List of American truck manufacturers
This compilation enumerates manufacturers of American truck brands.
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A
- Acason Motor Truck Company (operated 1915–1925)
- Ace (active 1918–1927; also produced buses)
- Acme Motor Truck Company (1915–1931)
- AEERSA (specializing in ambulances, rescue vehicles, and fire apparatus since 2000)
- Alden Sampson
- Alexis Fire Equipment Company (fire apparatus manufacturer since 1947)
- Alkane
- Allianz
- AM General
- American (manufactured from 1911 to 1913)
- American Austin (1929–1934)
- American Bantam (1935–1941)
- American Coleman
- American LaFrance (fire apparatus producer)
- American Truck Company (2003–2007)
- American & British Manufacturing Corporation (fire truck manufacturer, dates unknown to 1919)
- Armleder & Company (1910–1928)
- Atco
- Athey
- Atlantic Trucks
- Atterbury (active from 1910 to 1935)
- Autocar (established 1897 and ongoing)
- Available (1910–1957)
B
- BAE Systems
- Bailey
- Baker
- Barley
- Barrows (manufactured 1927–1928)
- Beck
- Bendix
- Bering
- Bessemer (operated 1911–1926)
- Bethlehem (active 1917–1926)
- Biederman (1920–1955)
- Binghamton Electric (circa 1920)
- Blair (manufactured from 1911 to 1918)
- Bourne (1915–1919)
- Brinton Motor Truck Company
- Brockway
- Brodesser (1909–1911)
- Brown
- Bryan (produced between 1918 and 1923)
- Buffalo
- Buick
- BYD (manufacturers of garbage trucks and various US models)
C
- Capacity
- Capitol
- Caterpillar
- Chase (1907–1919)
- Chevrolet
- Chicago Motor Truck
- Chrysler
- Clark
- Cline
- Formerly Clyde Cars Company, the Clydesdale Motor Truck Company operated from 1917 to 1939
- Colet
- Columbia Motor Truck Company
- Commerce Motor Truck Company
- The now-defunct Commercial Truck Company of America
- Corbitt
- Couple-Gear
- The Crane Carrier Corporation (CCC) functioned from 1946 until 2021
- The Crown line by Carpenter, under the Carpenter Body Company, was produced between 1996 and 1999
- C-T-Electric Commercial Truck Company
D
- The Dart brand (Dart Truck) existed from 1903 to 1988
- Davis
- Day-Elder Motors Corporation
- Dayton
- Defiance-Century Motor Truck Company
- The Dempster Brothers, Inc. (Dempster)
- Denby Motor Truck Company
- Operated between 1901 and 1904, the Desberon company (Desberon)
- Fire truck manufacturer DeSoto (DeSoto Trucks)
- Diamond Reo produced trucks from 1967 until 1995
- Diamond T was active between 1911 and 1966
- Divco
- Dodge
- Dorris
- Duplex trucks (Duplex Truck) were manufactured from 1916 to 1955
E
- E-One (E-One)
- Eagle (Eagle Trucks)
- Edison Motors
- Elgin (Elgin Trucks)
- Elk Motor Truck Co. (Elk) operated during 1913 and 1914
- Envirotech Vehicles (Envirotech)
- Euclid (Euclid Trucks)
F
- Fageol Motors (operated 1916–1938; later became Peterbilt)
- Fargo
- Farrar Fire Apparatus (active 1933–1987)
- Federal
- Fisher
- Ford
- Freightliner
- FWD
G
- Garford
- Garwood
- General Vehicle (or G.V.) (1905–1906)
- Gersix (1915–1922)
- Global
- GMC (since 1912)
- Grabowsky (1908–1913)
- Graham-Paige
- Gramm
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- Hart-Kraft (1907–1913)
- Harsco
- Harvey (1911–1932)
- Hatfield (1910–1911)
- Hayes (1922–1975)
- Hebb (prior to 1926)
- Heil
- Hendrickson
- HME
- Horner
- Hummer
I
- Ibex
- Imperium
- Indiana
- International
- International Power Company (1899–1902)
- Ivey
J
K
- Kaiser
- Kaiser-Frazer
- Kaiser-Jeep
- Kelland Electric (1922–1925), Newark, New Jersey
- Kalmar
- Kelly-Springfield (1910–1927)
- Kentucky Wagon Works (1914–1923)
- Kenworth (since 1923)
- Kimble
- Kissel (1910–1930)
- Kleiber (San Francisco-based)
- KME Fire Apparatus (1946 to present)
- Knox
- Kopp
- Krebs Commercial Car Company (1912–1917)
L
- Lambert
- Lange Motor Truck (1911–1931)
- Lauth Juergens
- Larrabee-Deyo Motor Truck Company (1916–1932)
- Lehigh (1925–1927)
- Lincoln
- Lincoln Motor Truck Company
- Lion (garbage truck manufacturer)
- Lippard-Stewart
- Locomobile
- Little Giant
- Lodal (garbage truck and fire apparatus producer)
- Longest
- Luedinghaus (1920–1933)
M
- Maccar (1914–1935)
- Mack (established 1900, still operating)
- Mais
- Marion (specializing in garbage trucks)
- Marmon (1963–1997)
- Marmon-Herrington (founded 1931)
- Maxim Motors
- McNeilus
- Menominee (1911–1937)
- Mercury
- Modern Trucks
- Mogul (prior to 1926)
- Moore
- Mora
- Moreland (operated 1911–1940)
- Motiv
N
- Natco
- Navistar International (since 1986)
- Nikola (established 2016)
O
- O-K Truck (1916–1927)
- O.K. Motor Truck Company (operational until 1916), later integrated into Lincoln Motor Truck Company
- Old Hickory (1914–1923)
- Old Reliable
- Oldsmobile
- Oneida
- Orange EV
- Oshkosh (since 1918) (preceded by Wisconsin Duplex, 1917-1918)
- Ottawa Trucks
P
- P&H
- Paccar
- Pacific Trucks
- Packard (1904–1923)
- Pak-Mor (specializing in garbage trucks, based in San Antonio)
- Palmer-Meyer
- Palmer-Moore (1906–1918)
- Patrick
- Peterbilt (established 1939, still active)
- Pierce (from 1955 onward) (not to be confused with Pierce-Arrow)
- Pierce-Arrow (1911–circa 1934)
- Piggins Practical (1911–1916)
- Plymouth (1935–1941)
- Poss (1911–1912)
R
- Rapid (1902–1909), the forerunner of GMC Truck
- Relay Motors Corporation (1927-1934)
- REO (1908–1967), recognized for the REO Speed Wagon pickups and fire apparatus
- Republic (1913–1929), later collaborated with American LaFrance
- Rockford
- Rowe
- Rush (1915–1918)
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- Sanford-Herbert (1909–1939)
- Service Motor Car
- Schacht (1910–1938), known for manufacturing fire trucks
- Scot (1972-1980)
- Simon-Duplex, specializing in fire trucks
- Smith
- SPA
- Spartan
- Speedwell
- Spencer Manufacturing (from 1986), focused on fire trucks
- Standard
- Star
- Stegeman
- Sterling
- Sternberg (1900–1916; subsequently Sterling)
- Stewart & Stevenson
- Stoddard (1911)
- Studebaker (electric models 1905-1910, then 1913–1918, and later 1927–1964)
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U
- Universal
- Urban
- U.S. Hybrid
V
- V.E. (or V.E.C.) Electric (1901–1906)
- Van Dyke (1910–1912)
- Van-L (1912)
- Velie (1911–1929)
- Vestal (1914)
- Vulcan
W
- Walter
- Ward
- Waverly
- Wayne
- Western Star
- White
- White-Freightliner
- White-Gmc
- White Hickory (1916–1921)
- White-Mustang
- White-Western Star
- Wichita
- Wilcox
- Willet
- Willys
- Willys-Overland
- Wisconsin Duplex (operated 1917–1918; succeeded by Oshkosh Truck)
- Witt-Will
- Worcester Lunch Car
- Workhorse
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Z
See also
- Dump truck
- List of automobile manufacturers
- List of defunct automobile manufacturers
- List of dump truck manufacturers
- List of truck manufacturers
- List of electric truck makers
- Semi-trailer and semi-trailer truck
- Tractor unit
References
- Automobile Quarterly, (Editors of). The American Car Since 1775. New York: Automobile Quarterly Inc., 1971.
- Clymer, Floyd. Treasury of Early American Automobiles, 1877-1925. New York: Bonanza Books, 1950.
- Gunnell, John A. Standard Catalog of American Light-Duty Trucks 1896-1986 (Second Edition). Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1993.
- Kimes, Beverly Rae, and Clark, Henry Austin, Jr. The Standard Catalog of American Cars 1805-1942 (3rd edition). Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1996.
- Vossler, Bill. Cars, Trucks, and Buses Made By Tractor Companies. Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1999.