Interesting that Midland opted for old-school hydraulic rather than newer e-draulic tools. That power unit takes up a lot of space, which is something even more precious on a rig this size. That said, I appreciate Midland recognizing the reality of today's fire service, that fighting fires has become a decreasingly smaller share of what fire departments do now and sending a fully-staffed Class A pumper on the medicals and car wrecks which are the majority of most departments' responses these days is neither economically nor tactically prudent. It makes more sense to dispatch a smaller, less-expensive apparatus purpose-built to handle those calls, and hopefully more departments consider and apply a similar approach to Midland's (or, for that matter and off the top of my head, LACo and Wichita). But then, Alan Saulsbury has been preaching this concept for decades.

SVI should have spoken up and told MFD we're not obstructing the warning light bar with this bulky scene light. It really speaks volumes about the builder. There are a lot of low profile scene lights available that can be mounted below that basic Whelen light bar. Otherwise, nice apparatus. 👍 SVI, let's see an alternative to that horrendous scene light remounted at no cost to MFD!

@SVITrucks

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Andrew, our trucks are custom-built, meaning it's the department that decides what lighting and equipment will best suit their needs. We build to spec and do provide recommendations throughout the process.

@andrewhb531

2 жыл бұрын

@@SVITrucks Oh, I know..... Great vehicle tho

Beautiful truck! I can’t believe they mounted the front scene light on the roof in front of the light bar like that, but I’m sure it’s practical, just butt ugly lol.

@franklewis6943

2 жыл бұрын

Especially since most lightbars now offer full-width front takedown options, which makes a dedicated front scene light redundant. But, hey, whatever works for Midland FD.