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

General Discussion Who needs a Tiller that big?

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u/TheBrianiac 26d ago

Tillers aren't purchased for their size but rather their maneuverability.

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u/Agreeable-Emu886 26d ago

Most of them are purchased because people want to be cool and drive tillers.

A 38 ft straight stick will get into as many places as a 60+ ft tiller

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u/TheBrianiac 26d ago

I'm pretty sure the people driving them are not the people making the multi-million dollar purchase decisions.

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u/Agreeable-Emu886 26d ago

At medium to small sized departments the people riding the trucks play a huge factor in what the department buys.

The majority of the departments that have tillers, have no actual need for them. They buy them to buy them, the city of Boston has 0 tillers. That should be pretty telling of how many places actually need them.

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u/ironmatic1 26d ago

but it’s cool I mean for public safety and the city needs to give me millions of dollars

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u/SpecialistGrouchy341 25d ago

Dallas has a bunch of them! lol. I’m thinking like 5 or 6. One of them is a hazmat unit.

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u/SanJOahu84 25d ago

San Francisco has 20.

only truck we have that doesn't bend in the middle is at the airport.