Pierce Mfg. and FAW of China

[TheNewLadder32 49]

Pierce Mfg. and FAW of China made a agreement that Pierce build Rescue and Pumper bodies for China to be mounted on FAW chassis. Interesting to me.... does anyone see this as good marketing on Pierce's behalf ?

http://www.piercemfg.com/en/pierce/news/Pierce-in-China.aspx

[mfc2257 464]

Anything we can do to start reversing the trade and debt imbalance between us and the Chinese is good...

[grumpyff 1,159]

Probably a limited number, so that the Chinese factories have something to copy

[firefighter36 52]

As long as low bid copies don't make it back to the streets in the United States...

[x635 4,066]

I wonder why they don't have the chasis shipped to Pierce, them build it, and ship it back. Probaly cheaper just to ship the body there, but I wonder what problems may arise at the end assembly.

[TheNewLadder32 49]

Im just wondering is it cheaper for them to order the bodies as well because China has been ordering the custom chassis from Pierce (i.e. pumpers and rescues).... So wonder why now they want to mount it on chassis made by FAW also as a side note i thought they didnt like trucks manufactuered their?

Edited May 9, 2013 by TheNewLadder32