New ambulance for Crystal Lake (more)

Photos of the new ambulance for Crystal Lake after lettering and graphics

Crystal Lake Fire Rescue Ambulane 351

thanks Ron

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15 Comments

#1 by harry on January 14, 2020 - 8:55 PM

mike c yes the gas is likely better than any newer diesel but I guess it depends what dept u ask because Rosemont for one loves the 6.7
#2 by harry on January 14, 2020 - 8:51 PM

bill c that is true teaneck is not in il but anything out east is 100 percent better they don’t waste taxpayers money that is fact
#3 by CrabbyMilton on January 14, 2020 - 9:12 AM

That V10 is a tried and true. Love the way it sounds too.
FORD is discontinuing it and will replace it with the new 7.3L V8. Time will tell if this new thing will be as good as the old V10 but we’ll see. PIERCE offered the 6.7L POWERSTROKE in the SABER but now I see it vanished from the option list. Must have been a failed experiment.
#4 by Mike C on January 14, 2020 - 6:40 AM

Sharp looking ambulance!

All the debate between gas and diesel. I recently replaced a Ford V10 engine that had 300,000 miles on it. The 6.7 is not fun to work on and I don’t know if a 6.7 will see this type of longevity. The V10 is a fuel hog but I’d definitely say it’s a good option for today’s ambulances.
#5 by Bill C. on January 13, 2020 - 11:21 PM

Harry, Teaneck NJ is NOT this area . DO NOT even TRY to compare other areas of the country to this area , EVERY Place is Different !!!!
#6 by harry on January 13, 2020 - 8:46 PM

while most depts. don’t keep an ambo for more than 10 years for the most part there is a 1989 gmc topkick style ambo on the east coast for teaneck vol ambulance corps and there ambo is still in service they staff 3 out of the 5 ambulances on a regular basis and they run 5500 calls a year which is more than some towns around here do and if they were going to get another new ambulance it would be freightliner and they will likely stay with diesel
#7 by Bill on January 13, 2020 - 4:39 PM

John,

Our 2013 Ford 6.7 Diesel blew up at 96,000 miles. Catastrophic motor failure. So there is one failure in your time. It now has 115,000 and the new motor needs work. And that’s with adding fuel, DEF and repeating.
#8 by Marty Coyne on January 13, 2020 - 1:52 PM

CFD’s newest ambo (not in service yet) is a Ford F-450 gas. They switched to the Ram’s to get gas and back to the F series once the gas engine was available. The issues with the Ram ambo’s was due to the suspension Fleet specced, not the Ram itself. Hopefully they got the F series suspension correct.
#9 by ttguy on January 13, 2020 - 9:11 AM

After many years, and at the urging of many end-users, Ford eventually conceded that not everyone was pleased with how their own diesel offering was performing in an ambulance application. Hence the short lived availability of the V-10 in an F-series combined with the Ambulance Prep Package for the 2019 MY, followed by the now available 7.3-liter V-8 gas engine for the 2020 MY. More than one ambulance purchaser actually made the switch to RAM or other brands/models to avoid another Ford diesel. The jury is still out if that move actually paid off. Many also realized much too late that qualified Ford diesel repair service was somewhat difficult to find. Not all Ford dealers are properly equipped, staffed, and/or overly willing to work on diesel ambulances in a timely manner. While the F-series diesel is still the most popular chassis in the ambulance industry, I’m pretty confident that the number of gas powered F-series ambulances will continue to increase.
#10 by John on January 13, 2020 - 12:52 AM

Joe you couldn’t be any more incorrect. Since about 2012 these diesel Ford engines have been as legit as can be. They’re ran hard and have no issues what so ever with DEF or regening. The engines often times do what they need to do all without a “light” or whatever other indicator. Just add diesel, add DEF, drive, repeat. Things aren’t what they used to be. In my time I’ve yet to see a new Ford diesel motor go down for what would be seen as solely a motor problem.
#11 by harry on January 12, 2020 - 6:39 PM

well cl does relace ambulances quicker than a lot of depts.
#12 by Joe on January 12, 2020 - 11:05 AM

The emissions on the newer diesels are a nightmare! Lots of downtime, maintenance and expensive. The idling is very tough on them. Some are worse then others as far as needing to be Regened. Then you get people who ignore the regen lights and then the unit is down until the codes can be cleared and go through a regen cycle. I think you will see a lot of people go back to gas ambulances and just replace them sooner.
#13 by Crabbymilton on January 12, 2020 - 10:18 AM

Gasoline engines are better than they were years ago. Not everyone wants the higher cost and then on top of it deal with DEF issues.
#14 by Mike on January 12, 2020 - 9:25 AM

John let’s not forget this city is also the one who wants to start using commercial cab engines with drum brakes all around. Their motto is “nothing but the worst for the firemen.”
#15 by John on January 11, 2020 - 10:01 PM

Gas engine….lol……