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New tanker for Prospect Heights

From Alexisfire.com:

Alexis Fire Equipment photo

Alexis Fire Equipment photo

Alexis Fire Equipment photo

Tags: Alexis Fire Apparatus, Alexis Fire Equipment, fire truck being built, new tanker for Prospect Heights, Prospect Height Fire District Tanker 9, Prospect Heights Fire District

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6 Comments

#1 by Matt on September 19, 2017 - 11:04 AM

Quite a step up from 174, Drew. lol
#2 by Michael M on September 17, 2017 - 6:14 AM

Very nice looking tanker! Looks like it is almost done! Sounds like the other tanker fell apart, due to age. Has anyone seen Squad 9 recently?
From this website, it looks like station 9 has 7 pieces of apparatus. How do they fit all that equipment in Station 9? It must be a tight fit.
#3 by Drew Smith on September 16, 2017 - 8:39 PM

The 1994 Spartan/S&S Tanker is DOA. During its annual maintenance inspection, it was discovered that there was fracturing of the oak planks that are part of the mounting between the tank frame and chassis frame. The vehicle was sent to Alexis Fire Equipment for repair. When the tank was removed as part of the work it was then found that both chassis frame rails and both tank frame rails were severely corroded. The cost to repair the tank (of which the body was part) was tens of thousands of dollars. The chassis frame was determined to be not repairable as it had pitting along the top and deep pitting on the sides. The side pitting was in the location of the suspension mounts and was deeper than half the thickness of the frame. The top pitting ran the entire length of each frame rail. In some spots, when struck with a welding hammer the areas deepened further. I will send the pictures I have to the webmaster.
#4 by Mike on September 16, 2017 - 6:20 PM

Looks good. What happened to the spartan that was tanker 9?
#5 by Brian Kazmierzak on September 16, 2017 - 6:17 PM

Only the United States Fire Service do something as stupid as change the term to tender to accomodate 20 aircraft in California. ITS A TANKER!
#6 by Evan Davis on September 16, 2017 - 1:30 PM

I hope “tanker” is coming back instead of “tender.”