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Any idea when the ladder set was changed, it was originally fitted with a Type A ladder, ie round tubular trussing.

Added by Avonmouth on 12 August 2013.

The Ladder was changed during late 1981, Devon Fire Brigade commissioned G & T Fire Control in Kent to undertake the work and the A type Merryweather Ladders were fitted from this on to a brand new Shelvoke Chassis which again was to be put operational again in Plymouth. The intention was to scrap the remaining chassis of VJY 44 but fate intervened and G & T decided to recondition this appliance at which point it was upgraded with a set of fully reconditioned type B ladders. These ladders were removed from an accident write off. VJY 44 then spent the remainder of its days deputising for brigades when their own ariel appliances were being reconditioned up and down the country.

Added by BOB CARVER on 04 March 2019.

VJY's original ladders ended up on this one



Added by Petros on 18 November 2022.

I believe quite a few new Shelvoke long wheelbase heavy duty chassis were used to remount several old Merryweather ladders which were removed from older original chassis, but I am not sure about how many were fitted with brand new ladders….

Ed: it was a mixture. The chassis was used quite a lot for new Metz and Magirus ladders and several are on this site, e.g Cambridge. I am not aware of any new Merryweather ladders being put on S&D if that is what you mean.

Added by Rob Johnson on 18 November 2022.

Thanks, your thoughts confirm what I believed.

Added by Rob Johnson on 21 November 2022.

VJY was on loan to Northern Ireland while 383 TZ and 8100 GZ were being re-chassied.

Added by Martin Baumann on 01 May 2025.

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