Enforcer™ Ascendant® 107' Heavy Duty Tiller Aerial Ladder -Columbus, OH

Introducing Columbus Division of Fire’s #Enforcer 107’ #AscendantTDA! To increase safety and accessibility to the tillerman’s cab, the staircase was placed at the end of the apparatus. The #AscendantLadder includes the department’s first pre-piped waterway with a 2.5” discharge off the side for better response to calls in downtown #ColumbusOH. The front bumper was shortened to 10” with a recessed Q-Siren to avoid damage. Front grabrails were added to the front to allow easier cleaning of the windshield. The #TractorDrawnAerial will serve as an extrication ladder and will carry battery powered spreaders and cutters on a pull-out tray in a compartment directly behind the cab of the #TDA.
CHASSIS
Chassis: 70” Enforcer cab
Seating capacity: 6
Overall height: 11’ 2”
Overall length: 60’ 7”
GVW Rating: 92,300 lb
Front axle: Meritor FL-943, 21,500 lb
Rear axle: Meritor RT46-160, 48,000 lb
BODY
Material: Aluminum
Shelving: Adjustable up to 500 lb
Doors: Rollup, Lap
Job Number: 36679
Dealership: Atlantic Emergency Solutions, Inc.

[@mitchellrobinson8859]

That's my nephew great job proud of you young man

[@DanEvan]

One proud uncle!

[@HF1.0]

This guy taking a shit in his profile picture.

[@johnalombardi2951]

Mr. Robinson, you should be VERY proud of your nephew, a young Captain with outstanding ability to explain how a complex fire truck operates. Best wishes!

[@mitchellrobinson8859]

@@johnalombardi2951 I too am a retired fireman and my nephew is also second generation firefighter his dad is the most decorated firefighter in Columbus

[@johnalombardi2951]

Well, Mr. Robinson, you have an additional cause for pride, as Captain Towns' Dad holds the record as most decorated firefighter in Columbus. Firefighters, like police officers , and military members, run in families. May God Bless you all, Sir!

[@corey97140]

This is what I love about these videos. Love to see each depts own innovations that make the truck work better for them! Thanks for the tour

[@kishascape]

Tandem Axle FTW

[@TheKMG365]

Thanks Captain! This truck may be my new favorite. Great explanation of tandem axles. Lots of thought went into this truck. Great idea to back feed with portable generator. Really like how tiller driver sets the lights then has everything at his fingertips to go to work. So many more good ideas on this truck.

[@stevenredman1582]

Columbus has a great fire department with great equipment. Obviously, this truck is not yet in service, but will be a great addition for the firefighters at Station 1.

[@fukgoogle9505]

Good tour, Cap. Thanks!

[@crystallake6198]

This guy should work for pierce. One of the best apparatus overviews yet.

[@anthonysaggio6551]

What a beautiful truck and great video

[@marth6271]

Fancy! Thank you, Captain .

[@craigzahniser4702]

Great description and great ladder. Buckeye Strong!!

[@williamross871]

Great walk around explanation Capt. Towns, It will be a great addition to the fleet of ladder companies.

[@charlesferebee263]

OUTSTANDING. ! WELL DONE. ! 👍🇺🇸

[@ptmy8590]

I like his detailed explanation.

[@TruckinDavo]

that is a sweet rig. I've always wished Pierce would get into making Highway trucks. love their cab & the customization available

[@clementthurn1992]

Awesome truck !! Can't wait to see it drive by the Fire Museum . Great job, Capt. Towns !! Also all those involved on the Apparatus Committee.

[@beastify88]

Thanks for the tour it was very interesting.

[@ORGANIZEDCoNfUsioN]

WOW!!!! that thing is a MONSTER!!!!! Love it.

[@henrypichocki5436]

awesome truck. Excellent presentation.

[@diamondjaguar]

Outstanding job by the captain. The truck is absolutely beautiful. Go Columbus!!! I love this because my brother is a retired fire captain from Youngstown.

[@bradleysteeves7891]

Not a fire fighter i appreciate good equipment and professionalism. Good job explaining everything. Trucks look great when new 20 years later they served their use.

[@bulldog6925]

great looking truck and excellent description by you, captain!

[@trob0914]

SWEET "STICK" ! I hope she serves Columbus well!!🇺🇲

[@crockett616]

Looks like that thing is the length of a couple of street blocks! Cool rig!

[@tjinytjiny6615]

Excellent video..

[@K1ZEK]

Nice truck and great presentation. Blessings. Leo

[@tastewithjase]

Best #vanlife tour I've seen! ;-)

[@georgehasler142]

Nice information it's a nice looking truck also to all of the firefighters in the city of Columbus always work safe

[@markperry762]

Congratulations. Beautiful Truck Company.

[@Magpie01]

Sweet rig brothers. Makes me want to come out of retirement and ride ''TOPGUN"" once again!

[@jimshahan8678]

I saw "Top Gun" passing through downtown Columbus last week, and "Big Stick" on a run. Both awesome trucks!

[@joshroten3997]

Well thought-out Truck. From a retired tiller captain.

[@bobsmith1814]

Great looking ladder truck.

[@toldt]

Nice. Wish this had been on display at FDIC

[@scottfisher2814]

Freakin awesome, y’all thought of almost everything

[@wa7shf]

That Is One SWEET Truck...Only wish we has one

[@SunnybraeCroft]

Thank you for the tour, it’s one beautiful truck.

[@JDDexter62]

Excellent introduction, Captain Towns - thanks! It would be interesting to know if the single pane windshield was the primary reason for an Enforcer rather than the Arrow XT. Looking forward to seeing this apparatus downtown someday soon. Great choice, Columbus Fire.

[@topher174]

Awesome stuff. Thank you!

[@johnlawrence6132]

Nice job Cap! Great looking machine.

[@timwalker5646]

nice looking truck enjoy using it

[@m.loughlin1915]

An amazing piece of engineering 👏

[@TheWpafirephotograph]

Nice tiller 🚒

[@Sibbe2560]

There is no other firetruck then an American one…❤❤

[@Garythefireman66]

Great looking truck. Best of luck with it!

[@NYCT7988]

SWEET STICK!!!, he is a nice ring

[@larrybrown7273]

Outstanding purchase Captain well worth the $5M

[@bondservantministriesinc.672]

This is one thorough video! And a well thought out rig!

[@wcresponder]

Nice looking rig. Hope it serves you well for a long time.

[@KnightRider1983]

Very well spec'd CFD!

[@qwaynick]

Beautiful truck!

[@nate18268]

Amazing apparatus.

[@Lucas-dw4ws]

Nice. I really like it.

[@DrEvil814]

Vary well thought out truck.

[@billfenner7084]

Very nice looking rig

[@daviemccallum7759]

Nice fire appliance

[@simonbertioli4696]

Brilliant... impressive..

[@Lucyblacklab]

Very pretty truck

[@furniturecityfirebuff]

That’s a nice one

[@jerrysheppard9129]

Nice truck

[@stevenpivornik9982]

Love the ladder is called "TOP GUN Lad1deR"

[@longviewstud26]

Nice

[@braedenbaker3088]

I wish there is a tiller truck in Chillicothe

[@jsuperman7672]

Very nice, I like the tandem axle's, It should drive better.

[@mrbluesky2050]

beautiful machine....

[@KKEM641]

I just think the tandem looks better...and it is a nice truck.

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

1:10 one piece windshield ... can't believe that it's so "new" that it's worth mentioning in the US; Seriously, why are the splitted windshields still SO extremly popular on American fire trucks?

[@scootertrash911]

I had to drive a 1975 FWD truck pulling a 1947 American La France Ladder that was sorta broken on one beam(side of the ladder) That was first line equipment.

[@scootertrash911]

Then there was the old 1949 Mack convertible cab 75 foot straight ladder that I drove to it's last fire.

[@jw3363]

Very nice, we are looking at tillers, what does it run without equipment, 1.5 to 1.8 mill ?

[@kevinkevin9448]

Great TDA what is the price tag ?

[@wolfgang548]

Beautiful truck. I bet it ran over $1 million.

[@geoffreymiller5422]

Easily $1.5 million, if not more.

[@ronnienutter529]

Easy lol

[@CPR12345]

And worth every penny.

[@wolfgang548]

@@CPR12345 That would make 100 million pennies.

[@f0rumrr]

@@geoffreymiller5422 yep a rig like that easy over 1.5 mil

[@joemaliga9497]

do you use tire chains or auto chains?

[@thomaspavelko9412]

I wonder if they're in Columbus

[@simrankoura8539]

Do tiller ladders disconnect like regular tractor trailer ?

[@stueyexmcfd]

Are y'all getting two of these

[@SamFisher1957]

Well its been 20 years since station 1 has seen a new ladder, I thought CFD was going to order a Sutphen TDA for ladder 1 since all other apparatus's are Sutphen besides the Pierce TDA's that replaced the American la France TDA's.

[@KnightRider1983]

DeKalb County (GA) Fire Rescue gets the first Sutphen TDA. Sutphen is really late to the game in the TDA market. I wonder if CFD is just waiting to see how others like it before buying one. Pierce makes a nice TDA though, as seen here

[@SamFisher1957]

@@KnightRider1983 from the first three too the last one ordered CFD has made several changes over the 10 years too how they order their TDA's. A lot of guys I know in the department like the Sutphen's over the pierce but that not really saying much since the Sutphen's are mid mount platforms and the pierce is a TDA.

[@franklewis6943]

@@KnightRider1983 Late getting BACK to the TDA market. Sutphen offered them for several decades but quit for some reason in the '90s. The newest one I can think of is a 1996 operated by Mamaroneck, NY. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZ67enyheZ1-jKs

[@jmWhyMe]

That is a gorgeous rig. Use it well. One thing I'm curious about, though, is why the stick is only 107'? I've seen a lot of 125' TDAs lately ... thanks

[@Mr.C-4]

Who makes a 125 tda? I'm genuinely curious

[@jmWhyMe]

@@Mr.C-4 I could be wrong

[@jmWhyMe]

@@Mr.C-4 surprisingly the longest stick is not a TDA it's the E-One CR137 at 137 ft...

[@Mr.C-4]

@@jmWhyMe I believe spartan er/LTI has a 125 foot offering, but it ain't a tda either

[@Quadrille763]

Turn that transfer switch back

[@soflaav8r]

When I grow up I want to be the guy that drives the trailer

[@scootertrash911]

They call the driver on the rear the Tillerman.

[@SovietDoomer171]

The fact it is Ohio ladder truck

[@scootertrash911]

No brass bell on the front bumper, what the heck is the Lieutenant supposed to do without a bell to ring.

[@mattlenardson6567]

Wait how is there 7 seating i only count 6 seats?

[@mattlenardson6567]

Oh wait I just realized that the tiller man is the 7! 🤦‍♂️ lol I feel dumb.

[@Q1745]

@@mattlenardson6567 yep, seating for one in the doghouse!

[@scootertrash911]

It doesn't matter about the seats, most departments can only afford three or four firefighters per unit. Then time off takes more personnel away.

[@mattlenardson6567]

@@scootertrash911 lol yeah I know that. I always think it’s funny when departments say if we need extra seats for guys that really only works for some vol. fire departments. I’m like don’t you guys always try to save money by eliminating unnecessary man power.

[@solarissv777]

@@mattlenardson6567 If they carry only 3 people anyway, why have a tiller at all? Just build an aerial on Freightliner Econic chassis (low cab, can fit up to 4 people in one row) and call it a day. For some extra narrow streets, there are versions with additional steerable rear axle.

[@ghostbuilder3187]

hillsborough county tampa fl unit next door

[@coreyshumaker6529]

Why didn't they go with a light tower on the cab like all the other ladder companies?

[@davidcrowe6344]

So much for buying home town made products!!!!!

[@geoffreymiller5422]

Pierce's TDAs are field-proven and a known quantity. Sutphen is just getting into the TDA market, so I wouldn't want to be the first department to buy their beta version TDA.

[@davidcrowe6344]

@@geoffreymiller5422 we had a Sutphen TDA in the early 80,s at station 10 an inner city station that fit our needs quite well.

[@t.j.miller6826]

David, how are all of those Horton manufactured ambulances that CFD owns working out for them? You know the ones with the 2 year backlog on replacement parts....the ones that the Division of Fire is forced to run every spare ambulance as a front line rig because they can't keep the new ones running. Just because something is made in Ohio doesn't make it the best product for the job.

[@MoparGuy1625]

Nice rig.