New F350 for work... AKA The Fleet Has Arrived!
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New F350 for work... AKA The Fleet Has Arrived!
Well, finally got another vehicle for the office to pull the Mobile Comm Unit that I got from shammond down in Atlanta, as my Explorer wouldnt quite do it.
Had a local company give us, thats right GIVE, a 2003 F-350 4-Door Diesel Dually to my office. Myself and one of my associates did the equipping in 2 days. The striping package on all the vehicles was designed by one of our local graphics companies and looks pretty sharp.
We picked up the vehicle on Tuesday afternoon, had the equipment done by Thursday AM, graphics on Friday just in time to use for a PR event on Saturday... So far everybody loves it!
Anywho, enough of me blabbing... time for the pics!
For emergency equipment, vehicle is equipped with:
Code 3 LEDX LED Lightbar (Red/Blue with Arrowstick)
Code 3 700 WigWags
Code 3 C3100 Speaker
Code 3 Mastercom
Radios are a VHF Midland Syntech 2 with VHF Extender, and a VHF CDM1250.
And of course, kudos to the company that gave it to us...
So now, when we put all the vehicles together... the fleet!
And of course, it wouldnt be complete without video!
*** PR / Safety Fair
F350 Pickup from Front
http://www.lacledeoem.net/batlabs/MVI_0127.AVI
F350 Pickup from Rear
http://www.lacledeoem.net/batlabs/MVI_0125.AVI
Explorer SUV From Front
http://www.lacledeoem.net/batlabs/MVI_0124.AVI
Explorer SUV From Rear
http://www.lacledeoem.net/batlabs/MVI_0126.AVI
*** Both in Storage Building
Front View
http://www.lacledeoem.net/batlabs/MVI_0149.AVI
Front View
http://www.lacledeoem.net/batlabs/MVI_0150.AVI
So... everybody let me know what you think... I'll let the guy that helped me with the install makes his own comments!
Had a local company give us, thats right GIVE, a 2003 F-350 4-Door Diesel Dually to my office. Myself and one of my associates did the equipping in 2 days. The striping package on all the vehicles was designed by one of our local graphics companies and looks pretty sharp.
We picked up the vehicle on Tuesday afternoon, had the equipment done by Thursday AM, graphics on Friday just in time to use for a PR event on Saturday... So far everybody loves it!
Anywho, enough of me blabbing... time for the pics!
For emergency equipment, vehicle is equipped with:
Code 3 LEDX LED Lightbar (Red/Blue with Arrowstick)
Code 3 700 WigWags
Code 3 C3100 Speaker
Code 3 Mastercom
Radios are a VHF Midland Syntech 2 with VHF Extender, and a VHF CDM1250.
And of course, kudos to the company that gave it to us...
So now, when we put all the vehicles together... the fleet!
And of course, it wouldnt be complete without video!
*** PR / Safety Fair
F350 Pickup from Front
http://www.lacledeoem.net/batlabs/MVI_0127.AVI
F350 Pickup from Rear
http://www.lacledeoem.net/batlabs/MVI_0125.AVI
Explorer SUV From Front
http://www.lacledeoem.net/batlabs/MVI_0124.AVI
Explorer SUV From Rear
http://www.lacledeoem.net/batlabs/MVI_0126.AVI
*** Both in Storage Building
Front View
http://www.lacledeoem.net/batlabs/MVI_0149.AVI
Front View
http://www.lacledeoem.net/batlabs/MVI_0150.AVI
So... everybody let me know what you think... I'll let the guy that helped me with the install makes his own comments!
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Actually, no that is the pic from the F350... It was a used truck (2003) and the person that it had been assigned to (prior to it's arrival to us) didnt exactly keep it sparkling clean.
Going to have to have the carpets and upholstery shampooed, and a good cleaning given to it... I smell a job for one of the volunteers!
Here is a couple of pics of the radio stack in the Explorer
From top to bottom:
*Code 3 RLS Siren/Light/Arrowstick Controller
*Kenwood Dual Band Ham Radio
*Motorola MCS2000 VHF
*Midland Syntech 2 VHF with VHF extender
*Midland Syntech 2 Lowband
I know that the console looks crappy and cramped, didnt have the correct face plates for the Midlands, so was forced to improvise, adapt and overcome.
Going to have to have the carpets and upholstery shampooed, and a good cleaning given to it... I smell a job for one of the volunteers!
Here is a couple of pics of the radio stack in the Explorer
From top to bottom:
*Code 3 RLS Siren/Light/Arrowstick Controller
*Kenwood Dual Band Ham Radio
*Motorola MCS2000 VHF
*Midland Syntech 2 VHF with VHF extender
*Midland Syntech 2 Lowband
I know that the console looks crappy and cramped, didnt have the correct face plates for the Midlands, so was forced to improvise, adapt and overcome.
Last edited by jayres on Mon Aug 28, 2006 10:25 pm, edited 1 time in total.
My associate tried talking me into a Whelen, as he is a die hard Whelen freak! He called his rep, I called mine... their bar was somewhere around $1700, mine was around $1300... He had been giving me grief for a while, I told him if they were within $100 I would get the Whelen just for him, but it was a smidgen more!
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Well, mostly by feel! Actually, the switch panel for the siren/lightbar controls is remote mount, maybe 3/4 to an inch thick, and there is still about 6 inches between that and the A/C & Heat controls. If you lean forward just slightly in the drivers seat, you can see the controls (never looked from the passenger side... I don't ride shotgun! )
After you know where the controls are, you dont even have to look anymore!
After you know where the controls are, you dont even have to look anymore!