The old girl was certainly showing her age in her twilight years, I think mechanical failure sidelined her more often than not. But that means CBD got to see the Spartan Charger, which I think is equally cool
The Spartan is a beautiful truck. It really is. Fantastic strobe light setup. However, IMHO it was better when it had the original white lights at the front, both strobe and bulb. It really stood out from everything else. I can remember driving down Queen St (the main street in Auckland) in Remuera 211 (a normal pump truck) and seeing the white lights/strobes of the Spartan coming up from the bottom. Man it looked great! When they changed the lights to red I didn't noticed it as much. Such shame. It's still quite old school inside. As one SFF once told me, it's like a B52 on the inside...and it is. However, the Spartan is a TTL, not a HEP. Big difference on the fire ground.. Both important, but each having an advantage over the other in certain situations.
Question? I have seen some scope operators that jack down until the jacks and outriggers are fully extended, and some that just take the bulge out of the tires. Any particular reason for the differences or is it just a difference in training
Answer: If the scope was going to be set up on a slope then only the bulges were taken out of the tires. By doing this the tires provide some fiction to stop the truck from sliding. When jacking on level ground it could be either, as long as the weight was off the springs. Some operators lift so they can see air between the tires and the road, some don't. Makes no difference with the scope.
You guys need to do what ever repairs repaint and refurbishment to keep that cool and beautiful looking truck in service and for the most point on the front line or a reserve spare unit rig. Tony j. USA.
I remember spending Xmas day at the city station when we were kids and going up on that for rides
This beauty now lives at MOTAT.
Miss the Old Mack!
Love a Scope!
Great to see the old girl still going strong.
BRING BACK DA MACK
Mack wrote the book on trucks; WW1, WW2, fire trucks, dump trucks, buses and even locomotives!
Wow. A New Zealand fire department using an American truck?
An old Mack some other Auckland uses a second Us Truck was Spartan.
The old girl was certainly showing her age in her twilight years, I think mechanical failure sidelined her more often than not. But that means CBD got to see the Spartan Charger, which I think is equally cool
The Spartan is a beautiful truck. It really is. Fantastic strobe light setup. However, IMHO it was better when it had the original white lights at the front, both strobe and bulb. It really stood out from everything else. I can remember driving down Queen St (the main street in Auckland) in Remuera 211 (a normal pump truck) and seeing the white lights/strobes of the Spartan coming up from the bottom. Man it looked great! When they changed the lights to red I didn't noticed it as much. Such shame. It's still quite old school inside. As one SFF once told me, it's like a B52 on the inside...and it is. However, the Spartan is a TTL, not a HEP. Big difference on the fire ground.. Both important, but each having an advantage over the other in certain situations.
Question? I have seen some scope operators that jack down until the jacks and outriggers are fully extended, and some that just take the bulge out of the tires. Any particular reason for the differences or is it just a difference in training
Answer: If the scope was going to be set up on a slope then only the bulges were taken out of the tires. By doing this the tires provide some fiction to stop the truck from sliding. When jacking on level ground it could be either, as long as the weight was off the springs. Some operators lift so they can see air between the tires and the road, some don't. Makes no difference with the scope.
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You guys need to do what ever repairs repaint and refurbishment to keep that cool and beautiful looking truck in service and for the most point on the front line or a reserve spare unit rig. Tony j. USA.
It's in a museum now
Y’all need the federal Q siren !
Never Make it In FDNY one FF the Driver/Engineer does all this and faster and PS you are meant to lift the Truck off its Wheels Training Officer issue