HME Ahrens-Fox can trace its heritage back to 1913, over 93 years ago, when Magnus Hendrickson founded the Hendrickson Motor Truck Company in Chicago. Quite an innovator in his day, Hendrickson began building custom trucks including those for specialized applications such as heavy delivery, stone cranes, roofer's hoists and scavenger bodies. It was Hendrickson that developed and marketed the first tandem axle suspension, quite an innovation in its day, and was one of the first truck manufacturers to install Diesel engines. The company built its first line of fire apparatus in the 1930s, and was the first to develop and market the first tilt cab custom pumper chassis in the 1980s. Drawing from its heritage of the innovative and legendary Ahrens-Fox line of apparatus, the RAT~(TM), or Rapid Attack Truck, combines a fully rated Class A pumper engineered into the size of a mini pumper without sacrificing water, hose or equipment carrying capacity. The CAT~(TM) or City Attack Truck is a custom engineered solution, perfect for departments with high call volumes that need a unit having heavy duty pumping power, easy service accessibility, replacement of corrosion-prone components such as aluminum tread plate, and user-friendly design elements such as an extremely low rear hose bed.
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