The unit’s 107-foot aerial ladder features a weight optimized design structure that places weight and mass only where required. The aerial delivers a full 107-foot vertical reach and a 100-foot horizontal reach with a below grade operation of -10 degrees. The ladder’s reach is 32 feet greater than a typical single rear axle aerial. Since its launch, the manufacturer’s research and development team has successfully completed three phases of a fatigue test on the Ascendant that demonstrate the equivalent of 20 years of service life.

The driver of her trailer in the parade was WHS Associate Trustee Lt. Roy Hatch who, with the help of several members of Waldoboro’s Fireman’s Association, loaded the engine on a new horse trailer loaned for the drive by Mike Phillips of On the Road in Warren.