16.06.2023
Story of the exhibit
A special airport vehicle for aircraft inspection and de-icing, built on a Ford C800 truck by the US company Trump (today JBT Corporation). After independence it was brought to Estonia from Finland as humanitarian aid and was used for a long time at Tallinn Airport. In recent years it stood near Tallinn Airport, by the Tartu road.
About the model
A medium-duty cab-over-engine truck built in the USA from 1963 to 1990.
The Trump D40-D is an aircraft de-icing unit. The van-type body of the truck holds two tanks for water and de-icing fluid, a petrol-fired fluid pre-heater and an engine driving the boom together with the fluid supply pumps. With the telescopic boom, de-icing fluid can also be sprayed onto the fuselages of taller aircraft.
Technical data:
Base vehicle: Ford C800
Drive 4x2
Engine: V8 petrol engine
Vehicle dimensions (LxWxH): 12.9x2.4x4.3 m
Kerb weight: 9751 kg
Gross weight: 15,059 kg
De-icing fluid tank capacity: 1365 l
Water tank capacity: 6825 l
Max. lateral boom reach: 8.5 m
Max. boom height: 12.4 m
Max. basket load: 180 kg
Manufacturer
Ford Motor Company
Michigan, USA
Ford Motor do Brasil S.A. was founded on 24 April 1919 as a subsidiary of the US carmaker Ford Motor Company. In the early years Ford T-series cars and Ford TT-series trucks were imported from the USA as kits for assembly in Brazil. Brazilian Ford became a manufacturer rather than an assembly plant…
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