Aerial Pics

[firepimp]

Did a little excerciseing the truck the other day and took some pics of the aerial that is ours at Homosassa , only 2 in the county so here they are enjoy.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y192/Romeo_4e/P1010011.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y192/Romeo_4e/P1010015.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y192/Romeo_4e/P1010016.jpg

[pengman]

I gotta ask what's the height of that fully extended? I have to ask as i have no experience with an aerial. not sure if I could even climb to the top of that without pooping my pants

[firepimp]

75 ft from the tip to the ground. Both aerials in the county are built the same just ours is older invernesses is newer same hieght though.

[Maverick9110E]

dude that looks so much bigger then 75' in the bottom picture! heres ours: 95'
http://www.jtfd1.org/pictures/trucks/728large.jpg
http://www.jtfd1.org/pictures/trucks/728_up_ladder.jpg

[SAFD46Truck]

SAFD 40Truck
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/1/web/565000-565999/565749_33_full.jpg

[Ladder27]

PMFD Ladder 27 - 105':

[Berks2Montco84]

First, Reiffton's:
http://reifftonfire.com/images/tower_big.jpg

2004 Pierce 95' Ladder Tower

Now, Humane's:

http://mysite.verizon.net/dploranca/images/l84.jpg

1975 Seagrave 100' Ladder, refurbed in 1991. As it says on the website, This is a true truck. It carries no water, except for a couple of cans. Hells yeah :D .


So, there are my two companies' trucks, or as I like to call them, Old School and New School, lol.

[Dave1983]

Hey, a couple of them are missing their pumps. Whats up with that?;)

[FWDbuff]

Thats because they are almost real ladder trucks- Not those things with waste-of-compartment and waste-of-valuable-ground-ladder space.

Oh, yeah....and a REAL ladder truck has TWO steerin' wheels!

[explr985]

Link to our station list, go to Station 1, can't miss it. 1998 Sutphen 104' (ex-demo).

http://www.cityofws.org/wsfd/Fire_Supression/Fire_Stations/fire_stations.html

[Berks2Montco84]

Originally posted by Dave1983
Hey, a couple of them are missing their pumps. Whats up with that?;)

Precisely, as I mentioned with the one quote from our page: "This is a true truck. It carries no water, except for a couple of cans." And of course the reference to old school vs. new school.

Personally, I'd rather jump off our truck and NOT have an officer tell me to grab the noodle off it...lol...

(PS, yes, I did know you were joking....):D

[fightn15]

Here is our E-One 110' Aerial

http://www.marioncountyfl.org/FR526/FR_Images/FR_SSSStation.JPG

[Maverick9110E]

our pump panel is on the driver side of the truck.for the master stream and one crosslay. here's another picture, the ladder on our truck isnt fully extended cause the straight stick in that picture (company 2) is only 75'

http://www.jtfd1.org/pictures/events/tower_arch.jpg

[Maverick9110E]

although, if you really wanted to get nuts:

288' 3 boom articulating

http://www.pafirefighter.net/Extreme/euotruck.jpg


or 167'boom

http://www.pafirefighter.net/Extreme/bronto2.jpg

[fightn15]

That is just nuts.

Do you have to watch for low flying planes or helicopters??

[Dave1983]

Here is ours, complete with pump, plenty of compartment space and enough ground ladders to git-r-done:D

[firenresq77]

Here's ours... The ladder is pretty much worthless....... Only 50'...... Some call it the Squint..:eek: :eek:

http://northwoodfire.com/trucks/802%5b1%5d.jpg

Maverick......... Why is that truck popping a wheelie????

[Dave1983]

Originally posted by firenresq77
Here's ours... The ladder is pretty much worthless....... Only 50'...... Some call it the Squint..:eek: :eek:

Squint! Thats a new one:D

[backdraft663]

Here is ours...

http://image07.webshots.com/7/8/95/21/181789521HVxqEn_ph.jpg

[firenresq77]

Originally posted by Dave1983


Squint! Thats a new one:D We gotta call it something!!!:D :D :D

[Resq14]

http://www.yarmouth.me.us/vertical/Sites/{13958773-A779-4444-B6CF-0925DFE46122}/uploads/{76EE8B59-7FA1-4C46-AE3F-BCE405CF5E7D}_WEB.jpg

http://www.yarmouth.me.us/vertical/Sites/{13958773-A779-4444-B6CF-0925DFE46122}/uploads/{8621E6B8-30BA-4F62-9DFE-AD7E610D2F59}_WEB.jpg

Aerial being placed to protect exposures... old barn-converted-business was well involved upon arrival.

[BFDNJFF]

http://www.belmarhl.com/images/290%20AT%20LAKE.JPG


this is my baby 110 foot seagrave stick ..............You can keep your damn pumps !!:D

[cozmosis]

The pride of our fleet... 1990 LTI 75' Quint
http://www.maumellefire.com/photos/truck1e.jpg

[FORTff]

http://www.myfirecompanies.com/temp/20000.jpg
http://www.myfirecompanies.com/temp/20904.jpg
http://www.myfirecompanies.com/temp/21233.jpg

[FORTff]

http://www.fortwashingtonfc.org/pictures/Apparatus%20Pictures/Tower%2088.jpg

[firepimp]

Our aerial has enough ground ladders to throw yourself off of for days , backboards , many many things full extrication setup airbags the whole 9 yards , you guys can keep your just ladder trucks i enjoy my aerial/engine/rescue/awesome kickass truck lol. Nah awesome pics everyone our pump is brokwn right now lol something with the pto switch our damn aerial keeps breaking but normally its the transmission leaking fluid , but I think they finally fixed it which Im so proud of the guys at fleet lol. Anyways great posts and great pics.

[boomwak]

Monkeys! My god they're everywhere!! Somebody close the gates!! AAGGHHHHAAA!!!!

[SteveDude]

Three types here...
1) Turntable Ladder (Regular extending ladder) 100ft
2) Hydraulic Platform (traditional snorkel) 77ft
3) Aerial Ladder Platform (Bronto, laader & Boom) 110ft

[SteveDude]

Don't know how to add more than one picturew per post...so here is No2, the HP

[SteveDude]

No3 The ALP (New)

[SteveDude]

Older large Chassis ALP

[SteveDude]

From the top

[draco9]

Wow!
It is always amazing for me to see how big are your vehicles; here they couldn't ever fit the road or turn in a crossroads.

Very beautiful

ciao :D

[SchmmidyABVFC]

Heres Ours: 2000 Pierce Dash custom 105' Aerial Ladder,Equipped with the "All Steer" system, which allows the rear wheels to perform as steerable axles

http://img234.echo.cx/img234/4040/t4315oc.jpg

[FFTide]

1999 Smeal/Spartan
1250/500/55'

http://www.bill732007.com/Dscf2040_-637_Web.jpg

[Maverick9110E]

that truck popping a wheelie is our ladder sitting on a hill being stablizied by the 4 jacks.

[Bones42]

My favorite...

[Bones42]

My real one...

[PattyV]

Bones how did you get ahold of a pic of our ladder?
Normally we send it out at night only so that people dont see it, but we had a really big emergency during the day and we had to send it out to fetch a cat out of a lamp post!

:D :D :D

And i think some jokes could be made about the difference between Italian and American 'Ladders'. But i am not going near that with a forty foot pole

[jpsmith2]

OK... Ok... can't have an aerial pic thread without including "The Big Show" from Rising Sun, Maryland.

2003 Pierce Dash 105' Heavy Duty Aerial Ladder
photo by Dennis Sharpe for Fire Apparatus Magazine

More pictures here (http://www.thewatchdesk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=121), including proof that ours doesn't JUST look good!

[jpsmith2]

for those that like "real trucks" here's the tiller from Annapolis, Maryland.

2004 Pierce Dash
photo by Kevin Ryer

[Ladder27]

I have a few interesting pics... "The Big Show" parked out behing one of our stations before it was delivered to Rising Sun. I have to figure out how to make the file smaller so I can post it

[Ladder27]

I already posted a pic of ours parked, heres a few action shots

[Ladder27]

This one was a total loss, 100' x 100' 3 story converted barn into an office building

[Ladder27]

This was a tough one- Bitter cold January evening, house being renovated, once crews made access it was realized we were gonna be on defense here, the place was packed floor to ceiling with lumber and all kinds of junk...this place was just waiting to kill a firefighter

Go here for the full story, just another example of how you never know what youre pulling up to: http://www.palmerfire.org/Incidents/incident_120203.htm

[captstanm1]

Here is one... I have a few more, but for some reason I have to resize them. It says they are too large even though they are not as large as some already posted....

[k1500chevy97]

nice photos

[SteveDude]

OK, I can do a few action shots....not fair to take up another dozen posts, so I put them on a web page HERE (http://www.poplarfirestation.com/AerialAction.html) all from my own camera apart from the first one (left) because I am the little white hat among the others at the bottom of the photograph!!!:)

(Best with Broadband!!)

[k1500chevy97]

what was that?

[captstanm1]

From Virginia

[PattyV]

Stevedude,
Do those helmets you guys wear make a really big difference when it comes to your ears getting hot. I reckon they are a great idea, they look a little funny, but they probably make the job easier.

[captstanm1]

action

[captstanm1]

Virginia

[captstanm1]

House fire Virginia

[captstanm1]

New Unit in Nokesville Virginia...New yearly service test being performed!;)

[captstanm1]

A quint

[captstanm1]

Another Virginia

[captstanm1]

Another

[captstanm1]

Nokesville Tower 525 in action

[t13one12]

This picture is the setup from our wetdown this past weekend. On the left is the first motorized ladder truck in our department's history, a 1971 American LaFrance (85' I believe). On the right is our 2004 95' Mid-Mount Pierce Tower.

[t13one12]

Sorry I haven't figured out how to attach more than one image at once. Here is another picture of our new ladder.

[Parrothead]

Don't know how to post pics , but here's a link.

Truck 3 (http://www.syracusefire.com/hist_ap10.htm)

I drive Truck 4 which is a year newer and has a tilt cab.

[NYI4LIFE]

Here is the pics of the trucks I used to see screaming down the road in Hicksville NY before i moved to florida:

http://hicksvillefd.com/control/extFile.php?uI=335588391

http://hicksvillefd.com/control/extFile.php?uI=1548798149

[Dave1983]

Originally posted by t13one12
Sorry I haven't figured out how to attach more than one image at once. Here is another picture of our new ladder.


NICE!!:) :) :)

Thats what I wish we would have speced. But the "powers" like straight ladders, and since we have to use ours as an engine and an ALS unit size is an issue. That mid mount is a bit large for a band-aid wagon.:D

[t13one12]

Haha, yeah we are real happy with the way she turned out. Originally the "powers" tried to buy a KME, but after hearing some problems the town near us had with theirs, the membership and officers fought tooth and nail against it. If we bought the demo we coulda had a CD player, but now that it is speced to exactly what we want I guess that's just not important. Although I do have a wide variety of mix cd's :D

[SAFD46Truck]

I must say this is one of the most visually satisfying threads I've seen in quite a while. Nice rigs everyone.:D

[Weruj1]

here is our classic

[Weruj1]

in action ................

[Weruj1]

Truck 791 in action II ............Git 'r Done !

[t13one12]

2 towns next to me have similar Sutphens. They are about 10 years newer but just looking at the rig I could tell your's was a sutphen before reading the caption.

[SteveDude]

Originally posted by PattyV
Stevedude,
Do those helmets you guys wear make a really big difference when it comes to your ears getting hot. I reckon they are a great idea, they look a little funny, but they probably make the job easier.

Patty,
those helmets are a pain in the ar$e. They are a British Version of the French Gallet...a Cromwell F600 (http://www.helmets.co.uk/wb/pages/fire_services/cromwell_f600.php) The flash hoods do most of the protecting. I am a Senior Officer, so I spend most of my time outside...However, when I have been in to a few live burns, I have hooked my hood back to guage the heat and it still gets up the side of the Helmet.

They are also bad for hearing....people have to be pretty much facing you to hear them...anyone from behind doesn't stand a chance unless they are shouting.

We've had these since 1998/9 when new EU rules came in covering PPE. Before that we had Pacific's and before that the traditional British Cromwell Hemlet....miss that one badly!!!

[tjsnys]

captstanm1, I have a couple questions on the Butonsville Pierce you first posted. It appears that this rig has an extra short body and wheel base with additional ladder overhang beyond the cab. I assume it’s a 100ft with a 500# tip load. Would you be able to provide me with the wheel base (WB) and overall length (OAL)? I'm a big fan of reasonably sized rigs and that looks like one to me from your pic.

Thanks and Stay Safe

[firepimp]

I didn't realize my thread would be such an awesome success lol , great pics everyone . I've gone through a 5 gallon bucket of vasoline and 7 boxs of kleenex looking at all the pics thanks for the enjoyment lol.:p

[PattyV]

I think i say this for everyone here when i state:
"We didnt need to know that!"
:p :p

[FF2BKE]

http://www.firenet.org/Alert%203%20FPD/DSC00919.JPG


Here is the ladder in my city. It's a 1988 Pierce, looks good but she's feeling her age. Probably be replaced before I get hired on.

[OSD122]

Captstanm1,

You forgot two trucks in PW County.


http://manassasfire.com/tower/tower-501.jpg


http://www.sjvfd.org/photos/Apparatus_-_Current/t511_at_PSA.jpg

[FF2BKE]

BUMP /\

[Maverick9110E]

well i posted my company's for my towns, here is company number 2's 75' stick:

http://www.jtfd2.com/images/Ladder711b.jpg

they dont have anymore pix of it but the inside is real nice too.

[SteveDude]

Here is a beautiful 'Old Queen' a 1963 AEC/Merryweather TL owned by the London Fire Brigade. Taken out of service from the reserve fleet in 1983 it is preserved for Funerals and other special occassions.

It was used today in fact at the Funeral of Retired Poplar Fireman Pat Smith, who sadly left us last week.

[ThNozzleman]

:)

[SAFD46Truck]

SAFD 11Truck
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/1/web/565000-565999/565749_35_full.jpg

[FF2BKE]

Here us another shot of our city's Ladder 1.

http://www.firenet.org/Alert%203%20FPD/DSC00858.JPG

Here is the rest of the pics for the airplane that crashed on the roof of police HQ.

http://www.firenet.org/Alert3.htm

:eek:

[Salman1]

Here is a shot of our "Quints". Hey Palmer27, I'm from your area originally. Still visit family regularly. I was a former PMFD member for a few years, Nancy Run Fire Co., Bethlehem Twp. Fire Co. and started all of it with Suburban Rescue when I was 14. I'm up in CT now. The aerial pictured was spec'd when I was talking to Bill Butler after you purchased your aerial. We got our two quints with "All Steer". Pretty much the same rigs. 105' straight sticks. First is driver training at our mills and the other at a OMD.

[Salman1]

Other shot...

[Ladder27]

salman,

good to hear from a former PMFD brother. good truck to check specs on, its been great for us. Yours must be fairly new with all steer, ours is a '97. No all steer for us, but its only 37' long so it'll go anywhere. stay safe up there.

[Rescue2947]

Originally posted by jpsmith2
for those that like "real trucks" here's the tiller from Annapolis, Maryland.

2004 Pierce Dash
photo by Kevin Ryer

Thats a beauty jpsmith2!

Here is a pic of ours even tho its just a baby compared to the tiller.. by the way nice color!

http://firetraining.stielstras.com/Fire%20Training/Ladder51.gif

[Weruj1]

Did you guys go steal Harve's ladder truck ? :p

[Rescue2947]

Originally posted by Weruj1
Did you guys go steal Harve's ladder truck ? :p

Haha nope this was a demo unit purchased from E-One about 5 years ago, had 12,000 road miles on it. It came in red :rolleyes: so we had them put some paint over the primer and purchased it. We use to roll a old Ford 50' that we have had since the early 80's. This truck was made for the city of Grand Rapids but I guess they backed out, so we were lucky enough to happen apon her.

And yes this is my photo so its not taken without concent!!!! :D :D

[BFDNJFF]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v650/NJFF/fire4b.jpg


this is our towns first ladder wagon !

our town purchased it in 1883.

shame we still do not have it for parades :(