List of American truck manufacturers explained

This is a list of American truck manufacturers.

0-9

• 4 Guys, Inc^[1]

A

• 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 Truck Company (2003–2007)
• American & British Manufacturing Corporation (fire trucks, ?–1919)
• Athey
• Atterbury (1910-1935)
• Autocar
• Available (1910–1957)^[2]

B

• BAE Systems
• Bailey
• Barley
• Beck
• Bendix
• Bering
• Bessemer (1911–1926)
• Bethlehem (1917–1926)
• Biederman (1920–1955)
• Binghamton Electric (1920)
• Blair (1911–1918)
• Bourne (1915–1919)
• Brockway
• Brodesser (1909–1911)
• Brown
• Bryan (1918–1923)
• Buick
• BYD (garbage trucks) (different models in USA)

C

• • Capacity Caterpillar
• Chase (1907–1919)
• Chevrolet
• Chrysler
• Cline
• Clydesdale Motor Truck Company (1917–1939), formerly Clyde Cars Company
• Colet^[3]
• Commercial Truck Company of America defunct
• Corbitt
  • Crane Carrier(CCC) Crown

D

• Dart (1903–1988)
• Dempster
• Desberon (1901–1904)
• DeSoto (fire trucks)
• Diamond Reo (1967–2013)
• Diamond T (1911–1966)
• Divco
• Dodge
• Duplex (1916–1955)

E

• E-One
• Eagle
• Elgin
• Elk (1913–1914)
• Envirotech
• Euclid

F

• Fageol Motors (1916–1938; later Peterbilt)
• Fargo
• Farrar Fire Apparatus (1933–1987)
• Federal
• Fisher
• Ford
• Freightliner
• FWD

G

• Garford
• Garwood
• General Vehicle (or G.V.) (1905–1906)^{[4] [5]}
• Gersix (1915–1922)
• Global
• GMC (1912–present)
• Grabowsky (1908–1913)
• Graham-Paige

H

• Hart-Kraft (1907–1913)
• Harsco
• Harvey (1911–1932)
• Hatfield (1910–1911)^[6]
• Hayes (1922–1975)
• Hebb (before 1926)^[7]
• Heil
• Hendrickson
• HME
• Hummer

I

• Ibex
• Imperium
• Indiana
• International
• International Power Company (1899–1902)^[8]

J

• Jaguar^[9]
• Jeep
• Johnson

K

• Kaiser
• Kaiser-Frazer
• Kaiser-Jeep
• Kelland Electric (1922–1925), Newark, New Jersey
• Kalmar
• Kelly-Springfield (1910–1927)
• Kentucky Wagon Works (1914–1923)^[10]
• Kenworth (1923–present)
• Kimble
• Kissel (1910–1930)
• Kleiber (San Francisco)
• KME Fire Apparatus (1946–present)
• Krebs Commercial Car Company (1912–1917)

L

• Lange Motor Truck (1911–1931)
• Lehigh (1925–1927)
• Lincoln
• Lincoln Motor Truck Company
• Lion (garbage trucks)
• Lodal (garbage trucks and fire trucks)
• Luedinghaus (1920–1933)

M

• Maccar (1914–1935)
• Mack (1890–present)
• Marion (garbage trucks)
• Marmon (1963–1997)
• Marmon-Herrington (1931–1964)^[11]
• Maxim Motors
• McNeilus
• Menominee (1911–1937)
• Mercury
• Mogul (before 1926)^[12]
• Moreland (1911–1940)
• Motiv^[13]

N

• Navistar International (1986–present)
• Nikola (2016–present)

O

• O-K Truck (1916–1927)
• O.K. Motor Truck Company (?–1916) merged into Lincoln Motor Truck Company in 1916^[14]
• Old Hickory (1914–1923)^[10]
• Oldsmobile
• Oneida
• Orange EV
• Oshkosh (1918–present) (Wisconsin Duplex 1917-1918)
• Ottawa Trucks^[15]

P

• P&H
• Paccar
• Pacific Truck & Trailer Limited (1947–1991)
• Packard (1904–1923)
• Pak-Mor (garbage trucks, San Antonio)
• Palmer-Moore (1906–1918)
• Peterbilt (1939–present)
• Pierce^[16] (1955–) (distinct from Pierce-Arrow)
• Pierce-Arrow (1911–c. 1934)
• Piggins Practical (1911–1916)
• Plymouth (1935–1941)
• Poss (1911–1912)^[17]

R

• Rapid (1902–1909) predecessor to GMC Truck
• REO (1908–1967) (maker of the REO Speed Wagon pickups and fire trucks)
• Republic (1913–1929) (later partnered with American LaFrance)
• Rush (1915–1918)^[18]

S

• Sanford-Herbert (1909–1939)
• Schacht (1910–1938) (fire trucks)
• Scot^[19] (1972-1980)
• Simon-Duplex (fire trucks)
• SPA
• Spartan
• Spencer Manufacturing (1986–) (fire trucks)^[20]
• Sterling
• Sternburg (1900–1916; later Sterling)
• Stewart & Stevenson
• Stoddard (1911)
• Studebaker (1905-1910, 1913–1918, 1927–1964)

T

• Terex
• Thermo King
• Thor (Now XOS)
• Tico
• Tiffin (1913–1923)
• Traffic

U

• U.S. Hybrid

V

• V.E. (or V.E.C.) Electric (1901–1906)^[5]
• Van Dyke (1910–1912)
• Van-L (1912)
• Velie (1911–1929)^[21]
• Vestal (1914)

W

• Walter
• Wayne
• Western Star
• White
• White-Freightliner
  • White-Gmc White Hickory (1916–1921)
• White-Mustang
  • White-Western Star Willys
• Willys-Overland
• Wisconsin Duplex (1917–1918; Oshkosh Truck afterward)
• Worcester Lunch Car
• Workhorse

X

• Xos, Inc.

Y

• Yellow

Z

• Zeligson

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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 4 Guys Stainless Steel Fire Trucks. www.4guysfire.com. 17 July 2023.
2. Web site: Old Cars of Argentina - Manufactured by Industrias Kaiser Argentina S.A. (IKA) . Greg . Hayden . John . MacDonald . oldcarandtruckpictures.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20181229044840/http://oldcarandtruckpictures.com/OldTrucks/ . 2018-12-29 . usurped .
3. Web site: Home. COLET SVD. 17 July 2023.
4. Clymer, p.210.
5. Kimes, Beverly Rae (editor) and Clark, Henry Austin, Jr.; The Standard Catalogue of American Cars, 2nd Edition, Krause Publications, Iola WI 54990 (1985),, p.1447
6. Distinct from Hatfield and Hatfield. Kimes, p. 652.
7. Clymer, p.207.
8. In Providence, Rhode Island. Kimes, p.737.
9. Web site: Obscure surplus firetruck up for public auction after agencies pass. Riley. Johnson. 19 May 2015. JournalStar.com. 17 July 2023.
10. Kimes & Clark, p.437-8.
11. Web site: Spoelstra . Hanno . Marmon-Herrington Military Vehicles .
12. Clymer, p.208.
13. Web site: Motiv Power Systems all-electric garbage truck. 23 September 2014.
14. Thomas E. Bonsall, The Lincoln Motorcar: The Complete History of an American Classic, p. 19, Stony Run Press, 1992 .
15. http://www.ottawatruck.com/ Ottawa Truck website
16. Web site: Pierce Manufacturing website. https://web.archive.org/web/20080511170723/http://www.piercemfg.com/Home.html. dead. 11 May 2008.
17. Automobile, p. 432
18. Automobile, p.434.
19. Web site: Those Great Scots. July 2013 .
20. Web site: Welcome - Spencer Fire Trucks. spencerfiretrucks.com. 17 July 2023.
21. Vance, Bill. "Velie was quality over quantity", in Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, 18 July 2008, p.E10.