Bronto in a slope

[ren483]

I like to know department working with a Bronto skylift, what`s the maximum slope you work.

Here in the city i work, we put to the test our Bronto 114 in a 10 degree slope.

[LT2410]

OK....I'll bite

Do you have pictures of this set-up? 10 degrees is almost an 18% grade which is pretty steep. How long did it take you to get the truck set up this way?

[ren483]

it takes about 12 to 15 minutes to do it and i put 4 wood spacers in each front jack.

[ren483]

more picture !

[Phaze]

Woww, that's amazing. I don't think our ladders can do that, taking that we operate most sticks and only one platform I can think of.

[LT2410]

OK - it makes a little more sense now that I see the wood blocks.

12-15 minutes seems like a long time to get the truck set up though.

Here is another picture I found of a Rosenbauer T-Rex set up on a similar slope.

[LT2410]

Sorry for such a large photo...not sure how to change that.

Here is the link of the original

http://www.firehall.com/forum/attachment.phpattachmentid=3463&d=1253801573

[ren483]

I take my time there was no emergency, i want to be sure nothing under the truck touch the ground. on emergency it should be faster.

[RFDACM02]

Maybe the Bronto's don't move as much as some others with operation. I've seen many aerials lose jack pressure at different points and I'd be very concerned if I had that much riding on that little cribbing given the angle to help the apparatus walk down the hill. I prefer to use the limitations given all my contact points are directly on the ground or my cribbing is at least level.

[Rescue101]

Glad to see I'm not the only one that pic made nervous. A little snow/Ice and it's gonna be a BAD day. .C.

[FIREMECH1]

Glad to see I'm not the only one that pic made nervous. A little snow/Ice and it's gonna be a BAD day. .C.

Hell, just a little rain will turn that into a bad day. Just looking at the pics, I'd be very cautious and nervous getting under it, if I had to. If it slips or moves, I'm either lucky to get out, or dead. Don't like the latter.

FM1

[FD1976]

Hell, just a little rain will turn that into a bad day. Just looking at the pics, I'd be very cautious and nervous getting under it, if I had to. If it slips or moves, I'm either lucky to get out, or dead. Don't like the latter.

FM1

In it, on, it, or under it. Not me

[mec1029]

Bronto does not reconmend anything over 6 deg. And the use of ground pads.
All the tires should be off the ground also. Not a good move.

[ren483]

The use of wood spacer be approve by e-one and it is in the bronto manuel of operation for use max 4 spacer, and for the tires there was not presure on it.

I think it was not the first time i work with a Bronto. The training wa ave received it was frome a Bronto instructor from U.S.A.

[don120]

The use of wood spacer be approve by e-one and it is in the bronto manuel of operation for use max 4 spacer, and for the tires there was not presure on it.

I think it was not the first time i work with a Bronto. The training wa ave received it was frome a Bronto instructor from U.S.A.

Yes you can use a 4 inch spacer but I wouldn't use wood....Brontos are stable when level...that isn't the question here. The question is whether or not it can slide down a 10 degree slope...the answer is ....yes...I've seen it happen with the Bronto from IPIQ about ten years ago.