Fire Engines Photos

hi thank you for the Scania with the high reach turntable ladder on board it bring back a lot of memory as it was used at cowcaddens at the point of photo being taking the was alpha 1 at that point before it went to tango oscar 01 in 2000 after all area comanand center went localy witnin the brigade

Added by Roy.paton on 11 July 2008.

I drove and operated this fab appliance at b7 parkhead for about 7 yrs. Many good memories ......and a good few rescues and fires attended with it. Sad to see it go .

Added by ALAN YOUNG on 14 January 2009.

What was the reach of this Aerial ?

I can make out 4 ladder sections - surely, it can't be 93 Metres (305 feet) as in the caption.....nearer 30 Metres(@ 100 feet); perhaps ?

Would love to hear more about this interesting rig.

Regards, from Canada,
Pat_R-B



Added by Pat Rivers-Bowerman on 15 January 2009.

Pat, the 93M refers to the scania chassis upon which the ladders are mounted, the actual appliace is a Scania 93M-250/Angloco/Metz DLK30, which indicates it has a 30m reach.

Added by Jake Reever on 15 January 2009.

the 9 denotes engine size in litres and the 3 denotes the series of truck

Added by Jason Lester on 15 January 2009.

yes, it is a 30mtr ladder on a 1984 scania 93 chasis. now owned by gypsies in Glasgow who use it for hiring out for building maintenance work.
it became very expensive to maintain at the end of its fire service life and was off the run a lot .the brigade ran 3 or 4 of these appliances through the 80s 90s and into the new millennium . fast and quick to get to work . great tools !

Added by ALAN YOUNG on 17 January 2009.

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