Tawny,
Pierce in ways are not the "top dogs", Pierce sells a good amount of trucks but there are companys that beat them BIG TIME in storage, looks, How big the tank is, etc, stuff like that, like Sutphen beats them in looks (
http://www.suthphen.com ) and Seagrave probaly is the number one running trucks on the Eastern side of the US (
http://www.seagrave.com ) because FDNY is 99% Seagrave. Mack used to be the Number 2 selling truck for Firetrucks anyway, I know my company used to have 5 Macks, out of 5 Trucks. now, we have 3 Sutphens a Mack Resce, and a Ford Squad. So really Pierce is the Numba 1 seller, but not best in Hose Storage, Compartment Space, etc.....