I love the chevy 4500 ambulance!!!

[Epi-do]

I don't work for this service but have just seem them operating while visiting. These are the trucks that they use in Lexington, Ky for the LFD. I THINK they're internationals but whatever they are they are freaking huge. Bigger than the C4500.

Check out the bumper on that second one! That thing is HUGE!!! I wonder if they use it to push obstacles out of the way?

 

[Dominion]

I didn't quite get that bumper either, if i remember correctly they run 12-15 trucks and it's pretty evenly split between the two designs above. The pictures don't do them justice, they are freaking monsters.

 

[KillTank]

Ford ambulance trump chevy ambulances.

The ford PowerJoke? pfft can you say Duramax with the Allison 6 speed

 

[Sail195]

The ford PowerJoke? pfft can you say Duramax with the Allison 6 speed

Amen I have a sticker on my tool box of a grande that says ford repair kit lol

 

[reaper]

The ford PowerJoke? pfft can you say Duramax with the Allison 6 speed

Duramax= garbage Allison=good

 

[KillTank]

Duramax= garbage Allison=good

Cummins > Duramax > Powerstroke

 

[paramedichopeful]

Jesus was a Ford man too- he walked everywhere he went

 

[paramedichopeful]

Check out the bumper on that second one! That thing is HUGE!!! I wonder if they use it to push obstacles out of the way?

the first one is the Freightliner setup, and the second is the International Navistar chassis. I have ridden in both these models, and I must say I was impressed. lots of room, everything's right where you need it, people see them better on the street (no kidding). not THE best, but pretty close. and talk about power and acceleration. really amazing when used for transports that require traveling on the interstate

 

[KillTank]

I just want a rig with a cup holder and I will be happy. I'm getting tired of making cup holders out of glove boxes.

 

[KillTank]

Jesus was a Ford man too- he walked everywhere he went

Hahahaha! I shall use that one!^_^

 

[JPINFV]

I just want a rig with a cup holder and I will be happy. I'm getting tired of making cup holders out of glove boxes.

The large rolls of duct tape work better and last longer.

 

[KillTank]

The large rolls of duct tape work better and last longer.

I asked our fleet manager If he could provide us with the cheap cup holders from autozone. He got grumpy and told me we Do not need cup holder because we should not be drinking anything in the rig. Yea... like im going to stop at a 7/11 and buy a bottle of water and drink it there. Pfft!

 

[Ridryder911]

I asked our fleet manager If he could provide us with the cheap cup holders from autozone. He got grumpy and told me we Do not need cup holder because we should not be drinking anything in the rig. Yea... like im going to stop at a 7/11 and buy a bottle of water and drink it there. Pfft!

Technically he is correct. According to OSHA Federal laws, no food or drink is permitted within an ambulance. Not even lipstick or chapstick that could be exposed.

R/r 911

 

[KillTank]

Technically he is correct. According to OSHA Federal laws, no food or drink is permitted within an ambulance. Not even lipstick or chapstick that could be exposed.

R/r 911

I did not know that but it is common sense. crap...:glare:

 

[Flight-LP]

Technically he is correct. According to OSHA Federal laws, no food or drink is permitted within an ambulance. Not even lipstick or chapstick that could be exposed.

R/r 911

Getting even more technical is the fact that food and drink is allowed in the cab under OSHA statutes, providing the availability to appropriately wash your hands and remove contaminated clothing prior to entry into the cab.

Even deeper is the fact that if your employer fails to allow food in the truck, then they are required under FLSA to either allow you time and place for a meal, or compensate you the time lost. Sadly, too many employers fail to comply and most run with the assumption that their employees are not "up to snuff" on regulations to call them on it.

But then again, what couldn't happen exposure wise in an ambulance. Its a big petri dish on wheels no matter how clean you try to make it........

 

[KillTank]

Getting even more technical is the fact that food and drink is allowed in the cab under OSHA statutes, providing the availability to appropriately wash your hands and remove contaminated clothing prior to entry into the cab.

Even deeper is the fact that if your employer fails to allow food in the truck, then they are required under FLSA to either allow you time and place for a meal, or compensate you the time lost. Sadly, too many employers fail to comply and most run with the assumption that their employees are not "up to snuff" on regulations to call them on it.

But then again, what couldn't happen exposure wise in an ambulance. Its a big petri dish on wheels no matter how clean you try to make it........

I just want to drink my water or coffee in the morning without worrying about it spilling. I don't plan on having a buffet in the cab.

 

[Sasha]

I just want to drink my water or coffee in the morning without worrying about it spilling. I don't plan on having a buffet in the cab.

Yeah. Cleaning smoothie off the floor gets old real quick.

 

[Flight-LP]

I just want to drink my water or coffee in the morning without worrying about it spilling. I don't plan on having a buffet in the cab.

Then go to autozone, walmart or the like and buy a personal cupholder, problem solved.....................

 

[Sasha]

Then go to autozone, walmart or the like and buy a personal cupholder, problem solved.....................

Seems too easy. I don't think it'll work.

 

[KillTank]

Then go to autozone, walmart or the like and buy a personal cupholder, problem solved.....................

ehhh they dont pay me enough to buy a personal cup holder