NOT THE TRUCK - watch this space

[THE RANGER]

UPDATE, we have decided to go for a 14,with 3 seats, this will help with response time should reduce it by 2-3 min, it also carries around 1600lts, 80% of the 24.  Also taking a 34 out everytime to cut a tree up is a bit of a overkill.

Please note this was not all just about the truck, but also keeping the membership up.

[Darren]

So will this be a new build 14, assuming it will be a single cab like Booleroo 14 ?

[THE RANGER]

Thats the one, with a couple of minor mods, if we can get them :wink: :wink:

[Sarge]

Third - Every group should have a tanker for a quick response, I feel sure your group has.

Agreed and we're still waiting for one.

[bajdas]

14:04:00 19-05-10 RHF 34 OUT OF ACTION DUE TO MECHANICAL FAULT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. FROM <name> CFS Range/Hope Forest Info

Oh well, they are a single truck station for awhile now

[Alex]

Whats the latest Ranger? Heard rumor your not getting anything new anymore?

[Darren]

Probably got sucked into agreeing to it then oh well your not getting anything else now but we got your 24 off of you.

[Alex]

Have to change that, i think they got there 34 [only a few years old] replaced with a brand spanker... but no additional appliances?

[Darren]

Yeah they got the new 34 but the 24 is now the region spare.

[crashndash]

so they average a slice over 13 calls a year....and they have a truck thats a couple of years old replaced with a brand spanker..... do you have a picture of someone in charge with a goat?

What an extraordinarily poor allocation of assets

[Darren]

There seems to be a lot of wheeling and dealing lately to get people to agree to various things or to "boost" morale.

I don't understand it either.

[Pipster]

The new 34 was to replace a 34 which was part of a batch with a weight distribution issues, which is then fixed, and sent to other brigades, generally outside of hilly areas

I think that the bulk of that batch (which came into service 2004 -05 ish) have now been replaced....  so don't bag the brigade too much for getting a new truck this month!

Pip

[Alan (Big Al)]

pip i dont think the one they had had any weight problems as our old one was from the same batch and never had any weight problems with it, just that the chassis mounts kept cracking

[Darren]

Thats right Al, that batch never had any weight issues, ours was the same one and never had a problem, it was the first batch of 2004 Isuzu's with the reels under the tray that were the problem....sorry Pip, no arguement there. They just got lucky.

[THE RANGER]

Thanks for your support :-P

so they average a slice over 13 calls a year....and they have a truck thats a couple of years old replaced with a brand spanker..... do you have a picture of someone in charge with a goat?

What an extraordinarily poor allocation of assets

UPDATE: First we never asked for a new 34, I was told it was a part of a replacment program, in addition a safty upgrade (halo bar, air etc).

Second, we haven't had our 24 for 5 weeks, its doing group duty repacment thing, so I hear.

Third our new 34 is out of service (tail shaft fault)

The result was RHF is off line.

PS. who ever gets our old 34, apart from the water level sensor, its a good truck :-D.

Alex, unless R1, has gone back on our agreement, yes we will still be geting a 14.

[Alan (Big Al)]

Haha the water level sensor on our last 34 was about the only thing on the truck that didnt fail

[6739264]

Ugh, CFS Appliance replacement "policy" makes my brain hurt.

[Darren]

Hang on, what does the new truck have that the old one didn't, our old 34 had in cab breathing, a HALO etc.

Like numbers said, it makes my brain hurt.

[crashndash]

wow....so a new truck so u could just have some fancy windscreen washers and a bunch of Halloween masks......plenty of brigades doing 10 times your calls would love that.

As Numbers says.....makes your brain hurt wondering why

[THE RANGER]

Again we didnt ask for the new 34, As for your comment....

wow....so a new truck so u could just have some fancy windscreen washers and a bunch of Halloween masks......plenty of brigades doing 10 times your calls would love that.

As Numbers says.....makes your brain hurt wondering why

I am sure my fellow fire fighters that have been in a burn over would refer to these added safty measures differently.  :-o

[Hazmat206]

i heard rumours that salisburys 34 is being handed over to owen??

[Darren]

Yeah it is, not sure why it hasn't happened yet really, there is a LOT of trucks sitting at Angle Park waiting to be sent out to brigades.

[Darren]

Again we didnt ask for the new 34, As for your comment....

wow....so a new truck so u could just have some fancy windscreen washers and a bunch of Halloween masks......plenty of brigades doing 10 times your calls would love that.

As Numbers says.....makes your brain hurt wondering why

I am sure my fellow fire fighters that have been in a burn over would refer to these added safty measures differently.  :-o

I don't think anyone is having a go at you guys just the way things are done once the list leaves I&L, they just make a list oh who needs new trucks and it goes from there. Regions decide who gets what...I think we are just trying to work out what you get thats different to the last truck and how they came to the conclusion that you guys should get a new truck and yours would be moved on to a "brigade that does less calls".

[Bagyassfirey]

while on new appliances at angle park anyone know anything about next batch QRV'S ?

[Zippy]

Still in the Tonka warehouse.