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What Company of Fire apparatus do you prefer
I am a really big American LaFrance fan . The one on my pics is a 2001 American LaFrance Eagle Series Rescue/Engine . My second favorite would ba a Pierce Dash
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Permalink Reply by Booty on
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We had Stuphen engines and ladders. Then we went to American LaFrance and those 3 enigines have been nothing but junk. So we ordered a new ladder about six months ago and we went back to the STUPHEN!!!!
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Permalink Reply by ZACH on
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hey i love KME but most definately i love pierce the 2 best in my opinion lol
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Permalink Reply by richard k stanley on
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e-one
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Permalink Reply by FF Nick on
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They're filling Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, which is a reform bankruptcy, ALF isn't going to go away. Theyre just going to make ALOT of changes
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Permalink Reply by Ben Waller on
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I've worked with nearly every brand of apparatus there is (and was) and my personal favorites are Macks, hands down. I've worked on everything from the old C-series to a few CFs, a MB, and several different MC models. I know the MCs were mostly used for garbage trucks, but they had a lot of advantages fo the fire service. They were tough, for starters. Remember "It's built like a Mack truck?" How many times have you ever seen a MC behind a wrecker, even the garbage trucks, and you know how they get abused by the sanitation guys. MCs had the best visibility for the driver and officer of any closed cab I've run with. Hagerstown CRS's old Squad 75A was a classic MC, as were Tri-Community's '79 Engine 1 and Tanker 1 - the 3000 gallon monster. Tri-Comm had some problems with the tank on Tanker 1, but that was a vendor add-on, not a Mack original. Every Mack I've ever worked had plenty of power, plenty of torque, was easy to pump. and had good road speed for Interstate highway responses.
The Mack-Baker Aerialscopes were probably the best tower ladders ever invented, although I'll admit that some of the LTIs and Sutphens could give them a run for the money. I liked the Aerialscope's ease of operation from the bucket a lot.
Another old apparatus manufacturer I really liked was Peter Pirsch. The sculpted rear edges on the canopy cabs gave them a very distinctive look, and the ones I worked around always gave good service. Saulsbury (the original mfg.) had some nice apparatus, too. I worked on and old 750-gpm front mount pumper tanker of theirs that is still in reserve 30 years later, and is still servicable.
I've operated good apparatus and lemons from just about every manufacturer there is. Sometimes I think it's luck of the draw as to what you get.
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Permalink Reply by Joseph Livermore on
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Seagrave is My favorite. I own one and am happy with it. See it at www.musiconfire.us . The musical fire engine.
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Permalink Reply by Bobby King on
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I love Seagraves Apparatus Its what I cut My teeth on
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Permalink Reply by Piney Power on
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Well, I don't have any favorites, but from listening to members of my fire company they seem to like Sutphen the best. We have a Seagrave, but they've said that Sutphen's are better in their opinions. Our Seagrave had to have some additional mounts and stuff added to it and it was done horribly. Whatever company was dealing with them did a horrible job, but I forget which company it was. P&E maybe?
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