New engines for the Crestwood Fire Department

This from Mike Summa:

The Crestwood Village board has accepted the bid from SST Emergency Pds. LLC in the amount of $1,102,444.00 for 2 engines. Crestwood is going back to Seagrave.

Mike Summa

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7 Comments

#1 by Mike C on October 26, 2020 - 7:39 AM

Perhaps the issues with Franklin Park’s Seagrave were unrelated to the manufacturer itself? I really don’t know the history with Franklin Park’s Seagrave but I do know problems occur for various reasons. Sometimes the department asked for something that was discouraged. Sometimes poor maintenance. Sometimes incompatible modifications after the rig was built. I’ve even seen apparatus catch fire due to someone who is experienced making the wrong mistake. I’ve seen it happen multiple times! There’s an area department that has a lemon pumper. Won’t mention the brand or department. This rig is equipped with a Cat C9 Ag engine. They were strongly discouraged from buying the C9 and encouraged to buy the Series 60. Unfortunately during the time of manufacturing this rig, Cummins wasn’t offering a mid size motor and finances were to tight to opt for the big block. The rig has been a lemon and unfortunately guess who gets the blame! The manufacturer of the rig. The point I’m making is that just because a department has a lot of problems with their rig(s) doesn’t mean it’s the apparatus builders fault. During the era of this rig being built, Cat was not building a reliable on-road diesel.
#2 by harry on October 25, 2020 - 7:15 PM

tim i dont disagree with u i am just saying fp did not have great luck with seagrave but others do from what i can tell
#3 by Kevin Griffin on October 25, 2020 - 4:55 PM

Engine 2323 is in great shape since it was refurbished within the last two years. it will be kept as a spare engine when the new engines come. As far as a new firehouse it would more than likely happen well down the line.
#4 by Tim on October 25, 2020 - 10:22 AM

Harry tell me what dept. hasn’t had problems with any rig? All departments have problems with every single manufacturer out there.

Crestwood is a potpourri of rigs…..KME, Pierce, Seagraves back in the day, a Mack MS rescue/engine. Pretty diverse.

Their neighbor to the north, Alsip, only buys Seagrave.
#5 by harry on October 25, 2020 - 1:53 AM

i wish them luck franklin pk had the seagrave truck and it was a nightmare but the eone has been great
#6 by Aidan Hughes on October 25, 2020 - 12:37 AM

There have been some rumors that Crestwood might have a second fire station. Both of Crestwood’s engines are in poor condition. The 2000 KME pumper is very old and unreliable and the 2005 Pierce Dash pumper has a hairline crack in the frame. With these new engines, They will replace both of these engines and they will keep their ladder truck for at least five more years.
#7 by Mike C on October 24, 2020 - 4:43 PM

Great news and the price looks pretty attractive too! Glad to see more Seagrave’s coming to the area!