Brown said he plans to make a final inspection visit to the assembly plant in Ephrata, Pa., where the truck is being built, on March 8.
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Delivery of the truck, which has a price tag of $950,000, has been delayed a couple of times already. One of the delays was due to manufacturer Smeal Fire Apparatus being bought by Spartan ERV.
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The new ladder truck, like the one it will replace, is a tiller truck. A tiller truck requires drivers at both the front and rear; a straight truck is driven only from the front.