Seattle Fire Dept. Hook and Ladder No. 10

[bitner]

Here is my model of one of Seattle's two 1969 Kenworth tractor drawn ariel ladder trucks. I'm working on a narrow nose for it so it will be more prototypical. the trailer, rear truck body, and ladder turntable are scratch built. I made the decals. The 100' ladder is about 4 feet long when extended all the way out.

Edited July 30, 2008 by bitner

[chrismooney]

Looks great on this site too!!!

[mackinac359]

Sweet!

Tim

[kasteer]

Beautiful truck! How many hours do you have in this beast?

[Slim Louis]

Awesome! I'm not(wasn't) a truck guy, but this stuff grows on you, ya know?

[bitner]

Thanks guys:

it was really fun to build. Eventually I'll add one of Seattle's Kenworth conventional pumper trucks to go with it. It took about three weeks to build if I remember right.

Cheers:

Bill

[Old Albion]

Bill,

Very Impressive looking rig. Your scratch building skills are excellent. Come to think of it all the Fire Apparatus builders on this board have superb scratch building skills. I will definately look forward to your build of the pumper truck. Just out of interest what engine did you put in it?

Best Wishes

Dave Bates

[bitner]

Hi Dave:

Thanks for the nice comments. It's got a 8v-71 Detroit Diesel, just like the prototype.

Cheers:

Bill