What Company of Fire apparatus do you prefer

I am a really big American LaFrance fan . The one on my pics is a 2001 American LaFrance Eagle Series Rescue/Engine . My second favorite would ba a Pierce Dash

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Permalink Reply by Tom Eades on March 15, 2008 at 8:43pm

I'm a long time fan of Pierce, but have always liked Spartan chassis too. Although I like the ALF Eagle, they have developed a bad reputation for problems over the past couple of years. Our current chief bailed out of the company before they went bankrupt.

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Permalink Reply by Chan Rivera on March 15, 2008 at 9:45pm

we had a pierce 83 did not like it my dept. went to 5 KME

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Permalink Reply by Tom Eades on March 15, 2008 at 10:08pm

The rigs I drove were '86 Dashes; they're all still in service. From what I understand, PIerce has a tendancy to run hot and cold. I don't have any expericene with KME so far...

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Permalink Reply by afd29 on March 15, 2008 at 11:05pm

i perfer Pierce. the department i run with has 2 pierce dash chassis pumpers and a pierce 100ft. tower.

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Permalink Reply by daniel smith on March 20, 2008 at 4:56pm

ooh a pierce! Hermiston had one once it was a com,mercial chassis from the early eightys. It was an interface truck before they came into being vouge. It was the most suck ass pump panel and it was a manual tranny. It was made well though! However hermiston has rosenbaur appratus now ladder pumper tender and two interfaces plus a couple of odd ball companies

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Permalink Reply by Doug on March 29, 2008 at 4:33am

Hahn!!! Another great PA built rig. Too bad they're no longer.... My department had a '71 that was in service until sold around '03-'04. And it was still keeping pace with the newer rigs in the area at that age. Man that was a cold ride during the winter....brr! Last I heard a department down in the Outer Banks of SC bought it, and are using it as an educational and fire prevention piece.

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Permalink Reply by Jacob on March 29, 2008 at 8:28am

That's a good lookin truck

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Permalink Reply by Bob on March 29, 2008 at 9:30am

The Pierce Lance... Best I've operated in a long time. We've had E-One, Deep South, Ferrara and one oddball, The Pierce came out on top every time.

2nd best is a 4 Guys conventional

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Permalink Reply by Dan Thomas on April 1, 2008 at 11:50am

We have 3 Sutphens in our fleet and, other than small maintenance issues, we haven't had any major problems with them. We are actually getting ready to start spec-ing a new pumper or rescue/pumper. I'd like some info about what you think as far as manufacturers

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Permalink Reply by Chris Kerr on April 1, 2008 at 12:29pm

Pierce by far has the best quality. yes they are high end on pricing, but in the long run its well worth it. 20 years from now they'll still be around, and so will your apparatus.