That is such a shame, a smaller dept probaly could have gotten 10-20 years outta that rig, correct me if I'm wrong but the boom is originally from a 1973?? Fdny Mack tower ladder, bought by a dept complete refurb mounted on a brand new 2001 spartan chassis and donated after 9/11 when it was completed, nfd2004 I bileave your correct about where it started, then it was moved to city island to help reduce maintenance down time cost etc.. I couldn't imagine it had to many miles/hours on it as I thought it was put on city island pretty quick. Gotta love the fdny trying to be uniform with the rigs. Just an FYI for ya, the two collapse rescues that are the spartan chassis Are the same chassis as this tower ladder just a few years newer, I think the model is called the gladiator. I'm sure it could have been a much needed spare, or if you want to keep maintenance down put it at the rock for training or heck make it a ready reserve truck 7xx. Wouldn't be a terrible idea to have it on govenors island last I pictures I saw it looked like the reserve trucks out there were 1989-1990 era seagraves.