In our town our trucks are on a replacement schedule by how many years we have had them. Some people have older trucks but back then the chrome was better........
On thing to keep in mind is the apparatus, they sit with water in them all the time, in 1964 they didn't have poly tanks so ther is a good chance it could fail at any given time. Our tanker which is a 1991 has a poly tank but this summer the valve manifold rotted out and fell apart. Luckily this happened while we where washing out barns for the local fair and not on the fire ground. Also it comes down to are parts still available for the apparatus which in a throw away world is becoming harder.
We replaced our 72 pumper a few years back with a new one that seats 5 people, in a time when people don't volenteers for much any more it works out better to have a whole crew first on scene so you can safely and effectively start to fight a fire. By NFPa standards you have to have an operator, 2 man entry team and a 2 man team at the door if things go bad to help retrieve the first team. So we replace on a schedule so the fire association can budget for it and we can give our district the protection everyone deserves.
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Today's Featured Article - Hydraulics - Cylinder Anatomy - by Curtis von Fange. Let’s make one more addition to our series on hydraulics. I’ve noticed a few questions in the comment section that could pertain to hydraulic cylinders so I thought we could take a short look at this real workhorse of the circuit. Cylinders are the reason for the hydraulic circuit. They take the fluid power delivered from the pump and magically change it into mechanical power. There are many types of cylinders that one might run across on a farm scenario. Each one could take a chapter in
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