r/Firefighting • u/Few-Ability-7312 • 26d ago

General Discussion Who needs a Tiller that big?

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u/Dracolis 26d ago

Found a cool video about this rig

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DLa0vfMS9L6

Looks like there is no pump and it’s all just a shitload of storage compartments. The tandem axle was so they could pack every compartment with rescue shit.

Massive truck.

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u/Dark_Link_1996 25d ago

I know down here in California. Orange Fire & Rescue uses an old tiller truck for USAR

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u/Pyroechidna1 25d ago

Love that rig. It’s not the only one in the country anymore, now that Portland has their tiller squad with a knuckle boom crane and Dallas has a tiller hazmat rig. Think a fourth one came out too, forget where

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u/crash_over-ride Upstate NY 25d ago

That's not an old tiller truck, it's an old rescue truck. It was one of the first tiller rescues ever specc'ed, in the early 2000s.