This disclosure pertains to industrial trucks, and in particular to aerial-ladder trucks with bed extensions. An aerial-ladder truck consistent with the present disclosure includes a cab at a front thereof and a truck bed at a rear thereof. The back end portion of the truck bed includes bed extensions that are slidably coupled in a transverse direction to the back end portion of the truck bed. When the bed extensions are engaged, the width of the truck bed increases by a length that the bed extensions extend from the truck bed. The aerial-ladder truck further includes a ladder turret provided to the truck bed to pass there through. The aerial-ladder truck further includes an extensible post fixedly passing through the ladder turret, an extensible ladder connected to a top portion of the extensible post, and a carrier provided at the top thereof.
Aerial-ladder truck with bed extensions
2018-08-07
Patent
Electronic Resource
English