Fire Engines Photos

the light hose real is at a good hight to been pulled out but i bet health and safty moan bout it. otherwise nice bit of kit.

Added by Tom on 16 May 2010.

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Have to say Andy, these have had issues with gantries too, thank god 135 not used much. Crews dont seem to chuffed with the gearboxes either

Added by Gary Simpson on 17 November 2012.

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Powered ladder gantries were first used in the Netherlands around twenty years ago, and also carried the suction hoses, which are frequently used there because of the accessibility of open water sources.

They are now universal there, and very common in many other European countries. Many carry a variety of ladders up to 14 meters, suctions and other long items such as pike poles. Powered by electricity, hydraulics or compressed air, they have redundant power supplies and are technically very reliable.

They also encourage firefighters to make full use of any kit carried on the roof, because getting items off - and putting them back - is a breeze.

All I can think of is that if the original bodybuilder was unable to complete these units they may have cut corners, or tried to "reinvent the wheel" instead of buying an existing proven design.

There is certainly no reason to believe these designs are inherently troublesome. Perhaps they should have called Lentner, Rosenbauer or Ziegler...

Added by Rob Johnson on 23 January 2019.

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