New tower ladder for Tinley Park (more)

This from Kevin Griffin:

2018 pierce velocity 100 ft tower

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9 Comments

#1 by Mike L on October 3, 2018 - 1:38 PM

Hey, Harry. How are E-ONE rigs more practical? Do they do tricks? Are their 95′ tower ladders better than 100′? Tinley doesn’t have narrow streets that would necessitate the low slung scissor jacks. And, most importantly, TP sees the Pierce as “more practical” for their needs. Plus, they had E-ONE towers before and obviously wanted a change. I don’t see any blue lights on it which has to be driving you nuts.. LOL
#2 by The DH on October 2, 2018 - 7:42 PM

Bill, according to Brindlee Mtn, Robbins purchased an ’08 Arrow XT not a Velocity
#3 by harry on October 2, 2018 - 6:11 PM

pierce are nice but eone are more practical
#4 by Bill on October 2, 2018 - 4:39 PM

Robbins just got a 2008 pierce velocity on the brindle mountain website
#5 by Kevin Griffin on October 2, 2018 - 12:08 PM

The reason for the enforcer was to somewhat match the engines and the truck was to match truck 46
#6 by CrabbyMilton on October 2, 2018 - 11:38 AM

I think the ENFORCER is a slightly lighter chassis than the VELOCITY. But that does make sense to keep things as standardized as possible.
#7 by Big Moe on October 2, 2018 - 9:31 AM

Makes sense, but i’m left to wonder about the Enforcer pumper. Wouldn’t a Velocity cab and chassis be a better fleet and maintenance match? Don’t get me wrong I love the Enforcer chassis.
#8 by Kevin Griffin on September 28, 2018 - 5:53 PM

They were trying to go for uniformity in the fleet and ease of maintenance.
#9 by Big Moe on September 28, 2018 - 12:33 PM

Sharp rig with a good choice of bucket. I’m not a fan of that giant rescue bucket typically seen on these rigs. Wish they had stuck with E-One though, just due to the outrigger system, especially with an aluminum aerial.