This is a list of American truck manufacturers.
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A
B
- BAE Systems
- Babcock (1912)
- Backus Motor Truck Company (1925âÂÂ1937)
- Bailey
- Baker (1908âÂÂ1915)
- Baldwin Steamer (1896)
- Balqon (2008-today)
- Barber Motor Truck Corporation (1917âÂÂ1918)
- Barker C.L. (1912âÂÂ1917)
- Barley
- Barrows (1927âÂÂ1928)
- Bauer machine works Co. (1914)
- Beaver (1914âÂÂ1915)
- Beaver (1935âÂÂ1953)
- Beck (1911âÂÂ1921)
- Beck (1934âÂÂ1957)
- Beech Creek
- Bell (1919âÂÂ1923)
- Belmont (1918âÂÂ1922)
- Bendix
- Bergdoll (1912)
- Bering
- Best (1910âÂÂ1914))
- Bessemer (1911âÂÂ1926)
- Bethlehem (1917âÂÂ1926)
- Betz
- Beyster-Detroit (1910âÂÂ1911)
- Bickle (1923âÂÂ1984)
- Biddle-Murray (1905âÂÂ1907)
- Biederman (1920âÂÂ1955)
- Binghamton Electric (1920)
- Black-Crow (1910âÂÂ1912)
- Blacker & Co. (1912)
- Blair (1911âÂÂ1918)
- Board (1911âÂÂ1912)
- Bollstrom
- Borland (1911âÂÂ1914)
- Bourne (1915âÂÂ1919)
- Bowling Green Motor Car Co. (1914)
- Boyd (1912)
- Brinton Motor Truck Company (1913âÂÂ1924)
- Briscoe
- Bristol (1909)
- Brockway (1912âÂÂ1977)
- Brodesser (1909âÂÂ1911)
- Brooks (1912)
- Brown (1939âÂÂ1953)
- Brush (1908âÂÂ1912)
- Bryan (1918âÂÂ1923)
- Buckeye (1912)
- Buda
- Buffalo (1908âÂÂ1910)
- Buffalo (1921âÂÂ1948)
- Buick
- Burford (1915-)
- Butler (1913âÂÂ1914)
- BYD (garbage trucks) (different models in USA)
- Byron (1912)
C
- Cadillac
- Cameron
- Capacity
- Capitol
- Carlson Motor and Truck Company (1904âÂÂ1910)
- Case
- Cass (1910âÂÂ1914)
- Caterpillar (1925-)
- CCC (1953âÂÂ2013)
- Champion
- Chase (1907âÂÂ1919)
- Chevrolet
- Chicago Motor Truck
- Chicago Pneumatic Tool Co. (1914)
- Christie (1911âÂÂ1918)
- Chrysler
- Clark
- Cletrac (1923âÂÂ1965)
- Cline (1952âÂÂ1972)
- Clinton (1920âÂÂ1934)
- Clydesdale Motor Truck Company (1917âÂÂ1939), formerly Clyde Cars Company
- Coleman Carge & Har. Co. (1914)
- Coleman Motors Corp. (1925âÂÂ1949)
- Colet
- Collier
- Columbia Motor Truck Company (1916âÂÂ1925)
- Comet
- Commerce Motor Truck Company
- Commercial Motor Car (1908-?)
- Commercial Motor Truck Company (1906âÂÂ1909)
- Commercial Truck Company of America
- Commonwealth Edison Company (1908-?)
- Concord
- CONDEC (1955-)
- Conestoga
- Continental (1912âÂÂ1918)
- Continental Motors (De Vaux) (1934âÂÂ1935)
- Cook (1950âÂÂ1964)
- Coppock (1907âÂÂ1909)
- Corbitt (1899âÂÂ1954)
- Corliss
- Couple-Gear (1904âÂÂ1922)
- Crane Carrier(CCC) (1946âÂÂ2021)
- Cross (1914âÂÂ1916)
- Crown
- C-T-Electric Commercial Truck Company
D
- Dain (1912)
- Darby (1910)
- Dart (1903âÂÂ1988)
- Davis
- Day-Elder Motors Corporation (1921âÂÂ1937)
- Dayton
- Dearborn (1919âÂÂ1924)
- Decatur (1911âÂÂ1912)
- Defiance-Century Motor Truck Company
- Dempster
- Denby Motor Truck Company
- Denniston (1911âÂÂ1912)
- Dependable
- Desberon (1901âÂÂ1904)
- Deschaum (1909)
- DeKalb (1914âÂÂ1918)
- DeMartini (1915âÂÂ1949)
- DeSoto (fire trucks)
- Detroit Electric (1909âÂÂ1927)
- Detroit Anderson Electric (1911âÂÂ1912)
- Detroit-Wyandotte Motor Co. (1914)
- Diamond Reo (1967âÂÂ1995)
- Diamond T (1911âÂÂ1966)
- Diehl (1918âÂÂ1926)
- Differential (1931âÂÂ1970)
- Dispatch
- Divco
- Doane (1916âÂÂ1948)
- Dodge
- Dominion (1915-1917)
- Dorris (1906âÂÂ1926)
- Dort (1921âÂÂ1924)
- Douglas (1918âÂÂ1935)
- Dowagiac (1909)
- Downing cycle car Co. (1914)
- Douglas
- Dresser (1984-)
- Driggs-Seabury Ordnance Co. (1914)
- Duer (1910)
- Drummond (1917âÂÂ1935)
- Duplex (1916âÂÂ1955)
- Durable
- Durant-Dort Carriage Co. (1914)
- Duryea
- Dyke (1899âÂÂ1904)
- Dynamic (1911âÂÂ1912)
E
F
G
- Gabriel (1913âÂÂ1920)
- Garford (1909âÂÂ1980)
- Garwood
- Gary (1916âÂÂ1927)
- Gay (1914)
- General Vehicle (or G.V.) (1907âÂÂ1920)
- Geneva
- Gersix (1915âÂÂ1922)
- Giant
- Gilson (1921âÂÂ1988)
- Global
- Globe (1916âÂÂ1919)
- GMC (1912âÂÂpresent)
- Goodyear (1920âÂÂ1926)
- Gotfredson (1920âÂÂ1948)
- Grabowsky (1908âÂÂ1913)
- Graham-Paige
- Gramm-Bernstein (1912âÂÂ1930)
- Gramm-Kincaid (1925âÂÂ1942)
- Gramm Storage Co. (1903âÂÂ1913)
- Gramm Motor Truck Corporation (1926âÂÂ1942)
- Grant (1918âÂÂ1923)
- Grass-Premier (1923âÂÂ1937)
- Greyhound (1914-)
H
- Hackney (1947-)
- Hahn (1907âÂÂ1933)
- Hal-Fur (1919âÂÂ1931)
- Hall (1915âÂÂ1922)
- Halsey (1901âÂÂ1907) Steam
- Harders Fire Proof Storage & Van Co. (1911âÂÂ1912)
- Hart-Kraft (1907âÂÂ1913)
- Hart-Parr (1901âÂÂ1929)
- Harsco
- Harwood Barley Mfg Co. (1914)
- Harvey (1911âÂÂ1932)
- Hatfield (1910âÂÂ1911)
- Hawkeye (1917âÂÂ1933)
- Hayes (1922âÂÂ1975)
- Hebb (before 1926)
- Heil
- Hendrickson
- Henry Lee Power Co. (1912)
- Hercules
- Hewitt (1907âÂÂ1912)
- Hewitt-Lindstrom (1900âÂÂ1902)
- Highway (1960-)
- Highway-Knight
- Higrade
- Hinde & Dauch (1906âÂÂ1908)
- HME
- Holsman Automobile Company (1901âÂÂ1910)
- Horner (1913âÂÂ1918)
- Hoover
- Howard (1915-1916)
- Huffman (1919âÂÂ1927)
- Hug (1922âÂÂ1942)
- Hummer
- Huntington (1912)
- Hupmobile
- Hurlburt (1912âÂÂ1927)
I
J
K
L
- LaFrance-Republic (1929âÂÂ1942)
- Lambert
- Landshaft
- Lane
- Lange Motor Truck (1911âÂÂ1931)
- Lanpher (1910)
- Lansden (1906-)
- Lapeer
- Lauth Juergens (1907âÂÂ1915)
- Larrabee-Deyo Motor Truck Company (1916âÂÂ1932)
- Lectra Hault (1935-)
- Lehigh (1925âÂÂ1927)
- LeMoon (1910âÂÂ1939)
- Lewis (1912âÂÂ1914)
- Liberty Trucks (divers)
- Lincoln
- Lincoln Motor Truck Company
- Linn (1916âÂÂ1950)
- Lion (garbage trucks)
- Lippard-Stewart
- Locomobile
- Lombard
- Lone Star (1922)
- Louisiana Motor Car L.M.C.
- Loyal
- Little Giant
- Lodal (garbage trucks and fire trucks)
- Longest
- Loomis (1899-?)
- Luedinghaus (1920âÂÂ1933)
- Luverne (1912âÂÂ1923)
M
- Maccar (1914âÂÂ1935)
- Mack (1900-)
- MacDonald (1920âÂÂ1949) later Peterbilt
- Mackbilt (1917)
- Mais
- Manhattan by Mack Bros (1907âÂÂ1910)
- Manitowoc (1902-) Speedcranes
- Manly (1917âÂÂ1920)
- Marathon (1912)
- Marathon (1969-)
- Marion (garbage trucks)
- Marmon (1963âÂÂ1997)
- Marmon-Herrington (1931)
- Martin (1910âÂÂ1912)
- Mason (1912)
- Master (1917âÂÂ1929)
- Max (1988-)
- Maxim Motors
- Maxim by Bushnell (1911)
- Maxwell (1905âÂÂ1925)
- McCormick
- McNeilus
- McIntyre (1909âÂÂ1912)
- Meiselbach (1906âÂÂ1912)
- Menominee (1911âÂÂ1937)
- Mercury
- Midland
- Minneapolis-Moline (1939âÂÂ1948)
- Modern Trucks
- Mogul (1911âÂÂ1913 in Chicago) (1914âÂÂ1916 in St.Louis)
- Moline (~1920)
- Monitor (1910)
- Moore
- Mora
- Moreland (1911âÂÂ1940)
- Morgan (1902âÂÂ1912)
- Morrison (1888âÂÂ1895)
- Motiv
- Muskegon
- Mutual
- Myers
N
- Napoleon
- Nash Motors (1916âÂÂ1954)
- Natco
- National
- Navistar International (1986âÂÂpresent)
- Nelson & Le Moon
- Netco (1914âÂÂ1938)
- Neustadt (1912)
- Nevada (1913-1916)
- New York (1913âÂÂ1921) (Tegetmeier & Riepe N.Y.)
- Nikola (2016âÂÂpresent)
- Niles (Ohio)
- Niles (Pennsylvania)
- Noble (1917âÂÂ1931)
- Northern (1906âÂÂ1908)
- Northway (1912âÂÂ1926) (Formerly Ohio Motor Car, Crescent)
- Norwalk
- Nyberg (1907âÂÂ1914)
O
P
Q
- Quadray (1904âÂÂ1905) bus
- Quadru (1911)
- Quality (1962âÂÂ2003) later Crimson Fire Company
R
- Rainier Motor Car Company (1916âÂÂ1927)
- Ram Truck (2009-) Chrysler
- Randolph Motor Car Company (1908âÂÂ1912)
- Ranger (1920âÂÂ1922) (distinct from Ranger, a former division of General Motors)
- Rapid (1902âÂÂ1909) predecessor to GMC Truck
- Rehberger (1923âÂÂ1928)
- Reiland & Bree (1923)
- Relay Motors Corporation (1927âÂÂ1934)
- Reliance Motor Car (1906âÂÂ1911)
- Reliance Motor Truck Co. (1917âÂÂ1922)
- Rennoc-Leslie (1918)
- REO (1908âÂÂ1967)
- Republic (1913âÂÂ1929) (later partnered with American LaFrance)
- Reya (1917âÂÂ1918) Napoleon Motor Car Co.
- Reynolds
- Riker (1900âÂÂ1902)
- Riker (1916âÂÂ1921)
- Robinson-Loomis (1909âÂÂ1920)
- Rockford
- Rockne (1932âÂÂ1933) Studebaker
- Rock-Falls
- Rowe (1908âÂÂ1925)
- Ruggles (1905âÂÂ1928)
- Rumley
- Rush (1915âÂÂ1918)
S
- Sampson (1905âÂÂ1912)
- Samson (1920âÂÂ1923) GM
- Sandow
- (1911âÂÂ1914)
- Sanford-Herbert (1909âÂÂ1939) (1969-)
- Saurer Motor Co. (1908âÂÂ1918) Mack and Hewitt
- Sayers & Scoville
- Schacht (1904âÂÂ1938)
- Schleicher
- Schwartz (1918âÂÂ1923)
- Seagrave (1907âÂÂ1921)
- Selden (1906âÂÂ1932)
- Seneca (1916âÂÂ1922)
- Service Motor Car (1911âÂÂ1932)
- Schacht (1910âÂÂ1938)
- Scot (1972âÂÂ1980)
- Shaw (1918âÂÂ1922)
- Shelby (1920)
- Signal (1913âÂÂ1923)
- Simon-Duplex (fire trucks)
- Smeal (1964-) (fire trucks)
- Smith (1912âÂÂ1915)
- Southern (1920âÂÂ1922)
- SPA
- Spangler (1947âÂÂ1949)
- Spartan
- Speedwell
- Spencer (1921)
- Spencer Manufacturing (1986âÂÂ) (fire trucks)
- Standard (1912âÂÂ1932)
- Standard (1913âÂÂ1915)
- Standard Steam (~1921)
- Standard Tractor Co. (~ 1915)
- Star (1909âÂÂ1917)
- Star Motors (1922âÂÂ1923)
- Stearns (1898âÂÂ1916)
- Steele (1918âÂÂ1919)
- Stegeman (1911âÂÂ1917)
- Steinmetz (1922âÂÂ1924)
- Sterling (1907âÂÂ1953)
- Sternberg (1900âÂÂ1916; later Sterling)
- Stewart (1912âÂÂ1941)
- Stewart & Stevenson
- Stoddard (1911âÂÂ1912)
- Stoughton (1920âÂÂ1928)
- Studebaker (1902âÂÂ1968)
- Stutz (1919âÂÂ1940)
- Success (1920âÂÂ1921)
- Sullivan (1910âÂÂ1923)
- Super (1919âÂÂ1936)
- Superior (1919âÂÂ1923)
- Super-Truck
- Sutphen (1890-) (fire trucks)
T
- Tait (1922âÂÂ1924)
- Tarrytown Motor Car Co. (1914)
- Taylor Goodwin Car & Mfg (1921)
- Terex
- TEXAN Texas Motor Car Association (1919âÂÂ1920)
- Thomart Motor (1922)
- Thomas (1917-)
- Thermo King
- Thor (Now XOS)
- Three Point Truck (1918âÂÂ1924)
- Tico
- Tiffin (1913âÂÂ1923)
- Titan Truck Co.(1917âÂÂ1932)
- Tower motor Truck (1915âÂÂ1923)
- Trabold Truck (1911âÂÂ1932)
- Traffic Motor Truck (1917âÂÂ1929)
- Transit (1912âÂÂ1916)
- Transport Truck Company (1919âÂÂ1925)
- Traylor (1920âÂÂ1928)
- Triangel motor Truck Company (1917âÂÂ1924)
- Triumpf Motor Car (1911âÂÂ1912)
- Triumph Truck & Tractor (1920âÂÂ1922)
- TULSA Witt Thompson (1913âÂÂ1922)
- Twin City (1912âÂÂ1924)
U
- Ultimate Vreeland motor Company (1920âÂÂ1925)
- Union Motor Truck Company (1917âÂÂ1925)
- United Motor (Products) Company (1915âÂÂ1930)
- United States Motor Truck Company (1909âÂÂ1930)
- United States Motor Truck Company (1924)
- Universal (1910âÂÂ1920)
- Urban Kentucky wagon (1911âÂÂ1918)
- Ursus Motor Company (1921âÂÂ1922)
- U.S. Hybrid (1909âÂÂ1930)
- Utility (1921âÂÂ1922) Page Motors Corp.
- Utility Car Company (1918âÂÂ1919)
V
- V.E. (or V.E.C.) Electric (1901âÂÂ1906)
- Van Dyke (1910âÂÂ1912)
- Van-L Commercial Car Co.|Van-L (1912)
- Van Wambeke (1908âÂÂ1909)
- Verrac (1911âÂÂ1912)
- Velie (1911âÂÂ1929) Moline
- Vestal (1914)
- Viall Motor Car (1923âÂÂ1924)
- Victor Motor Truck & Trailer (1920)
- Victor Truck (1920)
- Victor Motors Inc. (1923âÂÂ1924)
- VIM Motor Truck Company (1915âÂÂ1924)
- VOMAG Robert Remer (1922âÂÂ1924)
- Vulcan (1920âÂÂ1922)
W
- Wabco (1972-)
- Wachusett (1922âÂÂ1930) Fitchburg
- Wagenhals (1912)
- Waldron (1911âÂÂ1912)
- Walker-Johnson (1919âÂÂ1924) Woburn
- Walker Automobiles Maintenance & Manufacturing Co. (1906âÂÂ1918) later Walker Vehicle Company
- Walker Vehicle Company (1918âÂÂ1923) Chicago
- Walter (New York) (1909âÂÂ1922)
- Walter (Wisconsin)
- Waltham Motor (1921) Chicago (Formerly Victor)
- Ward la France (1916âÂÂ1979)
- Ward (1918âÂÂ1922)
- Ward IC (1933âÂÂ1980) bus
- Ware Motor Vehicles Corporation (1918âÂÂ1920) St. Paul
- Warren (1911âÂÂ1912)
- Washington (1911)
- Waterville (1911)
- Watson Products Corporation (1918âÂÂ1924)
- Waverly (1898âÂÂ1916)
- Wayne
- Weier-Smith (1914âÂÂ1918)
- Western Star
- Western Truck (1917âÂÂ1923)
- Westinghouse (1901) (1904âÂÂ1907) Le Havre (F) (1904âÂÂ1912)
- Westman (1912)
- Weyher (1910)
- White (1900âÂÂ1980)
- White-Freightliner
- White-GMC
- White Hickory (1916âÂÂ1922)
- White-Mustang
- Whiteside (1911âÂÂ1912)
- White-Western Star
- Whiting (1904âÂÂ1905)
- Wichita (1911âÂÂ1932)
- Wilcox (1910âÂÂ1927)
- Willet (1912)
- Will W.M.C. (1927âÂÂ1930) later Yellow Coach
- Willys
- Willys-Overland
- Wilson Co. (1914âÂÂ1925)
- Winkler (1911)
- Winther Motors Inc. (1917âÂÂ1926)
- Winton Motor Carriage Company (1897âÂÂ1962)
- Wisconsin Duplex (1917âÂÂ1918; Oshkosh Truck afterward)
- Wisconsin Myers machine Company (1918âÂÂ1923)
- Wisconsin Truck Company (1919âÂÂ1922)
- Wisconsin Farm Tractor Company (1921âÂÂ1923)
- Witt-Will (1911âÂÂ1931)
- Wolfe (1909âÂÂ1910)
- Wolverine American Commercial Car Company (1918âÂÂ1922)
- Woodburn (1912)
- Woods (1927âÂÂ1931)
- Woolstone (1913)
- Worcester Lunch Car
- Workhorse
- World (1927âÂÂ1931)
- Worth (1907âÂÂ1910)
X
Y
- Yale Motor Truck Company (1921âÂÂ1922)
- Yellow (1922âÂÂ1925)
- Young Motor truck Company (1920âÂÂ1923)
Z
- Zeitler & Lamson Truck Co. (1917)
- Zeligson
- Zimmerman (1912âÂÂ1916)
See also
Notes
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.