FWD Aerialscopes- How Many Are Out There?

[x635 4,066]

I'm just curious, how many FWD-Baker Aerialscopes are out there in the region? Were the FWD's only used 93-95, and why? It's basically, well, it is a Seagrave- why didn't they just use a Seagrave chasis?

This is Hartsdale's Tower Ladder 15, a 1994 FWD/Saulsbury(Body)/Baker Aerialscope 95'

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Edited December 28, 2006 by x635

[IzzyEng4 427]

FWD is the same chassis as Seagrave. I think the difference was that the name FWD was use on the chassis that were purchased for non Seagrave built apparatus, especially the aerialscopes who's bodies were built bu Aerialscope, Marion, Saulsbury and others.

When Seagrave purchased Aerialscope and gained the all the rights, that's when the also changed to using the Seagrave name for a their custom chassis being sold. I think that's when they company "re-organized" per-say.

[HFD201 0]

Riverdale Maryland has a 1993 FWD/Baker Aerialscope which was the first ever placed on a FWD chassis and Willingborough NJ runs a 1997 FWD Seagrave Aerialscope, not a Baker since they went out of business but on a FWD chassis in 1997. I think Hartsdale's ladder was one of the last FWD/Baker Aerialscopes built

[dmccabe 1]

Bridgeport,Ct had one at one time. I'm not sure if the still run it as a spare.

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http://fdnytrucks.com/files/html/otherstat...erialscopes.htm

There are a hand full of them on that link.

[IzzyEng4 427]

Bridgeport,Ct had one at one time. I'm not sure if the still run it as a spare.

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Last I knew they had a Simon Duplex / Aerialscope 75' combination, not an FWD and that is still a spare. They had purchased a Spartan (I think) chassis / Aerialscope 95' and had major problems with the aerial unit and if memory serves me correctly it was around the time Aerialscope was OOS and Seagrave was in the process of purchasing them in the late 1990's. The trucks after never going into service was returned to Seagrave (or sold I can't remember) after Bridgeport won a lawsuit for the problems it came in with. the 95' footer was sold, the picture of it is on Mike Martinelli's web site FDNYtrucks.com under Aerialscopes.

[e290l103 3]

The FWD's are as follows:

Riverdale, MD

Great Neck, NY (recently sold to a dept. in Texas-Bridgeport I think it was)

Monroe Twp., NJ

Hartsdale, NY

Seth, can you take a look at the Hartsdale rig for me? There's a plate in the electrical component compartment on the officers side with the Aerialscope serial number. I have both Hartsdale and Monroe Twp. with #72047. It was probably an error at the factory, but if you can check it...

Edison, NJ

Willingboro, NJ

these are FWD/Seagrave's

Kentland was a refurb with an FWD cab.

Chelsea, MA & Brockton MA are both FWD's I have no serial info on them

and FDNY had/has 19 of them.

Mike