I think you'll find Alan that there are more of these appliances in England than anywhere else as they are a British firm (Dennis) who manufacture them. They export quite a few these days and have supplied them as far away as Hong Kong.
Dennis no longer make the Rapier, they now only make the Dagger & Sabre. The Sabre is bigger than a Rapier and the Dagger is about the same size as a Rapier. The Dagger hasn't really caught on as the Rapier did.
There are only two with the XL cab over here (de) but they are lovely to see they do not look like modified trucks but purpose built fire appliances, beautiful.
Added by Alan Ramsay on 05 March 2006.