Lewis R. Austin on
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I prefer rear mount aerials, but I have worked both types. (TeleSquirts, Snorkels, Tower Ladders and Straight Ladder) I hate seeing photographs in the trade magazines or even on this web-site where a rear-mount aerial is nosed into the burning structure, the main raised and angled over the front of the aerial with the crew in operation. The rear mount aerial is designed to work from the rear...thus rear mount. You lose 35 to 40 feet of reach of the aerial device when the apparatus is positioned this way. The driver and aerial officer must realize there placement when they arrive for the most reach and use of the aerial device. Take the few minutes to position the aerial in the correct position. I would instruct driver operators to position the aerial to work from the rear with the aerial being parallel to the building at the corner or swing wide and back into position at the corner of the building and the aerial would have good reach on 2 sides of the burning structure. Training, practice placement and it will come second nature when arriving on the emergency scene. But, my all time favorite aerial is the 105 foot tiller, which is a mid-mount! Be Safe, Be careful!
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Permalink Reply by John Sees on
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When if first joined, my department was using a ALF 65' Mid-Mount, then we bought a Hahn 106' rear mount and we are now using an E-One 100' rear mount. The mid-mount had a long overhang in the rear and the Hahn a long overhang in the front. I remember drivers commenting about the overhang on both of these rigs. On the E-One the stick is no longer than the front bumper, so the diver does not have a overhang to worry about. I think that getting on and off the turn table is easier and safer on the rear mounts than on the mid-mount. So vote for a rear mount.
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