New E-One Low Hosebed Urban Pumper

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While reading Firehouse Magazine, I noticed an ad for the E-One low hosebed urban pumper.

http://www.e-one.com/index.asp?n=87&p=87&s=73&pid=70

I prefer low hosebeds, this is a practical addition to E-One's line.

[Guest pentax02839]

I like it.it makes a lot safer when going to put hose on or off.

[Guest partyrock]

So whats the trade off? With a top mounted pump and a 780 gallon tank that thing would have to be freight train. Every engine could have a low load height but we need water, compartment space, that pesky lil pump. A high hose bed ain't so bad if I can have all that and still turn into an alley.

[firemoose827 324]

So whats the trade off?  With a top mounted pump and a 780 gallon tank that thing would have to be freight train.  Every engine could have a low load height but we need water, compartment space, that pesky lil pump.  A high hose bed ain't so bad if I can have all that and still turn into an alley.

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Thats my only concern...the loss of water. Thats fine for large city dept.'s with hydrants adequately spaced, but for dept's like mine where we only have hydrants in the village and a large area of town to cover we need at least 1000 gallons.

I do like the lower bed, its safer for FAT guys like me to get up and down!!

Seriously, it is safer, especially at 2 AM when there is a fine coating of ice on everything, just walk up to the bed, grab and go.

[RWC130 594]

I was an E-One "Basher" for a while.

They had some issues a while back,

just as other companies have had. It happens.

Today, we have 3 E-One's in the City of Peekskill

which are E130, TL45, and R134.

I don't think ANY member would say a bad thing about them.

They are GREAT fire apparatus!

[IzzyEng4 427]

The low hose bed crazy has finally hit the manufacturers as a mainline design!!!!

I'm being a little sarcastic because all the fire apparatus manufacturers forgot about hose bed height when the whole compartment space issue and cookie cutter body designs came out and pushed them on us.

I know my truck has a rescue body but we still have a 60 inch ground to hose bed level height with a decent step size and height.

I think it is good that E-One is making a standard offering here like many older trucks used to be built. Trucks are getting higher off the ground because of DOT weight requirements that this is overlooked and we the taxpayers, fire districts and departments that have to raise funds to purchase apparatus have to pay extra for since this option is "a custom design"!

I think it good and other companies should follow.