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2. Great Dane Trailers - Wikipedia

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   Great Dane, formerly known as Great Dane Trailers, is a Chicago, Illinois based manufacturer of truck dry van, refrigerated van and flatbed semi-trailers.Established in 1900 by J.P. Wheless and T.H. McMillan as the Savannah Blowpipe Company [1] in Savannah, Georgia, it has gone on to become one of the world's largest manufacturers of commercial truck trailers.

3. Saia - Wikipedia

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   Saia is an American less than truckload (LTL) trucking company, that originated in Houma, Louisiana, in 1924.With original operation occurring in Louisiana and Texas for the first fifty years, expansion came after 1980 when coverage began reaching into more states within the South.

4. Trucking industry in the United States - Wikipedia

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   A common property-carrying commercial vehicle in the United States is the tractor-trailer, also known as an "18-wheeler" or "semi".. The trucking industry serves the American economy by transporting large quantities of raw materials, works in process, and finished goods over land—typically from manufacturing plants to retail distribution centers.

5. Semi-trailer truck - Wikipedia

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   Semi-trailer trucks with extended tents, representing Renault at Silverstone. In the United Kingdom, a semi-trailer truck is known as an 'articulated lorry' (or colloquially as an 'artic'). The maximum permitted gross weight of a semi-trailer truck without the use of a Special Type General Order (STGO) is 44,000 kg (97,000 lb). In order for a ...

6. Car carrier trailer - Wikipedia

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   In order to further expand storage capacity, some trucks, typically called stinger units, are equipped with an "overhead" — an extra storage space mounted above the truck cabin which is accessible via the top ramp of a car carrier trailer. Up to 3 vehicles can be loaded on the truck: one on the roof, and two over the 5th wheel/drive tires. [3]

7. List of American truck manufacturers - Wikipedia

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   AEERSA (ambulances, rescue vehicles, fire trucks, 2000–present) Ace (1918–1927; also Busses) Alden Sampson; Alexis Fire Equipment Company (fire trucks, 1947–present) Alkane; Allianz; AM General; American (1911–1913) American Austin (1929–1934) American Bantam (1935–1941) American Coleman; American LaFrance (fire trucks) American ...