r/Firefighting • u/FolkAndThrottle • Jun 19 '25

General Discussion Any thought about this truck ?

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It came out on Radio-Canada news

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u/Flat-Upstairs1365 Jun 19 '25

It's the new ladder truck for Saint Michel des Saint. It has a 70' ladder. That city is around 2500 of population and with nothing much higher than 2-3 floors. Its a good idea for small part time fire dep.

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u/mxpower Jun 19 '25

One of the guys on our VFD sent this to us over FB. Apparently $800k (CAD I imagine) so like 100k USD (lol).

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u/mmaalex Jun 19 '25

Seems pretty cheap considering.

New engines are running close to $600k for pretty basic equipment.

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u/Neither_Breakfast136 Jun 19 '25

Our 600k engine we ordered 2 years ago just got in, 1,000,000 to order the exact same engine this year

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u/fireman5 Jun 19 '25

We just did specs on an engine. Same exact as what we ordered 4 years ago for 325k, it's now 700k.

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u/RigatoniPanini Paid EMT/Vol Firefighter Jun 19 '25

We just ordered a commercial cab program truck last month, its already off the line and headed our way. With all of our equipment mounted by the company the final cost was 505k

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u/RigatoniPanini Paid EMT/Vol Firefighter Jun 19 '25

And thats in upstate ny mind you