[quote name='KENTucky' post='313386' date='Jun 13 2009, 13:16 ']Southaven, MS sold it to Fire Trucks Plus in 2007 or 2008, reportedly because it was simply too big for them. Middletown had starting specing out a new rescue-pumper and wanted a Quantum to match the rest of their frontline fleet. They were made aware of this rig and saw that it was close to what they wanted. Rathing than going new, they opted to save by purchasing the slightly used rig in 2008 and sent it back to Pierce for modifications and to be repainted.[/quote]
I don't think that it was too big for them, because they replaced it with the same body, basically, except the new one is under an Arrow XT. At the time Southaven had it, the rig had everything you could possibly put on it and from what I've been told by a couple of buddies, it stayed out of service more than it stayed inservice. So they traded it back in to Pierce on the new Arrox XT. Due to all of the bells and whistles it had a lot of different problems.
I don't think that it was too big for them, because they replaced it with the same body, basically, except the new one is under an Arrow XT. At the time Southaven had it, the rig had everything you could possibly put on it and from what I've been told by a couple of buddies, it stayed out of service more than it stayed inservice. So they traded it back in to Pierce on the new Arrox XT. Due to all of the bells and whistles it had a lot of different problems.
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