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Consolidated Freightways was founded on April 1, 1929 by Leland James in Portland, Oregon.Originally a single truck LTL operation, in the early days James combined four local short-haul carriers in the Portland area into a single carrier.
MFTA offered the following models for sale in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam: [15] Canter FE130 Diesel: Class 3 cabover work truck with GVWR of 13,200 lb. [13] Canter FE140 Gas: Class 4 cabover work truck with GVWR of 14,500 lb. Canter FE160 Diesel: Class 4 cabover work truck with GVWR of 15,995 lb.
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 ...
In 1963, after Marmon-Herrington, the successor to the Marmon Motor Car Company, ceased truck production, a new company, Marmon Motor Company of Denton, Texas, purchased and revived the Marmon brand to build and sell premium truck designs that Marmon-Herrington had been planning.
Cabover/COE First Peterbilt COE model line developed with its own cab Shares doors with 281/351 conventional 282 352 352H: 1959-1980 Cabover/COE First tilt-cab COE, developed as distinct model line; first UniLite cab Nicknamed the "Pacemaker" in 1969, coinciding with an update 54-inch to 110-inch BBC
Developed as the replacement for the FLB cabover, the Argosy was a Class 8 truck, configured primarily for highway use. Competing against the International 9800, Kenworth K100E, and Peterbilt 362, the Argosy was the final Class 8 cabover marketed in North America, following the decline in use of the design in the United States and Canada.
The GMC Astro and Chevrolet Titan are Class 8 cabover-engine (COE) trucks, sold in both single and tandem rear axle configurations. In contrast to the Crackerbox, the cab of the Astro was lengthened nearly six inches into a 54-inch BBC length with two sleeper cab configurations available.
The Mack MC/MR series, also known as the "Cruise-Hauler", is a cabover truck first introduced in 1978. [1] It is of a distinct "set back front axle" design (first seen on the Mack FM), with the driver compartment mounted ahead of the front axle and with a large, flat, divided windscreen covering almost half of the truck's frontal aspect.