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Starting in 1910, the development of a number of technologies gave rise to the modern trucking industry. With the advent of the gasoline-powered internal combustion engine, improvements in transmissions, the move away from chain drives to gear drives, and the development of the tractor/semi-trailer combination, shipping by truck gained in popularity. [1]
His son George Brockway later turned the carriages into a truck manufacturer in 1909. The first trucks were high-wheelers. During World War I, Brockway built 587 Class B Liberty Trucks for the military. After the war they produced a new range from 1-ton to 5-tons. 1924 Brockway 2.5-ton truck on display at the Iowa 80 Trucking Museum, Walcott, Iowa.
In the early days of trucking culture, truck drivers were more frequently portrayed as protagonists in the popular media. In Trucking country: The road to America's Wal-Mart economy, author Shane Hamilton explores the history of trucking and how developments in the trucking industry helped the so-called big-box stores dominate the U.S. marketplace.
A "Victory Oil" semi-trailer truck from 1943. The trucking industry [3] has affected the political and economic history of the United States in the 20th century. Before the invention of automobiles, most freight was moved by train or horse-drawn vehicle. Trucks were first used extensively by the military during World War I. [4]
A Hayes-Anderson truck from 1933. The Hayes Manufacturing Company was established in Vancouver in 1920 by Douglas Hayes, an owner of a parts dealer, [1] and entrepreneur W. E. Anderson from Quadra Island, [1] as Hayes-Anderson Motor Company Ltd. [2] The company sold American-built trucks and truck parts for the first two years, then built their own trucks, because the trucks weren’t strong ...
From the Model T and Hudson Big Boy to the Dodge Club Cab and Ford F-150, America's history of great trucks runs deep.
Conventional style cab tractor A cab-over semi-tractor Tractor with an end-dump trailer A FAW semi-trailer truck in China A semi-trailer truck (also known by a wide variety of other terms – see below) is the combination of a tractor unit and one or more semi-trailers to carry freight. A semi-trailer attaches to the tractor with a type of hitch called a fifth wheel. Other terms There are a ...
Packard truck carries 3 tons from New York to San Francisco: 1912 National Highways Association incorporated [2] 1912 First official U.S. Army truck test from Washington DC to Fort Benjamin Harrison 7-28-1913 US Army Alaska expedition used a White Motor truck. [3] [4] 11-1914 U.S. Army reports 1½ ton trucks superior to 2½ ton trucks [5] 8-25-1915