Sony Sugar Kenya ScaniaAmdac Carmichael in the UK have supplied this high specification Scania CP28 4x4 fire-tender to Sony Sugar in Kenya.
The tender features a 380hp diesel engine; a manual gearbox plus a 6 man crew cab. The fire engineering includes a Godiva P2A+3010 multi pressure pump with 4 x rear mounted deliveries; 2 x 50m HP hose reels; a 6000/500ltr GRP water foam tank; a 2200 lpm Alco roof mounted monitor; under body nozzles and a 150kg ABC dry powder system. The tender also has a lightmast; a 6kVA 230v generator; a GP10/10 portable pump; a 13.5 metre triple extention ladder; a short 3 metre ladder stowed below the body; a rear mounted 24v winch plus a full complement of loose equipment.
Picture added on 16 November 2012 at 18:10
But, in these days of remote controlled monitors, I think the manual control installation is a bit anachronistic, unless the levers are just a "fail safe" precaution...
Added by Rob Johnson on 30 September 2017.