The Maywood FD is selling Truck 502:
1997 Spartan/Darley Ladder Truck
Starts and Runs
Diesel Engine
Maintained every 300 days
Manual Transmission
AC Cold
Power Steering
AM/FM Cassette Radio
On board generatorIssues:
Rusted frame
Cracked frame
Two leaking hydraulic seals on Arial ladder
Hydraulic leaks at lines on turn table
PTO not working
Control box has electrical problems (cannot get parts, no longer exist)
Outrigger seniors need replacing
Water tank is rusted out (hole in tank)
Fire pump leaking
#1 by Austin on October 16, 2018 - 10:15 AM
I was just checking, and it sold for $4,355.
#2 by Mike on October 15, 2018 - 1:13 PM
I’m brought back to Ed Harris’s quote of Gene Kranz in Apollo 13 “what do we have on the spacecraft that’s good?”
#3 by Mike C on October 13, 2018 - 9:28 PM
It seems that Maywood has utilized Spartan chassis’ for a long time and as far as I know have served the city well. A nice new 100′ ladder by Spartan ERV, LTI, or Smeal on a Spartan chassis would be a nice fit for them.
#4 by Mike C on October 13, 2018 - 9:25 PM
I don’t think this rig has a manual transmission.
Paul, Is Nova Quintec the same as Aerial Innovations?
Maywood doesn’t have much money these days. Wonder if they’ll even replace it. Twenty-one years old now. It probably has a crazy amount of hours on it. It should have been replaced quite some time ago. Now it’s worthless.
#5 by Evan Davis on October 13, 2018 - 7:55 PM
This truck has seen a lot, been on a lot of fires not only in Maywood, but the western suburbs! Hate to see it go!
#6 by Richard on October 13, 2018 - 7:28 PM
Sounds like the truck is junk. Get the junk money.
#7 by Brad S on October 13, 2018 - 5:34 PM
After reading everything wrong, the best bet would be to scrap it.
#8 by Rj on October 13, 2018 - 1:39 PM
This cant function as a truck and is not close to worth fixing. Parts and scrap
#9 by Michael M on October 13, 2018 - 12:25 PM
Anyone know if Maywood plans to replace their aerial ladder? Sounds like this truck needs a lot of work.
#10 by Paul Schlichting on October 13, 2018 - 12:16 PM
This was the last Nova Quintec ladder built before they were bought out. Part have been a issue for along time.. This rig has seen a lot of work
#11 by Crabby Milton on October 13, 2018 - 11:36 AM
Holy crap a stick shift? I didn’t think that was even available back in the late ’90’s.
Can’t imagine why they thought that was a good idea at the time.