4/23/21. NEW SEAGRAVE TOWER LADDERS

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As of 02/02/23 here is a current list of new
2020 ....2021....2022....2023. F.D.N.Y.
TOWER LADDERS THAT HAVE EITHER BEEN PLACED INTO SERVICE OR AWAITING FINAL INSPECTION BY THE FDNY SHOPS MECHANICS


REG# UNIT ASSIGNED

ST 20001. CTS. ROCK
ST 20002. TL. 046
ST 20003. TL. 138
ST 20004. TL. 124
ST 20005. TL. 142
ST 20006. TL. 022
ST 20007. TL. 050
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ST 21001. TL. 023
ST 21002. TL. 015
ST 21003. TL. 077
ST 21004. TL. 162
ST 21005. TL. 153
ST 21006. TL. 076
ST 21007. TL. 031
ST 21008. TL. 146
ST 21009. TL. 041
ST 21010N. TL. 021
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ST 22001N. TL. 163
ST 22002N. TL. 035
ST 22003. TL. 135
ST 22004. TL. 013
ST 22005. TL. 159

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** N ** 95 '
Doug, how many 75' and 95' tower ladders are on order for 2023? Thank You!
 
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I'm sure this has been asked and answered before, but has FDNY or their manufacturers ever dabbled with rear wheel steering on their longer wheelbase rigs to help with making tight turns? Some of the 95ft towers could definitely benefit from it just getting into and out of quarters, let alone navigating the ever-narrowing streets.

The need for a pair of dual axles on the rear of these rigs more than precludes the viability of rear wheel steering, just wondering if it was ever trialed.
 
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I'm sure this has been asked and answered before, but has FDNY or their manufacturers ever dabbled with rear wheel steering on their longer wheelbase rigs to help with making tight turns? Some of the 95ft towers could definitely benefit from it just getting into and out of quarters, let alone navigating the ever-narrowing streets.

The need for a pair of dual axles on the rear of these rigs more than precludes the viability of rear wheel steering, just wondering if it was ever trialed.
The Pierce All Steer never was in big demand. Now Pierce restricts who the sell all steers to - I believe only to customers that own one already. I know of a department that had two and eventually just locked down the rear axle to no longer use all steer. There appears to be quite a few problems with these and very high maintenance and I am told accelerated tire wear.
 
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Didn’t FDNY have rear-steering on the first Seagrave rear mount they acquired? And didn’t they disable the rear-steering after a while?
 
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The first Seagrave RMs in the 1970 FDNY did not have any rear steering action.....a few yrs later some had a 10% rear steering advantage ....I think LAD*47 had the first enabled one ?....on the first 1970s you could fool with the front steering stops to better the turning radius but this was frowned on by the Shops of course.
 
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