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Orland Fire Protection District Snorkel for sale

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This entry was posted on November 2, 2016, 3:30 PM and is filed under Fire Department News, fire engine for sale. You can follow any responses to this entry through RSS 2.0. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

11 Comments

• #1 by Rich S. on November 3, 2016 - 5:27 PM

  

  I don’t see why not. They still get paid.

• #2 by Brian on November 3, 2016 - 5:21 PM

  

  Will Smeal build a snorkel boom for another manufacturer?

• #3 by Rich S. on November 3, 2016 - 4:20 PM

  

  I can see Evergreen park getting a brand new E-one snorkel soon.

• #4 by Rich S. on November 3, 2016 - 4:18 PM

  

  It’s a 1988 with 75,000 miles and no tank. $10,000 might be the max. Even if it’s like new condition. The snorkel market isn’t that big outside of Chicago or Memphis. Not for a 55′ boom.

• #5 by Austin on November 3, 2016 - 3:46 PM

  

  The closest thing I could find is on Brindlee website. It is a ’99 RD Murray HME 85′ Snorkel listed at $29k. Newer and fewer miles than Orland’s Snorkel. I’m not sure how the condition compares though. They have a few Snorkels and Bronto lifts for sale, but they are all call for a quote or make an offer. I would say Orland is shooting for the moon with that price.

• #6 by Eugene Beard on November 3, 2016 - 12:19 PM

  

  Frankfort FPD new Snorkel was bid at $699, 875 per January 19, 2016 Board of Trustee minutes. Brindlee Mountain has a 1995 model that was listed for $65,000 originally but is now listed as Considering All Reasonable Offers Recently Reduced Price. Rare to see these come up for sale.

• #7 by Tom Foley on November 2, 2016 - 7:39 PM

  

  While I couldn’t tell you a good price from a bad price in used fire apparatus, there is likely an argument to be made that a snorkel is, in a sense, a very specialized piece of equipment that doesn’t satisfy every department’s needs.

  Perhaps that very thing some fire departments would find appealing, though, as it’s probably not every day a snorkel comes on the market. It would probably be a more viable spare for Chicago FD, for example, than the snorkels that will be going into reserve when the new squads arrive.

  In summary, a very niche market for this piece.

• #8 by Rusty on November 2, 2016 - 6:43 PM

  

  I would say 10k max. The only reason they are selling it themselves is that the broker probably told them the truck is worth what you would get in scrap money. Didn’t their other Pierce units get sold through a broker. The brokers don’t want anything over 20 years old.

• #9 by harry on November 2, 2016 - 4:32 PM

  

  I would say that is reasonable because brand new that is likely 400 000 and very low miles

• #10 by Tom Foley on November 2, 2016 - 4:25 PM

  

  It’d be an upgrade to Evergreen Park.

• #11 by Danny on November 2, 2016 - 3:36 PM

  

  Think they have one too many zeros on there even with all the equipment included if it is i see almost 30 year old apparatus sell often online from depts all over for 7 to 12k

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