List of American truck manufacturers
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This is a list of American truck manufacturers.
A
- AEERSA (fire trucks)
- Alden Sampson
- AM General
- American (1911–1913)
- American Austin (1929–1934)
- American Bantam (1935–1941)
- American Coleman
- American LaFrance (fire trucks)
- American Motor Truck[1]
- Autocar
- Available [2] (1910–1957)
B
- Barley
- Bering
- Bessemer (1911-circa 1929)
- Bethlehem
- Biederman (1920–1955)
- Binghamton Electric (1920)
- Brockway
- Brodesser (1909–1911)
- Bryan (1918–1923)
- Buick
C
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Caterpillar 740
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Chase 1908 delivery wagon, photographed at the Louwman museum, the Netherlands, 2011
- Caterpillar
- Chase (1907–1919)
- Chevrolet
- Chrysler
- Colet[3]
- Crane Carrier
- Crown
D
E
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)
- Hatfield (1910–1911)[6]
- Hayes Truck (1922-1975)
- Hebb (before 1926)[7]
- Heil
- Hummer
I
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1927 International 1-ton stakebed
- Indiana
- International
- International Power Company (1899–1902)[8]
J
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1972 Jeep Commando
K
- Kaiser
- Kaiser-Frazer
- Kelland Electric (1922–1925) Newark NJ
- Kentucky Wagon Works (1914–1923)[9]
- Kenworth
- Kissel (1910–1930)
- Kleiber (San Francisco)
L
- Lange Motor Truck (1911-1931)
- Lincoln
- Luedinghaus (1920–1933)
M
- Maccar (1914–1935)
- Mack
- Marion (garbage trucks)
- Marmon
- Marmon-Herrington (1931–1964)[10]
- Maxim Motors
- McNeilus
- Mercury
- Mogul (before 1926)[11]
N
O
- Old Hickory (1914–1923)[9]
- Oldsmobile
- Oneida
- Oshkosh (1918-) (Wisconsin Duplex 1917-1918)
- Ottawa[12]
P
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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]
S
- Sanford-Herbert (1909–1939)
- Schacht (1910–1938) (fire trucks)
- SPA
- Sterling
- Stoddard (1911)
- Studebaker (1905-1910 {electric}, 1913–1918, 1927–1964)
T
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
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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
Z
See also
- Dump truck
- List of automobile manufacturers
- List of defunct automobile manufacturers
- List of dump truck manufacturers
- List of truck manufacturers
- Semi-trailer and semi-trailer truck
- Tractor unit
Notes
- ↑ Ace
- ↑ Available Truck Co., Chicago
- ↑ Colet website
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Clymer, p.210.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Distinct from Hatfield and Hatfield. Kimes, p.652.
- ↑ Clymer, p.207.
- ↑ In Providence, Rhode Island. Kimes, p.737.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Kimes & Clark, p.437-8.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Clymer, p.208.
- ↑ Ottawa Truck website
- ↑ Pierce Manufacturing website
- ↑ Automobile, p.432.
- ↑ Automobile, p.434.
- ↑ 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
