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Wonderful old lady. How many of the Dennis DFD135/Simon SCA160's are left in service?
Added by Andy Middleton on 18 December 2009.
Added by Andy Middleton on 18 December 2009.
The F2 was a postwar hangover from the Braidwood open body design that went back to Dennis' first centrifugal pump appliance, which was delivered in 1908!
In 1949 you could also buy an F7 from Dennis, which was a forward control fully enclosed mid-mount pump, and the forerunner of the slightly later and almost ubiquitous F12.
Amazing that any fire service actually still purchased any F2s!
Presumably, it was because Dennis could just not keep up with demand for their much more modern product.
Added by Rob Johnson on 12 February 2017.
In 1949 you could also buy an F7 from Dennis, which was a forward control fully enclosed mid-mount pump, and the forerunner of the slightly later and almost ubiquitous F12.
Amazing that any fire service actually still purchased any F2s!
Presumably, it was because Dennis could just not keep up with demand for their much more modern product.
Added by Rob Johnson on 12 February 2017.
Barrie - were they being acquired by institutes for the visually impaired? Or the mentally deficient?
Added by Rob Johnson on 25 May 2018.
Added by Rob Johnson on 25 May 2018.
Thanks Barrie:
I guess they must have thought that Firemaster Braidwood knew best, and that no progress had been made since he invented the ride-on fire appliance in the 1840s.
Given both countries' wet climates, I should have thought they would have been keen on buying enclosed appliances, but that seems too obvious.
In my nasty suspicious commercial mind, I can't help thinking perhaps Dennis had some F2 parts left in inventory, and may have been only too keen to build these last units to clear the decks of these obsolete items. They did after all continue
building F12s for something like two years after the F 20 series were introduced.
Added by Rob Johnson on 31 May 2018.
I guess they must have thought that Firemaster Braidwood knew best, and that no progress had been made since he invented the ride-on fire appliance in the 1840s.
Given both countries' wet climates, I should have thought they would have been keen on buying enclosed appliances, but that seems too obvious.
In my nasty suspicious commercial mind, I can't help thinking perhaps Dennis had some F2 parts left in inventory, and may have been only too keen to build these last units to clear the decks of these obsolete items. They did after all continue
building F12s for something like two years after the F 20 series were introduced.
Added by Rob Johnson on 31 May 2018.
Dennis
Added by Bomba Boy on 12 June 2007.