Any1 here use Sprinters as ambulances? The comp. I work for is ordering 1 we should get this fall? How do sprinters handle at high speeds? And how do they handle with large crosswinds?

Thx!



Red

 

I haven't seen an ambulance in person, but I passed a "field communications unit" Sprinter on the highway over the weekend. It looked to be outfitted very similarly to how an ambulance would be.

There's tons of pictures of European Sprinter ambulances.

 

Aslong as thier the twin wheel rear axel(400 over here 4.6 ton chassis) handle well,good traction,side winds no issue.Have a bit of info to pass on,no time at moment,stay tuned will b back later,(am an ex paramedic and full time sprinter torturer)

 

photos of when 2nd gen sprinter first arrived over here,same layout as current stuff.Bodys are demountable (manufactured by U.V.modular,Manchester).chassis is the sprinter 416cdi,4.6 ton chassis.

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some press from the uk,2003-2005. http://www2.mercedes-benz.co.uk/cont...nce_leads.html


http://www2.mercedes-benz.co.uk/cont...rs_london.html


http://www.carpages.co.uk/mercedes_b...e_20_11_03.asp

 

Hong Kong

http://www.hkfsd.gov.hk/home/eng/appliances/amb.html

http://www.hkfsd.gov.hk/home/eng/app...AMB_light.html

Oz,nsw

http://www.ambulance.nsw.gov.au/what/sprinter.html

Norway
http://img.alibaba.com/photo/10844329/Ambulance.jpg

 

some more for you;

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UV Modular

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WA bodies

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JAKAB;lethal,cheap conversion,loved by the NHS penny-pinchers,top heavy,and many have been rolled.Now have all been taken off the roaddue to safety issues,and sit on stations gathering dust.Jakab has now gone bust and the authorties are now stuck with these white elephants that they can't use.

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macneille&son conversion,older white ambulance,nice storage area at the rear.All our ambulances must now be yellow due to some euro-**** directive.

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older UV Modular design'first appeared ten years ago,now more services are going for the "box on the back" as they are de-mountable(can be re-furbed,re-used when the chassis cab gives up the ghost,+better more spacious working envioroment in the back

 

And theres more;

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VW LT based on old model sprinter (soon to be replaced by the Crafter).My local services mobile communications unit.
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These guys pedal around Heathrow,and some areas are trying out pedal-paras in the City centre paved areasand shopping malls,to much like hard work for me!
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This is more my cup of tea,Yam FJR1300,bugger the sick lets go for a thrash!
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Where it all began,one of the first model Sprinters from 1995,still being used as a spare despite being to mars and back.

 

some uk paramedic/emt sites;
http://www.ambulance999.co.uk

http://www.ukemergency.co.uk
willpost some more up when i can get to them

and finally for a giggle,remember your first job as an EMT,hope it was'nt as bad as this! Mine was a maternity,and she pupped,baptism of fire,sh*t myself,they named the baby after me which was kinda nice,but still say Garys a crap name for a girl!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KGZBJ1I5FQ