Comments on: No Charges in Boston Ladder Crash

By: DaGonz

DaGonz — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 03:58:20 +0000

I am not out of line.You did say something stupid and callous.
You on the other hand, by posting this...

"Have personally been driving and selling and fooling around with fire apparatus for near 50 years, I also have many million miles on me in Kenworth trucks and all kinds of fire apparatus running 49 states, and nine canadian provinces and territories, as an internationally regarded and respected fire apparatus expert if I can say so myself"

You come across as a self aggrandizing pompous ass. Newsflash.... Seagraves suffer crash damages... so do Macks, Ferraras, Pierces, E- Ones, Rosenbauers, Central States,
Kenworths, Peterbilts, Navistars, Volvo-White, Fords, GMCs, Dennis, MAN, Magirius Deutz and any other fire apparatus or cab and chassis manufacturer.

I have no intentions of sending you my private email.. nor do I want yours.

By: moe

moe — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 00:52:28 +0000

It seems from his message all he is interested in is selling fire trucks…. not celebrate the life of brother firefighter who lost his life in a needless accident.

So sad….

RIP brother

By: DaGonz

DaGonz — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 23:58:20 +0000

By: DaGonz

DaGonz — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 22:58:20 +0000

By: DaGonz

DaGonz — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 20:58:20 +0000

By: moe

moe — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 17:52:28 +0000

It seems from his message all he is interested in is selling fire trucks…. not celebrate the life of brother firefighter who lost his life in a needless accident.

So sad….

RIP brother

By: joebideau

joebideau — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:55:58 +0000

Nothing about funerals, and the remark is the truth. Looking at the photos, I can see that this truck with 110 ft. ladder on a single ax in the rear and lots of truck company equipment is too heavy for a single. I do not know if it has a jake or a Telma, but after reading the skivvy on the service and what is wrong with it, would comment that the Boston FD is a very unsafe place to work. We also heard 26 was replaced with another aluminum fire truck. Riding to a fire in an aluminum cab is like riding in an egg shell. Only a dozen or so men are killed each year in these cheap cabs, so the nfpa committees do not pay any attention. Since 1960 all the custom builders save one are out of business, big money got into this lucrative business, and the four large aluminum giants, and others, are screwing the cities, the people, and of course the firemen.
Have personally been driving and selling and fooling around with fire apparatus for near 50 years, I also have many million miles on me in Kenworth trucks and all kinds of fire apparatus running 49 states, and nine canadian provinces and territories, as an internationally regarded and respected fire apparatus expert if I can say so myself, your out of line telling me I said something stupid. Leo Stapleton started this aluminum thing in Boston 25 years or so ago. About 25 years ago the FDNY finally started buying Seagraves with tandem rear ax. 400 or more Seagraves in FDNY right now all have Telma retarders. Send me your private email, Ill forward photos of P company and E1 cabs, some held together with double stick tape.

By: DaGonz

DaGonz — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 12:23:19 +0000

A Brother died in the line of duty … and you make a stupid remark?

I was there at Kevin Kelley's funeral… were you?

By: joebideau

joebideau — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 06:09:16 +0000

Aluminum and plastic fire trucks, A Seagrave would have knocked the building down……

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:34:16 +0000

Bill

I have thought from the start there were many questions unanswered and now it is even more of a cover up. The tail is wagging the dog and no one can stop it. No one wants to take responsibility for the city's inability to maintain their fleet. Would that happen here where we work and live?