This has the early type of cage, which was transported hung under the main ladder section, and attached to the ladder head manually before being brought into use. They were initially only used for prolonged interventions. A later innovation was to hang the cage on the side of the turret, which meant it could be deployed more rapidly, and then it became standard practice to attach the cage permanently to the head of the ladder, with a folding mechanism for travel.
Metz and Magirus were - and still are - constantly competing with each other to introduce innovations, so the adoption of ladder cages was quite rapid in Germany, although they were initially a lot less common in most other countries.
Metz and Magirus were - and still are - constantly competing with each other to introduce innovations, so the adoption of ladder cages was quite rapid in Germany, although they were initially a lot less common in most other countries.
Added by Rob Johnson on 21 March 2021.