This from Brad Steinweg:
I just wanted to share a few pictures I got from the Cal City box & still yesterday @ 371 Mackinaw-Brad S.
Brad Steinweg photo
Brad Steinweg photo
Brad Steinweg photo
Brad Steinweg photo
Brad Steinweg photo
Brad Steinweg photo
The Lincolnshire-Riverwoods FPD is expecting delivery of their new Pierce 105′ quint next week. It will be black over red with a black ladder similar to the new truck in Homewood.
Lincolnshire Truck 53 is almost complete at Pierce. Lincolnshire-Riverwoods photo
The breakaway tip to the fly section of the ladder is painted green. Lincolnshire-Riverwoods photo
The sign plate on the ladder has been completed. Truck 53 has a Wil-Burt telescoping flood light which can be seen mounted alongside the ladder sign on top of the compartments. Lincolnshire-Riverwoods photo
The driver's side of Truck 53. Compartment door handles and a cover for the pump panel are missing. Lincolnshire-Riverwoods photo
A view of the driver's area in the cab. Lincolnshire-Riverwoods photo
The department added the painted grill with the American flag. Lincolnshire-Riverwoods photo
With the cab tilted, the roof top extensions and the ari conditioner are visible. Lincolnshire-Riverwoods photo
In addition, the first of the existing Lincolnshire-Riverwoods units to have the white roof repainted black is Engine 51 which recently came back from the paint shop. Engine 52 is due to go out for bodywork and a new black roof shortly.
Lincolnshire-Riverwoods Engine 51 is the first unit in the department to have a black roof. This is the new color scheme which the department recently adopted. Larry Shapiro photo
The Homewood Fire Department in MABAS Division 24 is about to take delivery of a 2011 Pierce Arrow XT HD 105′ rear mount quint. The truck was spotted this week at Pierce by Ryan Wyckoff. Matching the rest of the Homewood units it is painted black over red, but instead of a white ladder as they had previously, the new ladder is painted black and the breakaway fly-section is bright green. According to Ryan …
… I found out that this is the last one to have a black ladder since NFPA no longer allows ladders to be painted black.
Homewood is taking delivery of this 2011 Pierce HD 105' rear mount quint on an Arrow XT chassis. Ryan Wyckoff photo
Ladder 550 is replacing a 1987 Pierce 105′ rear mount quint on a Lance chassis with an extra long cab.
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