Athlon64~SPARTA~ Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 (edited) Well inspection time, and tower 9 has some issues, the boom had to be cleaned and lubed, here it is extended out in the shop, thats 95 feet long, has 3 fly sections Edited July 24, 2016 by Athlon64~SPARTA~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athlon64~SPARTA~ Posted July 24, 2016 Author Share Posted July 24, 2016 (edited) more of tower 9 We have 10 tower trucks Edited July 24, 2016 by Athlon64~SPARTA~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athlon64~SPARTA~ Posted July 24, 2016 Author Share Posted July 24, 2016 There is a problem with one of the outrigger cycinder leaking seals, it has to be removed sent out for rebuild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athlon64~SPARTA~ Posted July 24, 2016 Author Share Posted July 24, 2016 Heres one of the older towers that got in a crash, ouch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athlon64~SPARTA~ Posted July 24, 2016 Author Share Posted July 24, 2016 Something you don't see everyday, 2 towers back to back, one old, one new, crew is swapping equipment out from one to the outher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athlon64~SPARTA~ Posted July 24, 2016 Author Share Posted July 24, 2016 i used to work on these Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athlon64~SPARTA~ Posted July 24, 2016 Author Share Posted July 24, 2016 (edited) The best built in the world  Edited July 29, 2017 by Athlon64~SPARTA~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halli~SPARTA~ Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Wreck a big truck like that is Costly. Â That's every little kids dream to be around all the heavy fire apparatus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athlon64~SPARTA~ Posted July 24, 2016 Author Share Posted July 24, 2016 (edited) Shes an old tower and will be auctioned off Took me 6 hours to lube tower 9, fun. Thanks for the help on posting pics Halli. Got to pull that outrigger cyclinder Monday, I will use to 50 ton overhead motorized crain in the shop. Shes leaking allright, you can see the oil spot on the skid at bottom. Our Heavy Rescue New Engine 15 New Brush truck we got Edited July 24, 2016 by Athlon64~SPARTA~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athlon64~SPARTA~ Posted July 24, 2016 Author Share Posted July 24, 2016 We got 10 new trucks this year. more on the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zathrus~SPARTA~ Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 (edited) fire trucks are pretty cool. I enjoyed big trucks while I worked at Mack Trucks While I was at the Winnsboro SC plant (before they closed it) they found an old mack fire truck rotting in a field next to town... but the chassis itself was still fairly solid... which is not surprising since the frames on these large trucks were very heavy... especially ones meant to carry water or logs. Â So a bunch of the people who worked at the plant got permission to retrieve it, and Mack supplied them with a work stall and all the parts/materials they needed to restore it. But manhours had to be volunteer.... although they did let quite a bit get done during normal shift hours..... It was one of these below but this is not the one they restored, but almost identical to the one below. I think this is a late 1930's but I do not remember for sure. Â The big logging rigs we built while I was at Mack were triple "C" frames "swedgelocked" (same fastener used to mount the wings to a Boeing 747) together creating a very heavy thick frame. Typically a big logging Tractor with a sleeper also had multi axle drive.. essentially big 4x4's except you had 2 axles driving 8 wheels in the rear plus the front axles driving. Some of these big logger tractors weighed in at close to 17,000 pounds (7,711 Kg). Â But they were hauling enormous loads of very large trees out of the back country of the northwest with these trucks in most orders I saw. While I was surprised these things did not just sink and get stuck forever out in that back country, apparently these things would just crawl just about anywhere as long as the mud was less than 1.3 feet deep. In addition, due to the size of loads of tree trunks they were hauling you had to have significant mass to be able to control that load especially on a dirt road. Â But I have always admired those big airport fire fighting trucks.... they are actually more like large fire fighting tanks... since the fire fighters can remain in the truck if necessary until their foam cannon suppresses the flames. Â I am sure Athlon can find us some youtube videos of big airport firefighting rigs in action... some of them are huge. Edited July 25, 2016 by Zathrus~SPARTA~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GySgt~SPARTA~ Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Nice Athlon64 good to see you back at doing what you love to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zathrus~SPARTA~ Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 BTW Athlon, who is making most of these big fire trucks in today's world? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athlon64~SPARTA~ Posted July 25, 2016 Author Share Posted July 25, 2016 (edited) Well theres several mfgers today. Pierce, Oskosh, Suthpen, E-one, Spartan, Saulsbury, Panther, Farria, kme. Probley a few more, but those are the most popular. Ya you see a lot of old mack fire trucks still running, used to be the Boardman Co made mack pumpers. Edited July 25, 2016 by Athlon64~SPARTA~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athlon64~SPARTA~ Posted July 30, 2016 Author Share Posted July 30, 2016 Our new Heavy Rescue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athlon64~SPARTA~ Posted July 30, 2016 Author Share Posted July 30, 2016 And old Tower 1 is a 110 ft tower Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zathrus~SPARTA~ Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 Big rigs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athlon64~SPARTA~ Posted August 5, 2016 Author Share Posted August 5, 2016 (edited) Tower 1 is a 110 ft magnum has 4 front outriggers 2 rear due to its hight has to have 4 front for stablisation due to the extream hight of it. And has a 4" waterway that teloscopes out with the boom and can flow 500 gpm from the platform 3 man bucket, with 2- 21/2" nozzles and has cool spray nozzle to keep bottom of bucket cool wile at a big fire. Â Has compressed breathing air and plug ins in the bucket for o2 supplied breathing masks, and 6 man cab It is one big mutha Edited August 5, 2016 by Athlon64~SPARTA~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athlon64~SPARTA~ Posted August 13, 2016 Author Share Posted August 13, 2016 (edited) Here is a pic of the platform, holds up to 3 firemen and the large tubes on the sides are the waterway and have large spray nozzles on the sides of the bucket    Tower 1 in the air 110 ft up Edited August 13, 2016 by Athlon64~SPARTA~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
custard~SPARTA~ Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 Did you replace the whole aluminium box or just the floor part? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athlon64~SPARTA~ Posted August 13, 2016 Author Share Posted August 13, 2016 Just the floor plate, but on some of the old trucks we have had to replace the waterway tube, or fork that the bucket attaches to and on one the bucket it self. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athlon64~SPARTA~ Posted August 27, 2016 Author Share Posted August 27, 2016 (edited) New Tower 7 arrived and we took delevery on this brand new tower This one has a different bucket attachment system, the waterway is seperate from the fork that holds the bucket, you can see the smooth bore nozzles on eather side of the bucket pointing down,(Dark color tubes) can unscrew the tips off of the nozzle to change the nozzle size for the amount of flow that is wanted up to 2,000 gpm Edited September 3, 2016 by Athlon64~SPARTA~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athlon64~SPARTA~ Posted August 27, 2016 Author Share Posted August 27, 2016 The cummins engine The tower controls at the base Looking down the tower from the base area Looking in the cab from a left rear crew area Setting in the drivers seat at the dash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athlon64~SPARTA~ Posted August 27, 2016 Author Share Posted August 27, 2016 She cost 1.5 million nice truck The pump controls The pump panel, she has a 1250 gpm hale fire pump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athlon64~SPARTA~ Posted August 27, 2016 Author Share Posted August 27, 2016 Wheelen L,E,D strobe lights keep getting crazer every year, here is a close up of one in rear, it a combo light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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