Norristown Fire Department - 100-foot tiller ladder truck demonstration (No Audio)
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
- Norristown Municipal Council approved on April 18, 2023 the purchase of a new 100-foot tiller ladder truck for the Norristown Fire Department through Glick Fire Equipment. This $2.015 million investment will replace an almost 30-year-old, E-ONE ladder truck currently part of the NFD apparatus fleet (Ladder 27). The tiller will replace the E-ONE upon delivery.
This demonstration video shows the maneuverability of the tiller ladder truck compared to the current E-ONE. The video was shot using a drone and was recorded on the grounds of the Norristown State Hospital, at the intersection of Jacoby and Smith streets, the intersection of Green and Minor streets and East Oak and Arch streets.
Thank you to the Gladwyne Fire Department in Lower Merion for lending us their 100-foot KME Predator TDA ladder truck for this demonstration.
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Maybe getting rid of the extended front bumper on the stick would help with turning issues
I was a driver at Fairmount in the 70's, and drove Twenty-seven 12, and Straight 75 footer. Loved the Tiller, but whoever was turning in that STRAIGHT stick...needs to get more training.
It was an INTENTIONAL job of NOT making it around the 1st time. Just to sell the 100 footer idea. But then again. We're all supposed to be Dumb.
MY BADGE in IAFF 2335. Drove every truck back then except 27-6 Rescue. THE TILLER IS THE RIGHT WAY TO GO.
In the UK we have 100ft plus turntable ladders on a normal 6 wheel chassis and don't have a problem getting places.
BOB is not my real name. Back then, they called me WINGS.
I would take this video down and make sure you check your edits! I assume this is to sell your town on the idea of a tiller. You can see that you moved the pickup truck up before you went into a overhead view with the drone. Look at the sign in both views. Also the driver of the single axle stick should be removed if he cant make that turn in the parking lot, you can tell he was not fully turning the wheel!
I mean for the both trucks in the overhead shot the Pickup was in the same spot so it might be just a perspective
It’s two different shots but they used both rigs in both shots and the pickup truck is in the same position for both trucks.
Very effective video . $ 2 million for a ' Farn Gin " ; who'da thunk it ? Not to be a killjoy , but how have Boston and Chicago got by for all these years without TDA's ? Stay safe .
Not since the early 80's , same for Beantown . It's a quarter million difference between a rearmount and a tiller . That's two firefighter's salaries & bennies in a paid/ career dept . and about 2-3 years of bingo proceeds in a volunteer outfit . Sometimes you have to give the taxpayers a break . @MoparGuy1625
Last ones went o/s in the late 1980's .@MoparGuy1625
It is 2023, there are all steerable wheels commercial platforms available. No need for tillers anymore
Just about all major cities and a large number of suburbs used tillers throughout history.
One of the big reasons for these areas moving away from them were the large number of accidents involving their use ((apparatus OOS, insurance claims, delay of response).
The other of course is cost. Chicago and Boston were almost exclusive to Emergency One apparatus, which for many years were a fairly cheap manufacturer to purchase from. They offer “underslung” outrigger systems which worked well for many tight streets as well as a 110’ aerial on a short single axle wheelbase.
There are still plenty of major urban, tight cities that use tillers. Philadelphia and DC are predominantly tillers.
New York still operates a large number. LA, LA County, San Francisco, Seattle. The tiller is dominates the west coast.
The rear steer technology has been around for many years and was tried in fire apparatus, particularly with tandem axle aerials.
There was very limited success.