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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 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.
The International A series (or A-line) replaced the S series in April 1957. [1] The name stood for "Anniversary", as 1957 marked the fiftieth (or Golden) anniversary of truck production by International Harvester. [2] It was largely a rebodied version of the light and medium S-series truck, incorporating a wide cab and more integrated fenders.
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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]
Interstate Van Lines is a family-owned American moving company based in Springfield, Virginia. [3] The company handles storage and shipping for corporate and government clients, including AOL , Hewlett-Packard and the US military. [ 4 ]
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.
To further bolster its presence alongside IH's own massive line of heavy construction equipment and meet highway weight limits, the LF-170, LF-190, and LF-210 series was built. These were tandem-axle 6x4 drivetrain trucks for hauling heavier loads than their 4x2 counterparts. For example, the GVW of a L-194 is 25,500 vs the 38,000 of the LF-194.