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Excellent  can't wait to see this Quint as well 

Rochelle Park probably be a 2018 delivery, KME been abit delayed with orders the past few months. Saddle River probably be next month delivery, there rescue is in town just not in service( The Demo from Wildwood). Ramsey ordered a Rosenbauer 88'ft Mid-Mount Platform for delivery in 2018.

I take it Edgewater's pumper's delayed too Wow the county's going to lose a legend of a scope when that Ramsey mid mount comes in (sigh)

Cairo,NY(Greene County) will be taking delivery sometime this week of their new 2016 International/ Rosenbauer 750/3000 Tanker! 
 
Photo courtesy of Garrison Fire and Rescue, Palenville, NY

Here's SSU1 20012 Ford F550 crew cab  Cliffside body This unit is assigned to co#4 & is used as a support piece Speedi dri calls Units also carries water pumps & hose for. Pump outs

Worked very well for us 2010 Arrow XT PUC when it was in service

Yes mothballed for now , I put 3 years into the design of this engine .
 
 

Union Vale FD in Dutchess County has gotten a new Spartan/Marion engine. http://www.marionbody.com/recentdeliveries-fe/unionvalefiredist-unionvale-ny-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0
 
In addition, the Mystic FD in Groton/Stonington, CT has also gotten a new Spartan/Marion engine. http://www.marionbody.com/recentdeliveries-fe/mysticfiredept-mystic-ct-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0

Indeed a beast!!!!

Glens Towing of Elmsford just took delivery recently of this beast of a wrecker that can tow anything. Hope to get a connection some more photos of the working end soon. Glen's is located in Elmsford, NY and specializes in hauling large equipment. They recently began covering I-287 as the authorized provider of heavy wrecker services. (This truck's NYSTA radio identifier is 511-4)
 
Some of the specs include:
2008 Kenworth T800 Chassis
2016 B & B Industries Custom Wrecker
5 Axles
50 Ton, Integrated 3 Stage Boom
50,000 pound wheel lift
Can handle 80 Tons
Has the boom tubes of a 70-ton rotator (highly unique)
Side Jack Legs
 
Only two wreckers like this exist. Both of them belong to Glens Towing.
 
I'd never heard of B&B Industries Wreckers before, but after looking through some of their builds, it is truly an amazing company that will build exactly what you want.
Here's their website if you want to take a look at some: http://www.billbottoms.com/ 
 

That's going to be some impressive KME pumper tanker Ed's work will put it over the top

There were photos of the work in progress on Pal Park's rig posted on Ed's Facebook "fan page".  It looks great!   Can't wait to see it all finished.   Hardyston Township's new Rosenbauer is coming in not lettered.   Wonder if that's Ed's next blank canvas (once he finishes Upper Saddle River, that is)?  

He sure is Love his work 

 
Ed is the best

I  heard though the grapevine that the palisades park XT  Quint is still having finishing touches with gold leaf & murals by master detailer Ed May Hopefully they'll be having a wetdown for this impressive looking Quint 

@x152 how/when will the pump be deployed? I know since the PUC came out it's allowed some very unique setups of rescues, engines, etc.

 
No, KME did not win a bid for a rescue truck in Stamford.
 
 
 

Long Island "Mega Show" is this weekend.
 
Suffolk County Community College - Brentwood Campus Field House
 
Saturday Feb 18 10A-4P
Sunday Feb 19 10A-4P
 
Flyer:
 
megashow.pdf

Update again 2015 KME tower waiting for tow after it broke down again in the travel park that I winter in

Brother , how they working out in Stamford ?

Horry County getting ready to take KME to court for the crap they sold them lest year . Engines and tower ladders o/s more then in  and no end in site . Trucks out of service for weeks at a time and a few parked for the time that they got here .  This is my winter home and Sta #7 is right out my door . The firefighters are very unhappy with this order because they waited a long time to get good front line rigs. It aired yesterday
 
http://wbtw.com/2017/01/19/mechanical-issues-force-2m-worth-of-hcfr-fire-trucks-off-the-street/
 

Here is a story about how things are going with the KMEs in Stamford. However, this article states HMEs.
 
www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/Firefighters-concerned-about-fleet-4433913.php

 
Okay, thank you. I wasn't sure.

 
Willy, this is an older story and was pre-KME. 

 
By all accounts, KME could be an excellent company. They have plenty of talented workers, who have the ability to produce a product that could rival any of the other more reputable manufacturers.
 
KME has suffered from years of mismanagement by a ruling family that had failed to invest in their people or infrastructure. Many of their senior managers were relatives or buddies and did not possess the ability to follow the industry trends. 
 
The REV group may have temporarily saved the company from financial ruin and has removed many of the management problems, but the company has a big hill to climb in being retrained and retooled to compete with the likes of other products. 
 
Without knowing the specifics, the Horry County story is probably the results of the old mentality toward the product. The new owner has big plans and made big promises. Only time will tell if they can deliver on those promises.
 
I for one, would be very reluctant to recommend their product until the product and culture improves.