Out of all the heavy duty truck manufacturers out there, Freightliner isn’t the oldest one around. However, it’s pretty much the best-known. Born out of necessity to improve an industry that didn’t see the need for change, innovation is in the company’s very DNA. Originality and willingness to evolve are elements that have kept Freightliner in business for almost a century. Freightliner history reveals a tentative beginning that blossomed into a reputation for a quality product and made it the U.S.’s leading heavy duty truck manufacturer.
Building a Better Truck
Freightliner history starts out much like many great success stories: with a quest for a better product. And who could come up with a better way to build an ideal truck than a trucker? In fact, Freightliner was the result of Leland James’s inspiration to lighten his fleet. James was the president of Consolidated Freightways, and his
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That’s why he opted to stick with that popular design and have his engineering team focus on making a lightweight yet durable truck that was easy to operate. Within a few short years, Freightways Manufacturing Company was established and began production in 1940. Based in Salt Lake City, Utah, the name of the company was changed to Freightliner Corporation just 2 years later.
After shifting gears, so to speak, during World War II when Freightliner concentrated on producing aircraft and ship parts, the company’s business really began booming. Operations were moved to Portland, Oregon, and Freightliner began building quality trucks to order, based on customer specs. That capability alone helped Freightliner to go from producing 116 trucks in 1950 to over 6,200 by 1970. That’s a volume increase of 5,250 percent! For a time, between 1951 and 1974, the White Motor Company sold Freightliner trucks through their
This truck was built and engineered to handle extreme hauling and towing work. Its foundation is a super-strong full-length, fully boxed steel ladder frame that makes the truck seemingly invincible; thanks to this frame, this truck will hold together on the roughest and most torturous roads imaginable. This solid frame also gives the truck the capability to haul and tow massive loads. This truck also features a heavy duty suspension system that does a good job of cushioning its passengers from the roughness of the road. You are assured of comfortable rides with this truck. The Ford F250 Super Duty 7.3 Diesel can be had in regular cab, Super Cab, and Crew Cab body styles, so you can choose the body style that is most suitable for you. The Ford F250 Super Duty 7.3 Diesel also offers a spacious, well-equipped cabin that can hold up to three passengers in the Regular Cab models and up to six passengers in the Super Cab and Crew Cab
When you think of trucks there are many that will come to mind but the one that is most know is the
Tough Times in The Shipping News. & nbsp ; & nbsp ; & nbsp ; & nbsp ; & nbs People in society tend to face many challenges that occur in their lives. Some of these challenges can affect people's lives in a positive or negative way. If they face their challenges in the negative way, they will suffer for a long time. Having confidence in themselves is considered the best way to overcome the suffering they have in their lives.
Many commercial cargo lines employ their own diesel mechanics. Because of this the mechanic will be focused on maintaining his company’s truck fleet, which will usually include working at a central repair
Imposing even when not in motion, monster trucks of today are high-octane mechanisms of mayhem. The evolution of these arena-filling creations garners great interest within the auto culture, given the capacity for performance today’s formidable monster trucks possess. Modified trucks emerged as sideshow entertainment, but today the industry’s grandest machines fill some of the nation’s most sizable venues with their gravity-defying feats, as families marvel at the bedlam on display when truck capabilities are put to the test.
In the late 1800's, the invention of the internal combustion engine led to the powerful towboats seen on the Mississippi today. Towboats move 70 to 85 million tons of cargo annually between Minneapolis and the Missouri River [http://www.emtc.nbs.gov]. Underscoring the economic importance of such a feat, one 15-barge tow (one towboat pushing a 15 unit barge) can push the equivalent of 900 semi-trailers while using only 10 percent as much fuel [U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1996].... ... middle of paper ... ...
The developments in transportation changed the American economy and society from 1820 to 1860 in ways of an increased land value, faster traded goods, new cities, and a deeper sense of nationalism. Before these changes came about, the US economy and society was based on an agrarian setting. After this time frame, American Society turned into a capitalist marketplace. In the northern US, there were few changes in terms of industry because they were involved in an industrial revolution. However, the new Transportation Revolution blasted the West into an agricultural empire that provided consumable exports to the other parts of the country.
EVIRONMENTAL SCAN Social- • The trucking industry has grown over the years and does not discriminate on gender or race. The demographic of the trucking industry is across the board and it can appeal to older people as well. The people who are tired of the Fastlane and just want to work or the ones looking to take care of their family without having to be in the service industry working two jobs.
The United States trucking industry is a very thriving industry and has continued to grow since the beginning of the 1900’s. The motor carrier act of 1935 allowed regulations to be set for the growing trucking industry. These standards made trucking safer for the driver and others as well. With the growing of mass production of products, transporting these goods was not efficient using trains or other types of shipping, so large trucks and trailers became the most popular method for shipping. This created a huge market for truck producers to supply trucks for the new form of freight transportation. Brother’s Jack and Augustus Mack saw the perfect opportunity to use their mechanical abilities.
Trucking has been a relevant career in the United States ever since the 19th century during WWI the army used trucks to transport goods to the soldiers. People in the towns and cities saw they were good transporter so as roads were built and paved more people start owning them. The Interstate Highway System was a big movement for truckers now they could haul there companies goods farther to other cities. The Motor Carrier Act of 1980 helped drivers who went on strike because of the price of gas to run and operate the trucks. Alex Debogorski was a long haul trucker introduced to trucking when he was looking to earn more money to do for his family. As he drove he realized how good the open road looks as the road meet the sky. Now he is on some of CMT’s episodes of Ice Road Truckers, he said If it wasn’t for his parents and wife he wouldn’t have made it. He also open the door for most of the truckers with criminal records. He helped pas the law that states if your drving record is good you can go in for the long haul.
The trucking industry over the years have changed the type of services and the quality that it has provides to its customers. In today’s industry the focus is on efficiency with the overall beneficiary being the American consumer. Majority of today’s freight is being transported by truck during sometime in the distribution chain. Some of factors the trucking industry is facing today include hours and earnings and safety issues.
Truck driving is a difficult job which requires great responsibility of transferring the goods from one place to other far place with proper safety. Genuine CDL training is required by every aspiring truck driver to attain essential skills as a professional driver. These training programs are meant not only help the students learn about the possible ways to handle and manage their trucks in most adverse traffic and weather conditions, but also, this training helps them to learn how to prevent any major loss of the goods during the transference.
Overview: Swift Transportation Company (NYSE: SWFT) is a national leader in transportation services. Headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, SWFT was founded in 1966 and did an initial public offering in 1990(1). The company operates a fleet consisting of over 16,000 tractor-trailer trucks and 50,000 trailers. Its 22,000 employees help service 40 key terminal freight hubs across the United States and Mexico (Figure 1)(2). Products / Service Description: SWFT identifies four main operating segments: truckload, dedicated, refrigerated, and intermodal(3).
When our country was at war, the military identified the need for trucks. Trucks were very important because it was difficult to find away to transport all the supplies, troops, and food. After WW1, this brought an increase in good roads plus an expanding economy. This helped grow the trucking industry. The 1920’s were the years of innovation. The balloon tires were introduced along with the rail road’s that were established “piggy-back” service. The first mechanically refrigerated van was introduced. In 1925, there were 500,000 miles of hard surface roads in the U.S. In 1926, a fully loaded 2 ton truck was driven from New York to San Francisco in five days.
Semi trailers come in a variety of types, and sizes, from dry vans to refrigerated trucks, to tankers, and flatbeds, there's a trailer specifically designed to carry every cargo type. There are trucking companies that specialize in hauling each kind of cargo, but flatbed trucking services, however, are in a unique position within the industry. They have a great ability to haul a huge variety of cargo types. What's more, these trailers don't require a special loading dock, they can be loaded and unloaded practically anywhere. They're also the trailer of choice for heavy haul and other over-size loads.