Rosenbauer Unmatched Aerials
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.พ. 2025
- When you ask a firefighter to climb 100 feet in the air, waiting at the top better be some peace of mind. And confidence knowing you’re perched on the world’s very best. Rosenbauer aerials are the highest standard, built on a 30-year track record of zero compromise. Safety and ease of operation. An extension of the firefighter. Thinking together. Performing as one. Every detail elevated. So, as fire demands it, we’ll just keep going higher and higher.
If Rosenbauer would only start offering Aerials beyond the 204 ft mark 😅
While others go a bit beyond that, or even way beyond
However I'd choose other brands apart from Rosenbauer also for the standard 100 to 105' Towers as well. Larger buckets or more options on the bucket, or low extending outriggers, more common combinations with a truck chassis with low entry cabs or all-wheel steering etc, self-leveling ladders without the truck itself being leveled out
Well Rosenbauer has the habit, if it is not safe or not 100% engineered it's not happening
@@aleks1105 well ... Magirus built 164' Tower Ladders 36 years ago already, Bronto built their 367' Platform 12 years ago and many of their PLatforms in the 300' and above range have followed since ... it's not exactly new technology by now, it's not like it's sth they came up with 2 years ago and have no expirience with it.
"or not 100% engineered " well they had quite some struggles with the AT3 series years ago - they got better by now, but back then they had many apparatus with technical issues in the AT3 series
@@aleks1105 rosenbauer = austria...like arnie schwarzenegger, hermann maier, mozart, swarovski etc etc 🙃
Where to start? First, this is Rosenbauer America. EU has different architecture, regs & operating procedures. Apples & bowling balls. Next, who the hell wants to climb a 200+ foot swaying ladder? That's bullshit. Hauling hose or FETs up stairwells is the choice when elevators aren't functioning or safe. Hauling all that crap up a tall ladder is my last choice. You carry saws & other tools up to a roof via straight ladder to vent if you aren't lucky enough to have a tower to take you. Last, I don't see any feature here that's better than other US made apparatus. I like the joystick cause I imagine it's more intuitive but not a reason to purchase a $1.2m truck. Let's be real, who wouldn't rather use a Seagrave or Pierce? I live in Wisconsin & they know how to build fire trucks here.
@@DByers-ci5kr 1 to 1.3 million USD is also what you pay e.g. for a Pierce 100' Tower Ladder, just looked up some articles from departments or cities right now.
Sure, anything from city layout to building codes and fire and rescue tactics, apparatus and department layouts differ a lot in the US compared to Germany. However some apparatus manufacuters over here even adapt to the American market and offer e.g. NFPA compliant Aerials, let it be a Tower Ladder or Telescopic Boom / Platform
"Next, who the hell wants to climb a 200+ foot swaying ladder? " let me ask in return? Who actually climbs any kind of Tower Ladder these days? Apart from training and try-outs, no-one climbs any Tower Ladder here at all. They will ride in the bucket, that's it. The tall 200 ft Tower Ladders additionally come with a lift / elevator which goes up and down on the ladder while the ladder is extended and the bucket stays up in the air. It's 2022, no need to climb that far up - same for all the equipment you want to take along. Also hoses can simply be adapted to the prepiped top-ladder section which, by extending the ladder, will pull the rest of the hose up the ladder without the need to carry the hose up. Also, some manufacturers offer a hose reel at the bucket, so crews can leave the bucket and stretch a line to perform an attack
"if you aren't lucky enough to have a tower to take you" won't happen here; Even in rather rural and surburban areas there are sufficient Tower Ladders around. Ground ladders are barely used here.
Tbh personally I wouldn't go for a Rosenbauer Metz Aerial. Although I really don't like its appearance at all, I'd rather go for a Magirus Tower Ladder instead. Both offer articulated top ladder sections, both can be built on trucks with low entry cabs and with all-wheel steering, but unlike Rosenbauer, Magirus offers low extending outriggers also for its tallest of Tower Ladders which reaches 223 ft tall. In the lineup of Telescopic Booms / Platforms however Rosenbauer offers apapratus which have the bucket between the cab and the base of the boom, so there's no overhanging bucket at the front or rear. Also the bucket on the Telescopic Booms can swivel to both right and left.
I honestly don't know tech on Pierce or Seagrave Tower Ladders. How quick can they be set up (including ladder being fully extended and turned to the side)? Do they have memory functions that it can automatically retrect the very same way it was extended manually before (e.g. to go around, above or under obstacles)? What about low profile ladder versions for e.g. low archways, low bridges or even old stations?