LACo Fire Department - Heavy Rescue 103

[@SoCalFB2]

Benny is awesome! It was great meeting him. It’s always such a pleasure to meet firefighters who are as dedicated and passionate as Benny!

[@ErichFauser]

I didn't know that fire departments in California had tow trucks

[@matthewsmith9624]

Tag lift axle is behind drive axles!! Pusher lift axle is in front of drive axles

[@richardpaauwe6520]

Is it a rotator?

[@nkarkoski]

Yep!

[@Youandfourothers]

Bet that thing ain’t cheap,hell of a rig tho 😎

[@rickyheck6780]

It's a lift axel... Single tire lift axel is rated 10,000 lbs dual tire is 20,000 lbs...

[@n4gix]

That is a lovely (and useful) heavy rescue aparatus. While the slide fore and aft is a useful feature, rotation would be even more useful! 🚑

[@ArmchairIC]

It does rotate. It's actually turned a little bit in the video.

[@nathanoakes9684]

You forgot Indiana Task Force One they go everywhere

[@StuartGorsky]

Didn't know there was an Indiana Task Force... Good for them.

[@dpacheco7349]

When's he going to say he drives a tow truck?

[@eriksand9262]

Never. Since they don’t tow anything 😎

[@alansohn855]

They don't have the underlift attached on it so really it's not a tow truck and never has been since it's a rotator, a separate class.

[@Alfeco-dm7uk]

Interesting video and cool gear. But what about the training. In the end, it's all about training.

[@biker6991]

Wierd seeing a rotator without an underlift.

[@n4gix]

Nothing was mentioned about being a rotator. He did emphasize the ability to move fore/aft though...

[@craigdeross8505]

@@n4gix It rotates 360 degrees

[@alansohn855]

​@@n4gixThat actual truck is called a rotator and the boom does rotate. I've seen it in action before while on a trip to the county area and it is pretty impressive, but wish the main winch lines were rated for 65k lbs instead.

[@PMichaels]

Awesome video! Thanks for the tour, Benny! 👍🏼

[@roberttraylor1392]

AWESOME VIDEO OF L.A. COUNTY'S FINEST LACOFD

[@dubzytse710]

I always wonder y trucks niw have that extra axle

[@ArmchairIC]

05:10 - Pusher not a tag

[@davidmack4495]

awesome!!

[@blainenodes8182]

As an apparatus buff 70 yrs in MN, THANKS 👍 for the story... interesting to say the least🔥who built rig?cab is a Pete?

[@user-rh9mh5kh3p]

It’s an NRC 65 ton the cab is a kenworth

[@jeffpatch5]

Is HR103 cross staffed or full time staffed

[@1234crevis]

Jamie Davis got the last one hahaha

[@cpb9451]

Actually?

[@jeffclark2725]

That was my thought,did Jamie Davis,or Ron Pratt inspire the fire department to get one of these truck's?

[@1234crevis]

@@cpb9451 yeah he got the last one

[@alansohn855]

​@@jeffclark2725 Neither since both LAFD and LACoFD had heavy rescue units way before either of them. For example, LAFD acquired Heavy Rescue 56 in 1994.

[@alansohn855]

Jamie actually got LAFD's Heavy Rescue 56 (the 1st one), not HR103 from LACoFD

[@alexanderneblett-wp1on]

That's one beautiful unit!!! From a former two- man myself its great (and my first) time ever seeing an fire rescue unit like it!!! Beautiful rig and be safe out there!!!

[@kingtim41]

is the rig an automatic? show the cab interior

[@ArmchairIC]

Can't find an exact answer but likely automatic. Easier for emergency response and this doesn't typically haul anything. Just moves things into position for private tow companies to take away.

[@dpacheco7349]

Anr why are they buying Canadian products with tax money?

[@helmut2333]

Ahhh muffin did the Canadians hurt your feeling

[@alansohn855]

​@helmut2333 As a Canadian myself I don't know nor do I know why he's reacting this way. Think it's cool they are buying NRC though I'd use a century 1150R due to less maintenance required for the sliding/rolling mechanism for the "crane" itself.