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1946 Peterbilt flatbed 1939 Peterbilt Model 334 (1 of 2 built 1939). In 1939, the Fageol plant in Oakland opened for business as Peterbilt Motors Company. As part of the design process, Peterman and his company engineers sought input from truck owners and drivers on how to develop trucks; [10] [11] initially planning to develop chain-drive trucks for the logging industry, the company ...
The Peterbilt 379 is a model line of Class 8 trucks that was produced by the Peterbilt division of PACCAR from 1987 to 2007. Serving as the successor to the 359, the 379 was a conventional-cab truck configured primarily for highway use, serving as the flagship of the Peterbilt model line.
Indirect replacement for Model 377; first Peterbilt aerodynamic conventional with "wide-body" cab Shares cab structure with Kenworth T2000; built on Peterbilt frame, 387 has different hood, roof fairing, and interior design. Produced as day cab, mid-roof sleeper, and raised-roof sleeper. 388 : 2006-2015 on-highway (Class 8)
The Peterbilt 281/351 is a line of tractor units built by Peterbilt between 1954 and 1976. The 281 series had a single drive axle, the 351 two. The 281 series had a single drive axle, the 351 two. It was very popular with truckers, with the 351 series outlasting the 281.
The 4700 Series was Western Star's entry-level model and was available in truck and tractor applications, both with a 110-inch (2,790 mm) bumper-to-back-of-cab (BBC) length. In vocational applications, its engineering helped reduce upfitting time and costs for body builders, and could be outfitted for virtually any vocational application.
The Autocar Company is an American specialist manufacturer of severe-duty, Class 7 and Class 8 vocational trucks, with its headquarters in Birmingham, Alabama.Started in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in October 1897 as a manufacturer of early Brass Era automobiles, and trucks from 1899, Autocar is the oldest surviving motor vehicle brand in the Western Hemisphere.
Sterling Trucks Corporation (commonly designated Sterling) was an American truck manufacturer.Founded in 1998, Sterling was created following the 1997 acquisition of the heavy-truck product lines of Ford Motor Company by Freightliner. [1]
Introduced for 1985, [8] the Kenworth T600 is the first semitractor to bring an aerodynamically-enhanced design to production, including a sloped hood, skirted lower body, and bodywork that closely integrates the front fenders and bumper. The T600 used the cab and frame from the W900B; to accommodate the sloped hood (which included internally ...