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2. Freightliner Trucks - Wikipedia

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   Freightliner Trucks is an American semi truck manufacturer. [1] Founded in 1929 as the truck-manufacturing division of Consolidated Freightways (from which it derives its name), the company was established in 1942 as Freightliner Corporation. [2] Owned by Daimler AG from 1981 to 2021, Freightliner is now a part of Daimler Truck subsidiary ...

3. Trucking industry in the United States - Wikipedia

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   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.

4. Caterpillar Inc. - Wikipedia

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   Caterpillar Inc., also known as Cat, is an American construction, mining and other engineering equipment manufacturer. [ 6 ] The company is the world's largest manufacturer of construction equipment. [ 3 ][ 7 ][ 8 ] In 2018, Caterpillar was ranked number 73 on the Fortune 500 list [ 9 ] and number 265 on the Global Fortune 500 list. [ 10 ]

5. Estes Express Lines - Wikipedia

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   Estes semi-trailer truck in 2016. The company was founded near Chase City, Virginia, by cotton farmer Webb Wallace ("W.W.") Estes (1897–1971). Estes started providing livestock moving services for local farmers in 1931 [4] with a used Chevrolet truck. By 1932 the trucking business was also hauling general freight and provided enough revenue ...

6. Kenworth - Wikipedia

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   Kenworth Truck Company is an American truck manufacturer. Founded in 1923 as the successor to Gersix Motor Company, Kenworth specializes in production of heavy-duty (Class 8) and medium-duty (Class 5–7) commercial vehicles. Headquartered in the Seattle suburb of Kirkland, Washington, Kenworth has been a wholly owned subsidiary of PACCAR since ...

7. International Motors - Wikipedia

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   International Motors is an American holding company created in 1986 (as Navistar International Corporation) as the successor to International Harvester. International produces trucks and diesel engines under its own brand. [3] The company also produces buses under the IC Bus brand.