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Exactly our sediment regarding waiting the extra few days for the delivery, the custom work they did on this Engine is pretty nice and as you said definitely unique, I came up with the concepts and designs of the ladder area, the front driver side front adaptor/strainer/hose compartment, the hydraulic tools area and the lay out of equipment and each time they've said sure we can do it, we've modified it along the way a few times to try and make the most of the space provided and I think we've achieved maximizing the space very well. No photos of the console, it was still apart the other day, all the wiring is there it was a matter of getting it completed and the items mounted. Looks like we will make a trip down Monday as the Fire District Chairman wants to look at the items that were not completed at Monday's visit prior to the rigs delivery. One additional item that we did was to have Firematic send out the grab handles into the cab located at each door (inside) to be powder coated yellow for just that extra visibility in entering and exiting the cab in the dark. The cost savings on having the adaptors powder coated vs. buying new was huge, I got the district's approval to do the powder coating and we did a total of 20 different items and the bill was $300. We did have to purchase a few new ones, namely the 6" Storz ones, but looking at the new ones with the powder coated ones together you cannot tell the difference, a few of the pieces were 20+ years old and banged up pretty good, I have a few more to get out to get done today. Thanks Seth for the comments, they're much appreciated, I've spent countless hours on this project and hopefully once in service the Engine will provide a great asset not only to our district but our many neighboring departments as well, just like the B.R.A.T has.

The delivery will NOT be this week, looks like early next week which after the visit yesterday makes much more sense, looks like maybe a visit Monday to complete the final inspection of the items that were not completed yesterday.

Went for a ride today to Sleepy Hollow and saw this beautiful Pierce sitting outside in front of the fire station.

Indeed it is, I am going to try and get back down soon to se if I can get full shots of the Engine.

I did take just a few pictures today Tom installing the bottom mount for the cutter/spreader, you can see the wiring harness for the passenger side of the truck that has to be run to each light, this is the main reason for the extra two days until delivery One adaptor left to be mounted, awaiting the mounting bracket which came while we were there today The custom area designed to hold the ladders, small suction, 6 hooks and now one open area to be able to place long tools in, which is the upper right area. As of today the delivery is supposed to be this Friday at 11 am!

Delivery has been pushed back to Friday as of this point, just ensuring the completion of some items, heck what's another few days

I was looking at that too, it was a strainer but the screen was in about 4", wish I had more time to spend there taking photos of the Engine and what was inside the compartments but they got a run so off they went!

Headed to LI tomorrow for our final inspection, hope to get plenty of completed photos to share, it's been a long road with delivery this week

It is a shame but not surprising, did you get my message last week with the contact # for the person in charge of the Seagrave?

Amazing job, thanks for sharing the detailed work and photos!

Angelo, did you ever hear anything from our group regarding the Seagrave?

A few more teaser shots sent from the shop this afternoon The 1" blue stripes have been installed on the rear body and a better look at the upper gold leaf lettering Netting installed for the speed lays, each of the three areas were done individually at our request.

cool seeing things from the attic, thanks for re-sharing!

Another one sent from the shop, on the visit I made to the shop Saturday I expressed that I thought the recessed grill lights needed some "dressing up" to match the chrome trim on everything else on the face of the bumper and I also was concerned regarding the discharge and small inlet caps when removed that they would swing downward or be dropped and thus striking the lights, even though they are recessed into the bumper, Tom (who is one talented fabricator and welder and has made most if not all the custom areas and brackets) at the shop looked it over and said he would have a solution to avoid that from happening, so they just sent me a quick photo of his solution, he made stainless steel trim pieces for the lights and attached the chains for the caps to the screws holding these trim pieces on thus allowing the caps if dropped to fall below the bumper, nice job I must say. I will have them move the chains to the sides on the visit Monday so they don't hang down in front of the lights but non the less a nice solution that looks even better. An earlier picture of the front bumper from last week From today

We haven't taken delivery yet, final inspection is Monday with the delivery set for Wednesday September 25th, I spoke to the shop and they say there will be no issues with the location, our tanker is setup similar and we haven't encountered any problems.

A few teaser graphic shots sent from the shop this morning, the side stripe on the roll up doors will also have a 1" blue stripe applied to follow the pattern off the cab and painted areas of the body Front door and striping Driver side with the Blue Beast on the rear door

thanks for the on scene photos and I am with Dan, way to many farms being lost and forgotten!

very nice looking rig, thanks for sharing and many years of service to Mt. Kisco

very sad, thoughts are with all involved, friends, family and the members of the Coldenham Fire Department

Thanks Captain, I was just going say you have to ensure that there are drafting gaskets which is a raised gasket instead of the flat ones in the items that are going to be used

Here is a shot of Pawling's flat bed body under construction for their BRAT with our engine in the back ground

The ambulance construction was to start in August with a delivery around January 2014, you're welcome to come up anytime for a visit

and an updated video from today, stop it after the first video or you'll get to see some storm and music vids as well http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niaEslSPxNQ&feature=c4-overview&list=UUUe1-1K-76ecHChKTf9LAfQ

a few more from today showing the diamond plate cover that was fabricated to cover the pump drive shaft and the rear area of the pump

Took a few photos today, delivery in less than 10 days. Brought down the air chisel tool and chain saw box for mounting and seeing how the new tarps/salvage covers fit, we actually changed the location of the covers to be in the front passenger's side compartment with the PPV fan, there will on a shelf under the peg board which is shown below. Most of the large adaptors have been mounted, brought a few more today to complete this compartment and started to label each one, I think the organization of this compartment will be a huge benefit. A shot looking towards the front with the speed lay trays partial pulled out, top one is for dead lay forestry hose, the center one is for 2 - 2" hose and the lowest one is for 2 1/2" hose Rear back up camera mounted and hooked up to the GPS screen which doubles as the back up camera monitor The area to hold the 3 - 12' pieces of suction with 6" Storz fitting with long handles The Scott TIC camera mounted and ready to go The air primer close up The air primer back further, it's mounted just to the right of the pump panel Peg board in the front passenger's side upper area of the compartment, this will hold the various different electrical connections and extension cords, you can see on the side under the peg board the mounts for the tray and in earlier pictures showing the PPV fan on a slide out tray, the tray will also hold two electrical cords reels of 100' of cord.