Fire Engines Photos

Hi Chad, many thanks for sharing these photos with us. Could you tell me what are the yellow cylinders on the booms, are they for breathing apparatus ?. Also are the Bronto Skylifts built in the USA or imported. Thanks again.

Added by Paul Warnock on 30 December 2009.

Paul,
Those are breathing air cylinders on the boom near the turntable. This is a common configuration in the USA. There are usually 2 air fittings mounted onto the bucket somewhere that the FF can hook into. As far as where it is built, I think the boom parts are imported from Bronto to E-One and assembled onto the chassis in Ocala.

Added by Fireman4501 on 31 December 2009.

Hi Fireman. Many thanks for the information. I thought It may be for BA. Its a good idea, we in the UK would have to wear a normal BA set on our back which restricts the amount of time you can spend elevated, its not a big job to lower the cage and change a cylinder and them return but its time wasted. Thanks again and look forward to your photos for 2010. Best wishes. Paul.

Added by Paul Warnock on 01 January 2010.

Well... that is my truck (I am assigned as the operator for that truck). What do you want to know about it?

Added by Snuff on 28 January 2010.

Howdy Snuff! Do you know my boy Bobby D.? He works for the McCity.
I'm curious how the general performance of the truck is. ATL had a Bronto many years ago (Firebird 150) and it didn't do too well. Are they as good as Amer. made?

Added by Fireman4501 on 29 January 2010.

Yes, I know Dubbs. The aerial is great. Made in Finland, then put on a chassis by E-one, and the rest of the truck is built around it. We had issues with the transfer case, but they seem to finally be worked out. We also recently broke 2 front leaf springs, but I'm not going to blame that one on E-One. The aerial portion of the truck is absolutely bullet proof though. The problems that we have had were with the truck itself. Except for those 2 problems I already mentioned, the rest have been pretty minor problems that all trucks seem to have. There's a pretty cool video on YouTube that E-One made as a sales video that highlights the characteristics of the truck. Let me know if you have any other questions.

Added by Snuff on 29 January 2010.

Hi Snuff!Bronto is a part of the E-one company. The former name of Bronto was Numela. When I was a part-time firefighter, we had a 100 feet Numela ladder on a Volvo chassi! That was in late 70-s and early 80-s!

Anders F.Sweden.

Added by Anders Fallström on 12 July 2014.

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