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New fire truck for Evanston

Josh Boyajian found this on the Pierce Flickr site:

Pierce composite

Tags: Evanston Fire & Life Safety Department, Evanston Fire Department, new truck for Evanston, Pierce tractor drawn aerial

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17 Comments

• #1 by Gerald on September 15, 2015 - 11:00 AM

  

  They have an old pierce arrow from the late 80s with a 100 ft stick

• #2 by cmk420 on September 14, 2015 - 8:37 PM

  

  May be a stupid question, but I’ll ask anyway. Do they have a spare aerial and what is it?

• #3 by Asher Heimermann on September 14, 2015 - 12:39 PM

  

  The new truck is scheduled for final inspection by the department at the Pierce Manufacturing plant in Appleton on Friday according to the Evanston Now website. The old Truck 23 will be sold for scrap once the new one is placed in service.

  http://evanstonnow.com/story/public-safety/bill-smith/2015-09-14/72233/city-close-to-getting-new-fire-truck

  • #4 by Wally on September 14, 2015 - 3:20 PM

    

    Thanks for the information on the aerial ladder.

• #5 by Crabby Milton on September 14, 2015 - 6:42 AM

  

  HA. They said tillers would go the way of the square wheel and 8-track.
  Sharp looking rig!

• #6 by Josh on September 14, 2015 - 12:05 AM

  

  Also…They are Now EVANSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT and Not EVANSTON LIFE SAFETY DEPARTMENT anymore

• #7 by FARTIN' FRED on September 13, 2015 - 10:26 PM

  

  Look at that BEHEMOTH

• #8 by mike mc on September 13, 2015 - 9:20 PM

  

  Since Evanston staffs their trucks with three, couldn’t they have saved the city some money by just getting a standard commercial cab?

• #9 by Michael M on September 13, 2015 - 8:45 PM

  

  Nice looking truck. When will it be placed in service?

• #10 by Frank on September 13, 2015 - 5:31 PM

  

  I wonder why the lights are red by the grille on the trucks but red and blue on the engines any idea

• #11 by Rich on September 13, 2015 - 5:24 PM

  

  Good looking truck

• #12 by Rj on September 13, 2015 - 1:07 PM

  

  The original questions needs some clarification to be answered properly. Pierce only puts 100′ HD and MD ladders on their tillers, it’s nothing extraordinary aside that its a tiller. Pierce tiller HD vs MD ladder specs …
  http://piercemfg.com/getmedia/c4022ddb-7ae4-4584-8e5c-7524471dd664/Pierce_ComparisonChart_Tillers.pdf.aspx

• #13 by Wally on September 13, 2015 - 12:51 PM

  

  What are the specs on the ladder or am I missing something?

• #14 by Asher Heimermann on September 13, 2015 - 11:54 AM

  

  Why does CFD not have one or two of these for it’s high rises? I’m sure this question has been answered before but I’ve been curious about it.

  • #15 by Rj on September 13, 2015 - 12:15 PM

    

    What exactly are you asking? Chicago has ± 70 trucks and towers, they do the same thing as a tiller.

  • #16 by Josh on September 13, 2015 - 12:29 PM

    

    It wouldn’t make any sense for the city to use these downtown for high rises…… Tillers are made specifically for Towns or Cities with very tight streets. Just like Evanston and Cicero which have very narrow tight streets. If the city placed tillers in service again, it would make sense on the Westside and Far North Side

  • #17 by mike on September 13, 2015 - 3:37 PM

    

    They would have to pay for a tiller man every shift and they’re too cheap to pay that. Plus it would do any good downtown, maybe on the south or west side where some of the neighborhood roads are a little tight

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