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Volvo FL10/SK Fire Watertender Brunei WRL
This Volvo FL10/SK Fire Water Tender Ladder (WRL) is stationed at B command Belait Fire Station.This is the commonly used WRL in Brunei fire and rescue department. The 1990s WRL are build on Dennis and have their bodywork same like this Volvo FL10. Some Volvo FL10 WRL had different bodyworks style (picture#1951). The latest WRL is build by SK fire on 2axle Mercedes Atego 4x4
Callsign:WRL1.
Crew:6(plus driver).
Lockers:4.
Reg.No:BG3487.
Date commissioned:1998
This Volvo FL10/SK Fire Water Tender Ladder (WRL) is stationed at B command Belait Fire Station.This is the commonly used WRL in Brunei fire and rescue department. The 1990s WRL are build on Dennis and have their bodywork same like this Volvo FL10. Some Volvo FL10 WRL had different bodyworks style (picture#1951). The latest WRL is build by SK fire on 2axle Mercedes Atego 4x4
Callsign:WRL1.
Crew:6(plus driver).
Lockers:4.
Reg.No:BG3487.
Date commissioned:1998
What do the two Y-shaped structures on the roof do?
The use of an extra pair of front doors for the crew cab presumably saved some cost, but it does look odd, as if there is a second axle which is missing its wheels.
Added by Rob Johnson on 21 August 2013.
The use of an extra pair of front doors for the crew cab presumably saved some cost, but it does look odd, as if there is a second axle which is missing its wheels.
Added by Rob Johnson on 21 August 2013.
THere were Volvo FL6's running in brigades in the UK with the 'double cab' set up - Northumberland and Strathclyde to name two - in my opinion this set up looks far better than the 'box on the back' adopted by some bodybuilders - take a look at the early Grampian Scanias or the even earlier Gloucestershire Fords as an example of body building on the cheap !
As for the Y shaped structures - I would guess they are a clamp to hinge down on the gantry once the ladder is stowed - perhaps because of rough ground conditions ?
Added by Rick Loudon on 22 August 2013.
As for the Y shaped structures - I would guess they are a clamp to hinge down on the gantry once the ladder is stowed - perhaps because of rough ground conditions ?
Added by Rick Loudon on 22 August 2013.
The Y shaped thingy is the main ladder holder/lock as our FF here are still allowed to climb on the deck. I also agree that the Volvo FL cab looks odd when it is build like that.
Added by Bomba Boy on 22 August 2013.
Added by Bomba Boy on 22 August 2013.
I actually sold the Gloucestershire D series, and I do agree they looked pretty awful. To give some credit to HCB Angus, however, this was the first time they had built a fire appliance on a chassis with a tilt cab, and there were some budget constraints too!
As I worked for Ford, I had no say regarding the bodybuilder, but some later D series, such as those supplied to Lancs, were quite elegantly done. At least the Gloucs Fords had a very spacious cab with a wide crew seat and excellent head room. Eleven of us took one of the first ones out for a shakedown run, and it had standing room just like a bus!
Added by Rob Johnson on 22 August 2013.
As I worked for Ford, I had no say regarding the bodybuilder, but some later D series, such as those supplied to Lancs, were quite elegantly done. At least the Gloucs Fords had a very spacious cab with a wide crew seat and excellent head room. Eleven of us took one of the first ones out for a shakedown run, and it had standing room just like a bus!
Added by Rob Johnson on 22 August 2013.
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Added by Bomba Boy on 23 June 2008.