There are somewhere between zero and fifty problems with Lincoln's new fire trucks, depending on whom you ask. Here's a fun question to ponder: what if EDM, the trucks' manufacturer, is right, and the trucks do meet the city's specs, at least substantially? That'd be fun, wouldn't it?
And by the way, it sure seems to me like a representative from the manufacturer should have been present for the inspections. As somebody involved in building the trucks, the rep might have been able to offer some valuable assistance. After all, the manufacturer will certainly want to counter with its own inspection anyway, if the City makes a formal complaint.
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Actually, EDM is the distributor (http://www.edmequipment.com/) The truck manufacturer is E-One (http://www.e-one.com/). I have no connection to either one, just nit-picking.
Erp, sorry. Good catch.
I meant to include this in my previous comment:
I haven’t seen anyone mention KLKN’s somewhat questionable coverage of this - they showed, on at least 3 different newscasts, footage of a gigantic rust spot in red paint where a bar is attached to a truck, and footage of someone pulling handfuls of crud from an area low on a truck, where a chrome bracket is attached. Surely this is of the old trucks? KLKN never makes that clear, probably just using some old footage, but as broadcast, it certainly suggests that this is on one of the new ones. Sloppy, sloppy.
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