Title/Name/Summary
Purchase and Installation of Knapheide Aluminum KUVCC Enclosed Utility Body and Knapheide Aluminum Service Utility Body
History
The Emergency Services and Disaster Agency (E.S.D.A.) operates four (4) vehicles to transport their various equipment when needed. This fleet consists of all repurposed vehicles with an average age of twelve (12) years. The oldest vehicle in the E.S.D.A. fleet is thirteen (13) years old and has over 112,000 miles. The repurposed vehicles are not designed and constructed to meet the needs of the E.S.D.A. staff.
Vehicles and Equipment staff worked with E.S.D.A. staff to determine the specifications for the body build. The enclosed aluminum utility body will be fitted with a pull-out bed with a shelved tool rack and generator storage. With the pull-out generator storage, there is no need for generator exhaust porting through the body, which gives staff mobility options if the generator needs to be utilized away from the vehicle.
Currently, scene lighting is provided by a 2002 tow-behind Ingersol Rand light tower and generator combination. The utility body has been spec’d with two (2) pole mounted scene lights on the rear of the body and a roof mounted LED tower light. The light tower is extendable up to thirteen and one half (13.5) feet plus the height of the truck body and features 360 degrees of rotation.
There are limited vendors available to spec the body that the Village is looking for. The two main manufacturers are Knapheide and Reading truck bodies. The Village received a proposal from Knapheide Truck Equipment Center of McHenry, Illinois for the Knapheide utility body. Monroe Truck Equipment of Joliet, Illinois provided a proposal for the Reading utility body.
Knapheide Truck Equipment provided a quote of $71,675.53 and Monroe Truck Equipment provided a quote of $88,883.00.
As with most equipment builds, it is difficult to get multiple quotes for an ‘apples to apples’ build because there are variations in ...
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