Engineering:List of American truck manufacturers

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This is a list of United States truck manufacturers.

American LaFrance ladder truck of Gainesville FD

0-9

  • 4 Guys, Inc [1]

A

  • AEERSA (fire trucks)
  • Alden Sampson
  • Alexis Fire Equipment Company (fire trucks, 1947-present)
  • AM General
  • American (1911–1913)
  • American Austin (1929–1934)
  • American Bantam (1935–1941)
  • American Coleman
  • American LaFrance (fire trucks)
  • Ace (1918–1927; also Busses)
  • American Truck Company - ATC (2004-2007)
  • American & British Manufacturing Corporation (fire trucks, ?–1919)
  • Autocar
  • Available [2] (1910–1957)

B

  • Barley
  • Bering
  • Bessemer (1911-circa 1929)
  • Bethlehem (1917-1926)
  • Biederman (1920–1955)
  • Binghamton Electric (1920)
  • Blair (1911–1918)
  • Brockway
  • Brodesser (1909–1911)
  • Bryan (1918–1923)
  • Buick

C

Caterpillar 740
Chase 1908 delivery wagon, photographed at the Louwman museum, the Netherlands, 2011
  • Caterpillar
  • Chase (1907–1919)
  • Chevrolet
  • Chrysler
  • Clydesdale Motor Truck Company (1917–1939), formerly Clyde Cars Company
  • Colet[3]
  • Crane Carrier
  • Crown

D

  • Dart Truck (1903–1988)
  • Dempster
  • Desberon (1901–1904)
  • Diamond REO (1967-)
  • Diamond T (1911–1966)
  • Divco
  • Dodge
  • Duplex Truck (1916-1955)

E

  • E-One
  • Eagle
  • Elk (1913–1914)
  • Euclid

F

  • Fageol Motors (1916–1938; later Peterbilt)
  • Fargo
  • Federal
  • Fisher
  • Ford
  • Freightliner
  • FWD

G

  • Garford
  • Garwood
  • General Vehicle (or G.V.) (1905–1906)[4][5]
  • Gersix (1915–1922)
  • GMC (1912–present)
  • Grabowsky (1908–1913)
  • Graham-Paige

H

  • Hart-Kraft (1907–1913)
  • Harvey (1911–1932)
  • Hatfield (1910–1911)[6]
  • Hayes Truck (1922-1975)
  • Hebb (before 1926)[7]
  • Heil
  • Hummer

I

1927 International 1-ton stakebed

J

1972 Jeep Commando

K

Kenworth tractor with trailer
  • Kaiser
  • Kaiser-Frazer
  • Kelland Electric (1922–1925) Newark NJ
  • Kentucky Wagon Works (1914–1923)[9]
  • Kenworth
  • Kissel (1910–1930)
  • Kleiber (San Francisco)
  • Krebs Commercial Car Company (1912–1917)

L

  • Lange Motor Truck (1911-1931)
  • Lincoln
  • Luedinghaus (1920–1933)

M

N

O

  • O-K Truck (1916-1927)
  • Old Hickory (1914–1923)[9]
  • Oldsmobile
  • Oneida
  • Oshkosh (1918-) (Wisconsin Duplex 1917-1918)
  • Ottawa[12]

P

U.S. Peterbilt truck, California
  • Pacific Truck & Trailer Limited (1947-1991)
  • Packard (1904–1923)
  • Pak-Mor (garbage trucks, San Antonio)
  • Palmer-Moore (1906–1918)
  • Peterbilt (1939–present)
  • Pierce[13] (1955-) (distinct from Pierce-Arrow)
  • Pierce-Arrow (1911-circa 1934)
  • Piggins Practical (1911–1916)
  • Plymouth (1935–1941)
  • Pontiac
  • Poss (1911–1912)[14]

R

  • Rapid (1902–1909) predecessor to GMC Truck
  • REO (1908–1967) (maker of the REO Speed Wagon pickups and fire trucks)
  • Republic (1913–1929) (later partnered with American LaFrance)
  • Rush (1915–1918)[15]
  • Ram

S

  • Sanford-Herbert (1909–1939)
  • Schacht (1910–1938) (fire trucks)
  • SPA
  • Sterling
  • Stoddard (1911)
  • Studebaker (1905-1910 {electric}, 1913–1918, 1927–1964)

T

  • Terex
  • Tiffin (1913–1923)

V

  • V.E. (or V.E.C.) Electric (1901–1906)[4][5]
  • Van Dyke (1910–1912)
  • Van-L (1912)
  • Velie (1911–1929)[16]
  • Vestal (1914)

W

Willys cab-forward pickup
  • Walter
  • Wayne
  • Western Star
  • White
  • White-Freightliner
  • White Hickory (1916–1921)
  • Willys
  • Willys-Overland
  • Wisconsin Duplex (1917–1918; Oshkosh Truck afterward)
  • Worcester Lunch Car

Y

  • Yellow

Z

  • Zeligson

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ [1]
  2. ↑ Available Truck Co., Chicago
  3. ↑ Colet website
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Clymer, p.210.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Kimes, Beverly Rae (editor) and Clark, Henry Austin, jr. ; The Standard Catalogue of American Cars, 2nd Edition, Krause Publications, Iola WI 54990 (1985), ISBN:0-87341-111-0, p.1447
  6. ↑ Distinct from Hatfield and Hatfield. Kimes, p.652.
  7. ↑ Clymer, p.207.
  8. ↑ In Providence, Rhode Island. Kimes, p.737.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Kimes & Clark, p.437-8.
  10. ↑ Spoelstra, Hanno. "Marmon-Herrington Military Vehicles". http://www.marmon-herrington.webs.com/. 
  11. ↑ Clymer, p.208.
  12. ↑ Ottawa Truck website
  13. ↑ Pierce Manufacturing website
  14. ↑ Automobile, p.432.
  15. ↑ Automobile, p.434.
  16. ↑ Vance, Bill. "Velie was quality over quantity", in Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, 18 July 2008, p.E10.

References

  • Automobile Quarterly, (Editors of). The American Car Since 1775. New York: Automobile Quarterly Inc., 1971.
  • Clymer, Floyd. Treasury of Early American Automobiles, 1877-1925. New York: Bonanza Books, 1950.
  • Gunnell, John A. Standard Catalog of American Light-Duty Trucks 1896-1986 (Second Edition). Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1993. ISBN:0-87341-238-9
  • Kimes, Beverly Rae, and Clark, Henry Austin, Jr. The Standard Catalog of American Cars 1805-1942 (3rd edition). Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1996. ISBN:0-87341-428-4
  • Vossler, Bill. Cars, Trucks, and Buses Made By Tractor Companies. Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1999. ISBN:0-8734-1672-4




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