apparatus firegeezer on 25 Aug 2008 09:38 am
Penny Wise?
WHEN THE MOUNT PENN FIRE COMPANY in Berks County, Pennsylvania, solicited bids for a new ladder truck, the best offer was for $808,000. That was more than they could afford, so they went to step 2.
Looking on eBay they found a 1992 Seagrave aerial that had been retired from the Cincinnati FD and put in a bid of $12,000 for it. They won the auction and have arranged to have a new engine installed and then it will be refurbished at the Seagrave factory in Wisconsin. They say that when it is delivered in January they will be getting “a like-new (aerial) for less than $250,000.”
So what’s wrong with the truck they have now?
The Patriot-News has the full STORY.
Mount Penn Fire Co. WEBSITE.
