Pierce or Seagraves which is better?

im taken a poll wether pierce trucks or seagraves trucks are better so let me no what you think

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Permalink Reply by Engineco913 on August 23, 2007 at 4:08pm

Neither, seen too many problems with Pierce and not enough exposure to seagrave

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Permalink Reply by Jim Creech on August 23, 2007 at 4:41pm

I'd have to agree with Erin. MFG's have their problems. All of them need to work on their Quality Control. Pierce was all I ever knew until I went to another department. I still like Pierce, hate American LaChances, our Seagrave hasn't been too bad. Does anyone have an "Alexis"? It is one ugly POS, but has been very dependable as a reserve piece.

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Permalink Reply by Engineco913 on August 23, 2007 at 4:53pm

Speaking of KME, remember the news stories about them falling apart on the departments. One had one that vibrated violently if you went over 18 mph. Should be more like KMA (kiss my ass for being a sucker and buying the piece of crap) not kme. The major problem I see with pierce is back when they had descent quality control, but now with so many departments requesting their trucks, they are in a crunch to build build build, and speed in MFG tends to make quality a little more lax.

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Permalink Reply by Terry Lambert on August 23, 2007 at 8:01pm

I prefere Pierce.

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Permalink Reply by D.MAN on August 24, 2007 at 7:59pm

i like 4-GUYS.had problems with pierce.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Davenport on August 24, 2007 at 9:32pm

I didn't know anybody but pierce made fire trucks. Uh.

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Permalink Reply by capt-po on August 24, 2007 at 9:39pm

Pierce

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Permalink Reply by Brad Turner on August 24, 2007 at 9:45pm

Pierce, no doubt. Our department has 3, and have never had problem's w/ 'em....pierce all the way!

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Permalink Reply by Engineco913 on August 24, 2007 at 11:04pm

Quantity or Quality.... Only one can make you big money, quality always loses

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Permalink Reply by Kevin King on August 25, 2007 at 8:03pm

It's not nice to be a hater

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Permalink Reply by Kevin King on August 25, 2007 at 8:12pm

This time I got to go crossways with my partner I like Pierce and Seagraves,Even some ALFs are still good ancor points.

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Permalink Reply by ff922 on August 25, 2007 at 8:29pm

We have had 30+ Pierce trucks for the past 15 years, a few years ago we switched to Smeal. Smeal is a very very cheap company with no quality at all. Yes we did have a few problems with our Pierces, but I am happy with them, and I am happy when our Smeal breaks down and we get our Pierce reserve!!!! Stay away from Seagrave and ALF's