World's Coolest Fire Truck 

THANK YOU! I am a volunteer firefighter as well (well im still in training, but i have all my bunker gear, my pager, and i respond to calls) i hate when people say volunteers arent as good as full time firefighters, both have to be trained to NFPA standards, and volunteers in very rural areas, do some things that a lot of full time firefighters, like those in cities, will never do, my fire department is small, but we live in a small town on mount desert island in maine

I'll take a Pierce any day. They have terrific engineering, use the best materials, and really stand behind their apparatus.

Thank you KFD and to all of our Fire Fighter Heroes !!!

It`s called a Tiller truck. Nothing new about it but still a cool truck.

Love the ladders... Bronto Skylifts are cool also. the largest can reach 100meters and with pumps.

Our company's response: "You ever seen a cat skeleton in a tree?"

wow that one looks cool!! there are now some aerial ladders in Germany that have a seperatly steared axle at the rear, the biggest one (19 meters / 62 feet long and up to 112 meters / 367 feet high) has 4 of 7 steared axles

Nice rear steer. Really gets around tight places easily!!!

@terraria103 this truck is designed for "urban areas" where tight turns are needed. These two drivers working together are nothing short of an art.

Last time I checked, a fire fighter is a fire fighter. He puts out fires, assists in accidents, rescues people and animals, etc. Volunteer, paid, they're all the same. If you save my house from burning down, you get the same respect regardless of whether you get a pay check or not. Volunteer departments cover a vast percentage of area that can't be easily reached by paid departments which increases fire protection coverage. You're all in the same boat. Don't rock it so bad everyone falls out.

Dr. Burton Clark has some pretty interesting articles up about when to call Mayday. He points out that it's rare that firefighters are unfamiliar with being in a real mayday situation - trapped or unaware of where you are. These are deadly situations and pride or courtesy should not delay making the call because if the situation gets worse you will become a bigger liability. Real life and training exercises show that firefighters usually put off Mayday until too late (i.e. the Charleston Nine).

that sounds correct :) 100ft (or maybe 98 or so) at horizontal line and below - that's what we regularly do at the state's fire-fighting schools and at our station. I have some pics and vids of it, I'll send you a link in a few minutes

Holy crap guys. The one guy wasn't ragging on the volunteers he was stating a fact, I literally lived in a fire station for a year, one of the busiest in my area, we take pride in what we do. We didn't catch 13000 calls. We caught about 1 short of 800 with 50 jobs and I beleive 70 pins. Or the other way around. A company can have a million calls but don't meant anything without protecting the property and lives we do it for. Paid guys owe a lot of their training to volunteer stuff and sometimes

lovin the tandem axle

@dant387 Exactly! In Canada, about 80% of the countries firefighters are volunteers.

us volunteers take pride in what we do as well, yes most career firefighters get more on call experience but thats only because most full time departments are in cities where more stuff happens but that doesnt mean career firefighters are better than volunteer firefighters, so i dont know why people are arguing, because NFPA requires us to have the same training, doesnt matter whether youre career or volunteer, we are all firefighters, we're brothers and we're suppose to look out for each other

Our "Class A" pumpers pump 1500 Gallons per minute or 5678 litres. HOWEVER, I have met firefighters from London who used to laugh at how much water we apply to extinguish a fire - until thay came over and saw the difference in construction between the US and UK. US construction is largely wood frame (for dwellings), while my friend from London stated that almost all buildings there are mostly brick or stone.

yeah we do and in my fire departments case, we have ice water rescue training, which is something that a lot of full timers dont have, unless they are in a place with a lot of lakes, yes full timers get more calls, but we all have the same training, volunteers still have to go to a fire academy to become SCBA certified, we still have to take EVOC in order to drive fire trucks,

Love tiller truck like the style your service and time and efforts are deeply appreciated thanks to everyone who responds keep them safe out there job well done love and respect you guys thanks good catch as usual appreciate you guys thanks ! Joe

@sanddemon96 life has been busy. glad u like the truck!

That is a tiller truck. My local fire department has a few of them.

well besides Germany I lived quite a while in Norway, where they have houses made out of wood just like you in the US do, but still they use the same pumps etc like we down here in Germany do

most other FDs in other cities also only have 1 to 2 tower aldders at each of their stations, but since our FD (the paid one) has only one station in the whole city, we have 3 tower ladders at this station

Awesome driving!!!

What is cool is a crash truck with the 4 steerable axles. You can do donuts with the center rotating on its axis. You can drive the thing nearly fully sideways!

All this is Ladder truck is, is an older model of a tiller from what they use to do now they make both trailer hooked models and one peice models etc. But if you want to see a better one look for it. It's a ladder truck, engine, rescue, hazmat, tanker, etc. all in one and weighs over 65,000 without any tools on it which can make it weigh over 66,000lbs.

The 110 foot Tillered ariel at my station can be extended to full legnth and support 1000 pounds (453.592 KG) from the ground (approx. -20 degrees) to 90degrees while dry. It can flow 1000 Gallons (3785 Liters) per minute with a 500 Pound (226.7 KG) load at any angle. This is a Spartan/Quality truck with an ariel by Ariel Innovations.

The world coolest truck should be environmental friendly. That would send a strong message imo.

That's cool. Personally, I like Seagraves more but this is still a good truck

The even more cooler this tiller truck is you can drive 2 cabins and do the tiller drift with your friends

@webkinzworld08 I agree, the Seattle area is pretty awesome! The music is from our music library. i don't really know its name.

My country invented a combined rescue, ambulance, and fire truck vehicle

wow thats great fire truck , i wish my town could have it

thats fine I trust my life with pierce so if you want trust your life to what makes you feel safe thats fine stay safe too

@MacBoznyII Tandem axles on the truck chassis yes, but those are Super Singles on the rear, one tire and one wheel at each mount. A total of eight tires and wheels for the truck :)

forgot to ask in the last comment: What is the average set up time for such a tiller truck? Just from the size it seems quite long, but maybe I'm wrong. We set up ours within 55 seconds, and all in all it takes 120 seconds to set it up and get one person from a building or whatever back onto the ground

Good stuff, nice vid

the truck wouldn't have to big so verrrrrry huge, we have several 170 ft ladders over here and the truck itself isn't any bigger than the one from a US 100ft Ladder. We had a 367 ft ladder, THAT truck was huge

Good way to clear the lanes adjacent to you.

Awesome Pierce is Deffintely got something but Sutphen Fire Apparatus are the best in my opinion

I love that, the quantum tiller my fav riot cab and fav type of truck, tiller

@Rofocowboy84 No need to be harsh. It was probably filmed by a civilian. Most people dont know when to call it a ladder, tower, engine, or pumper. And I think they were just talking about tillers in general, not just that one.

Looks like a 2009 Pierce Tractor drawn aerial. The cab is on a Pierce quantom chassis and its a duely. The ladder looks to be a 95 footer

That's truly the dog's bollox of fire trucks

I think they were saying that tillers are the coolest firetrucks in general, not this one specifically... But that's just what I got from it....

Tillers are fun aren't they? I had the opportunity to drive an antique several years back. I really enjoyed it.

Pierce. Only the best :-)

My favorite kind of fire truck is the one that comes and outs out my apartment building everytime it mysteriously "catches" fire. I can't wait to move.

***** our version at my local fire station in the UK is roughly the same size as this one but we have all the tools that we have on our main pumo including lengths of hose, extraction tools smoke fans and many TICs (thermal imaging camera), they can only accommodate 2 fire fighters but when that leaves the bay the main pump which carries 5 leaves before and we always have more fire engines on hand, we have got over 25 stations in our county and its not a big county either, we have loads of specialist engines including a massive Mercedes Unimog that can travel almost anywhere so I would say its on par with the american ones apart from 1 perspective, the American ones look way cooler

No, they DON'T get cats out of trees. They come down when they want to. They're not going to send a million dollar ladder for a friggin' cat.

can someone tell me why is there that cab with a guy in it at the end of the trailer. we have ladder trucks in finland, but its a half-half. so mainly it has the booms as the main par, but ladders for getting around the booms.

@ExplorerPost20 a ladder is a truck theyre the same thing but then you can get into the different classifications of ladders such as towers, ladders, tower/ladders, etc.

Tiller ladder trucks are my favorite hands down.

@bonedeath11 actually its "ladder" and but technically its a"tiller". used in most places with tight roads such as New york city

@hockypimp Actually, NYC has but a handful of tiller trucks in service. At one time, they all were tiller apparatus... for the very reason you mention. I don't recall when the 1st Tower Laddders were placed in service, but I believe it was the mid 1960's. The plan was to have 1/3 of the trucks tillers, 1/3 rear mounts and the remaining 1/3 tower ladders, but that's not what happened. Now they are mainly rear mounts and tower ladders.

If only our stations were big enough to have one of these

still the US Tiller is wider, and here really every inch counts; e.g. a Pierce Tiller has 96" body width - already by that it wouldn't fit through some of the roads. For real, if we drive through the small roads, we don't even have a hand's width space. Any source for the statement about the strength? I unfortunately couldn't find much. keep in mind that we also have 170 ft and 367ft Aerials! Our pumps usually reach up to 3800lpm, which yes is less than yours, but not that much, right?

@shadow200196 what are you talking about? what truck ops are occurring while they are responding that the guy steering the tiller could be doing instead? He can and does still do any truck ops once they get on scene. its a great apparatus for areas that are harder for ladders to maneuver

we don't have tillers over here, but since our average 100ft Aerial Ladder truck is much shorther than the american ones, we also get around turns easier; Still, some FD here have Aerials with a steerable rear axle, but that one isn't steered by so. at the back but it is automaticly while driving, and to park on-scene it can be switched to manual and then steered from the cab

our station would be big enough (besides the other rigs we have three 100ft Tower Ladders at the station), but the historic city center has too small roads so a Tiller isn't an option for us

you knwo why we'll never get a Tiller here (am from Europe). It's simply not compact and maneuverable enough. On the same size of truck we have 170 ft ladders (btw. the biggest Aerial here has 367 ft). There's simply no way a US size fire truck makes it through a 1000 to 2000 year old city center. And btw even some of our comparatively small Aerial Ladder truck have 4-whell steering to manage the smallest roads

Are you serious?! These top out at over 1 million now!

I actually looked up the UK ARP. Small but effective machine. But it looks like its very short on tools. I highly doubt the UK ARP that I looked at had ALL of the essentials that a truck company here in the US should have, such as spare bottles, extrication equipment, tools, smoke ejectors, heat cameras, hose, etc, not to metion a fraction of the manpower. Not knocking it at all, but its done for a reason. Size doesn't necessarily mean showboating. Every location has different requirements

200' would make it one of very few verrrrry huge ladder trucks. Probably is the usual 100' or at most 125'. Also, it looks like it has its own pump which means it could be assigned as an 'engine' if dispatch wanted to... but not likely.

here in my city the Volunteers usually arrive at least 5 to 10 minutes after the paid FD has all it's dispatched trucks on scene, even if their stations are much closer to the scene. Same with really big emergencies. The only ones arriving behind the Volunteers are the EMS services (but not the local EMS but EMS from all over the state) and maybe the Federal Agency for Technical Relief

It was new back then because of the model and everything about it.

@terraria103 Its a tiller ladder truck its not made for high speed areas, places like NYC, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Washington D.C, Baltimore ect have them, they are city settings your not getting those trucks above 40 and u dont do a turn in apparatus at 60 mph u slow down. The water weight or ladder weight can roll you over quick and easy.

that's a sweet looking fire truck there.

back in the year 179 no one thought about the size of that future thing called fire truck :) well in most streets they'd fit through, but especially in the inner historic city center even we with allwheel steering get very close to the buildings' edges. I don't know how many ours do while discharging a certain stream, just that the bucket carries up to 1190 pounds and the ladder can lift up to 8800 pounds. btw we can extend the ladder to the full 100ft length both a 0° and also at -17°

@hiriderjockblock not to start any arguments but volunteer fire fighters play a big role in communities and townships. we do just as much as full time guys and dont get paid for it

Being a tiller men is one of the best job's

most ladders tend to be about 100ft tall....how tall is this one fully extended? (cause it really does look taller than 100ft)

This Apparatus was a Tiller not an Engine.

We don't get cats out of trees. They come down eventually.

let me see, on which contitents is Pierce succesful? I can tell you about Rosenbauer: on every continent! Metz Aerials (Metz is the Aerial division from Rosenbauer) are so unbelievably smooth, set up within a short time, multifunctional etc.

@bizzo518 pretty much. we take time out of our days and jobs to clear roadways of trees, clear houses of flooding, assist EMS, fight brush fires, house fires, accidents, hold fundraisers like bingo, fish frys, gun bashes, cash bashes, training sessions, we go to schools for fire prevention week,plus we pay for all of the equipment we need...volunteers do a lot and people dont realize it. im not saying in any way that we're better than full time guys im just saying we do a lot

Finally a new video! We should do a collab chilldogg!!!! anyway! that is a pretty cool fire truck! :)

tillers are cool, if i was a truck man, i would love to drive the back end of one

Any truck with a tiller can do that. Half million dollar budget item ;)

You have more control over the back half to get through tight places. To my knowledge, there is no such things as automated back steering.

@dant387 i 100% agree with you, where i live by about 4 small towns, we all have volunteered fire depts no full time people at all, it brings the community together more in the end really, bunch of random people trying to save others from the town, anyone who disagrees with you is clearly an idiot and sits at home doing nothing, if you are a volunteer fighter i respect you man.

every department needs one of these rigs

that truck is a show off!....i like pierces

conercning the maneuverability: even many of our two-axled Aerials have rear wheel steering (well that's an all-wheel steering), and that for a good reason. btw just wanted to know if have you ever been in an almost 2000 (!) year old city center and know how narrow the roads and turns are? I live in such a city and our station has three 100ft Aerials

@GayBoyRunning: Just in case you are nottrolling, I;ll spell it out for you. With the tillered ariel, you can turn tighter corners than a truck half it's length. The entire point of the driver in the rear is to allow that 100 foot ariel to negotiate streets that most other fire trucks can't. If you have ever seen a competent pair of drivers take one of these through a crowded city street, it would make your jaw drop.

Just another tiller truck, there a thousands of them

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Learned a long time ago from a now..deceased Fire Chief. Cats climb tree's, and they can climb down when they get hungry. But my experience with cats from the late 70's, with that Chief....Send a pumper to a cat in tree...use booster line to convince cat...being wet that high ain't healthy. Ladies will complain, and declare animal abuse....but the Cat always managed to reach ground level...on all 4's.

i agree with you

@chris71mach1 this one is also 100ft.. most Tiller or Tractor Drawn Aerial's are 100 ft.

Just your typical pierce quantum tiller ladder

It has a ladder and is the guy driving the back of that thing!? Never seen that before! 😜😷

Hats off to all firefighters!!!

sweet pierce quantum

@ Thomaslee3333 I work for Atlanta Fire Rescue whats your class date

Dear, you are simply misinformed. Tillers are exactly what a congested streets city needs. Its turning radius its the same a tractor has, the rear driver (the "tiller") makes this truck ultra maneuvrable. Besides, a NFPA tower its 3 o 4 times as strong as an european one, and the gpm from the master stream are at least twice as big (2.000lpm v/s 4.000lpm, or 500 gpm v/s 1.000 gpm). See how a tractor truck maneuvres, and the tiller its even superior with its rear axis driving.

Pretty bombass tiller. It wouldn't be used to get a cat out of a tree though, we don't do that anymore. Ever seen a cats skeleton up in a tree? Neither have we. I've also seen some tower ladders with independent rear axles, able to go sideways down a street.

do you have an explanation or was that just a statement that cannot be proven? Rosenbauer is the the World's largest manufacturer of fire equipment. You may be a tactical gear guru, but if you haven't driven a Rosenbauer, you HAVEN'T driven the best, so stick to gear. The Rosenbauer Aerials Division produces the highest quality aerial ladders and platforms available in mid-mount or rear-mount designs. They offer ladders in 60, 75 and 109 ft. lengths, and platforms in 85 or 104 ft. lengths.

@thelolmachine27 its because dr's get into it for the money. dr's make 200-300,000 a year after 10 years of college. firemen make 50-60,000 depending on the city. also firemen arent required to carry a million dollar malpractice policy because people sue dr's left and right. drs also have an amazingly high workload. they can be at the hospital 12-18 hours a day EVERYDAY seeing people non stop.

I've been trying to find a video of Ladder 74 for a while now...