AEC, the Associated Equipment Company started producing chassis’s for fire fighting vehicles after the Second World War. The launch of the AEC Mercury Ergomatic provided fire engine builders with a cab, chassis and power unit suitable for such vehicles. The AEC Mercury TGM chassis was ideal to mount turntable ladders and hydraulic platforms on and many of these vehicles gave service for in excess of 20 years. MMR 217G was delivered to Wiltshire Fire Brigade in 1968. This AEC Mercury TGM with Ergomatic cab was fitted with a 100ft Merryweather four section turntable ladder. It was operational at Salisbury until 1990, when it moved into Wiltshire’s reserve fleet before its disposal in 1994.
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