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Freightliner Trucks is an American semi truck manufacturer. [1] Founded in 1929 as the truck-manufacturing division of Consolidated Freightways (from which it derives its name), the company was established in 1942 as Freightliner Corporation. [2]
Freightliner may refer to: Freightliner Trucks, a heavy vehicle brand of Daimler AG; Freightliner Group, a European rail-freight operator; Freight liner (ship), describing a cargo ship operating to a repeating schedule
The Freightliner business unit had its assets transferred into a new company, Freightliner (1995) Limited, in preparation for sale. [11] Rejected as not sufficiently profitable by English Welsh & Scottish Railway , [ 6 ] on 25 May 1996, Freightliner was purchased in a management buyout backed by 3i and Electra Private Equity for a sum of £5.4 ...
Daimler Truck North America LLC (formerly Freightliner Corporation) is an automotive industry manufacturer of commercial vehicles headquartered in Portland, Oregon, and LLC of the German multinational Daimler Truck AG.
Some terms may be used within other English-speaking countries, or within the freight industry in general (air, rail, ship, and manufacturing). For example, shore power is a term borrowed from shipping terminology, in which electrical power is transferred from shore to ship, instead of the ship relying upon idling its engines.
CB slang is the distinctive anti-language, argot, or cant which developed among users of Citizens Band radio (CB), especially truck drivers in the United States during the 1970s and early 1980s, [1] when it was an important part of the culture of the trucking industry. The slang itself is not only cyclical, but also geographical.
Freightliner M2 106 extended cab fitted with aftermarket pickup truck bed. Freightliner Specialty Vehicles (also known as SportChassis LLC) [31] is a manufacturer based in Clinton, Oklahoma that produces conversions of the Business Class M2 as consumer vehicles. [32] Several vehicles are available, including 5th-wheel tow vehicles and pickup ...
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