Memphis Fire Dept

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I see these have super single rear axles.  We purchased/took delivery of a pierce almost exactly one year ago (2014 Impel 1250/1000 Rescue pumper).  While going through the spec process I asked our Pierce salesman for this area about the possibility of looking into a super single rear axle.  He told me it couldn't be done and Pierce wouldn't entertain the idea.  Never even checked with Pierce.  

 

I see this truck has it (I KNOW the rear axle set up is different and is designed also for steering), but it makes me wonder if it could have been done.  We looked at one other company, and that salesman was awesome to deal with.  He went above and beyond for us and it was probably the hardest decision in the whole truck building process not to purchase from him....but when I took the salesman out and compared everything side by side on paper....Pierce won out.

 

Rambling done....my question is....is the single rear wheel something specific for this truck/All steer product, or is it possible to do it on a Fire Apparatus?

Pierce did it in the 90's on the Javelin model...