Review on Big Red Fire Truck Toy With Lights, Sounds & Folding Ladder - Perfect For Kids Age 3-8! by Adam Alvarez

We got this for my bucket truck obsessed 3 year olds birthday. We typically go with well known brands for trucks but bucket trucks apparently aren't super popular and this is what we ended up getting. He loves putting people in the bucket and "fixing power lines" which is what we bought it for and what really matters but it's definitely not as sturdy as I had expected for the price and I don't expect the ladder to last long because of how thin the plastic is. A few other things I've noticed that may impact whether it will work well for your purposes:1. It makes as very loud clicking noise as you raise and lower the ladder. My kids don't mind it but I would have preferred it be quieter.2. Only 2 of the men are able to sit and neither fit properly behind the driver's seat. They only are able to fit into the cab if you put them in at the right angle. My kids just swapped them out for other figures that did fit but if your child wants to use the figures that come with it, they're not a great fit. The doors also only open about 70°.3. The bottom part of the ladder only opens about 70° and it seems to reverse sides halfway up which makes the bucket hang weirdly unless at just the right angle. The pictures show the ladder at max extension so if you're looking to rescue people from windows and climb straight down the ladder, this may not work for you.We don't plan to put batteries into it so we haven't tried any of the light/sound features that others have talked about.