Trump

= Trump Ltd. =
== History ==
Trump was a Canadian manufacturer of articulating boom devices. First opened as a machine shop in 1944 by W.E. "Ted" Thornton-Trump in Oliver, BC. After Trump had acquired the rights to produce a pneumatic pruning devices he began to look for other ways to streamline the fruit growing industry. In 1951, he came up with the idea of the "Giraffe" which was a tractor towed trailer fitted with a two boom articulating lift for fruit picking. In 1955, after a slow year in the British Columbia fruit industry, the cash strapped Trump began to expand his line of boom devices into other industries, including firefighting. 
The first Snorkel was built for Fredericton Fire Department in New Brunswick and featured a 65' two boom articulating aerial device placed on a Chevrolet 80 chassis. This truck delivered in 1961 and was the first Snorkel to be placed into service in Canada. By 1963, Trump's line of Snorkel devices had expanded to include a two boom 85' Snorkel and a 3 boom 90 foot Snorkel.
==See also==
*Former operators of Trump apparatus
==Sources== 
*McCall, Walter. “HISTORICALLY SPEAKING: CANADA’S FIRST SNORKELS.” Third Alarm, Feb. 2018.
*Patton, Kristi, and News. “South Okanagan Inventor Lifted the Fruit Industry to New Heights.” Vernon Morning Star, Vernon Morning Star, 24 Sept. 2019, https://www.vernonmorningstar.com/news/south-okanagan-inventor-lifted-the-fruit-industry-to-new-heights/.
*“Vignette: Giraffes and Girettes.” BC Fruit Growers' Association, https://www.bcfga.com/263/Struggling+Along.
Category:Defunct Canadian fire apparatus manufacturers