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New NYPD ESU Trucks
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I'd love to see close up pictures of the truck. Appears to be very well spec'd. I too was surprised that E-One is the builder given the the last two known ESS trucks purchased by NYPD were built by Ferrara and Pierce. None the less, lowest bidder unfortunately wins out in a a lot of cases, not saying that is the case here.
It looks as either the truck is wrapped in black rub rail running horizontally down the upper and lower sides of the body, but in looking at the pictures, it appears as if you could clip carabiners into the slots? Tie off points? I see the awesome hooks to stabilization points on the rear corners. Appears that way, but I'd have to see close up shots.
Additionally, the truck has four amber light heads facing forward (two per side). Does anyone know if their all turn signals, or is a set a pair of flashers (factually)?
In looking at that truck, and the wide array of lighting, one has to be happy with the utilization of LED's as the poor old alternator/electrical system would suffer if it was all halogen and/or a mix of halogen/strobe.
It looks as either the truck is wrapped in black rub rail running horizontally down the upper and lower sides of the body, but in looking at the pictures, it appears as if you could clip carabiners into the slots? Tie off points? I see the awesome hooks to stabilization points on the rear corners. Appears that way, but I'd have to see close up shots.
Additionally, the truck has four amber light heads facing forward (two per side). Does anyone know if their all turn signals, or is a set a pair of flashers (factually)?
In looking at that truck, and the wide array of lighting, one has to be happy with the utilization of LED's as the poor old alternator/electrical system would suffer if it was all halogen and/or a mix of halogen/strobe.
TJW said:
In looking at the picture very closely, it appears to me that all 4 amber heads are turn signals. Perhaps the specs are online and/or someone can confirm?
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Can't believe it's an E-One.... Also not used to the longer wheelbase compared to the current trucks.
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lafd55
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do we have definite conformation that this is the new NYPD ESU trucks? This does not look NYPD at all. This looks alot like a Fire Apparatus, especially with the green scene command light on it. This does not make much sense at all.. thats just my two cents though
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cutiger said:
I'm guessing the passenger side pole mirror is higher so it can be seen from the driver's seat, any lower it would be below the window line?
QUEENSEMT said:
Whichever ESU truck with the green Command Post light illuminated would distinguish it from mutiple ESU trucks at one scene as the ESU Command Post.
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I'm not sure. One of my fire buff friends sent me the pictures but he lives in Toronto.
5309 said:
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It's pictured at E-One's sorta new Stainless Steel Facility in Hamburg, NY. That place was actually a former American LaFrance Plant before they went Bankrupt.
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Love it! Am only hoping that all of those lightheads are sync'ed and not just a bunch of blobs flashing. Also with all that real estate they could go with a full sized arrow board instead of that messenger, which will do nothing. Great looking truck - are those replacing the Ford F-Series or the larger rescue style trucks?
The large ESU rescue TRUCKS never used to be assigned 4-digit RMP (vehicle) ID numbers, IIRC correctly they were 11, 22, 33....etc
It's about time they got new trucks. The smaller trucks are made by odysseyauto.com. It looks like they used all Federal Signal lighting except for the messenger board on the rear. The only thing I don't like is the hologen 900 scene lights all over the place. They should have used the new Whelen Led 900. If u are spending so much on a truck I'm sure u can go all led.
now, in the cab, over the driver, i noticed it also has a red (master) switch for the emergency light sequencer. The truck also has a Fedsig SmartSiren Platinum, an EQ2B, and the Whelen messenger board controller, mounted over the 'doghouse' . So because the master switch over the driver controls the lights, im guessing they only use the SmartSiren Platinum for siren tones? Anyone have an idea?
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Storm4200 said:
I was thinking the same thing. My guess is that they went with the SS to keep things standardized and make service easier. I love the message board- like people are actually going to see it with all of the other lights on the back of the truck.
Awesome truck. I'm just not sure about Q's on a police vehicle. It will get peoples attention though.
50theman said:
It does look great. But in my OCD mind Police vehicles shouldn't have Q's. Or Roto-Rays either to now add to the list. IMO.
NoVAFed said:
Hmmm...wonder how many people on the committee are volunteer firefighters.
EDIT: Is this the bomb squad truck that the COG purchased?