E287 L136 B46 Then & Now

Darrell said:
What could they possibly be trying to fit....unless the job is considering making 136 a tiller.
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Future expansion. Rigs get bigger and bigger every few years. Look at a Tower from the 60s/70s vs today. Makes perfect sense to oversize the floor.
 
RCL said:
Future expansion. Rigs get bigger and bigger every few years. Look at a Tower from the 60s/70s vs today. Makes perfect sense to oversize the floor.
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I doubt these rigs are going to get any bigger, slot of the current apparatus struggle on slot of streets depending on the area
 
NikFDNY said:
I doubt these rigs are going to get any bigger, slot of the current apparatus struggle on slot of streets depending on the area
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I understand that completely but they really dont have a choice. The manufacturers add inches every so often, which add up over time. Look at the difference between 70s 75 Mack/Baker vs today's 75 Seagrave. Its not an overnight thing, it happens over years and decades. Orlando FD bought a 70 platform to replace a 95 over by the Executive airport. There replacing that with a tiller, for the first time in about 40 years, because that area is so tight that the standard 95 platgorms they were using ( every tower was identical. 95 Sutphen SP) and now SPH 100s that they used exclusively, have a hard time.
 
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