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Designed for cement mixers and dump trucks First Peterbilt with a sloped fiberglass hood 353 1973-1987 Conventional Designed for construction applications, flat steel fenders Used grille of 359 (radiator) with butterfly hood Replaced 341 and 351 vocational trucks 381 c.1975 Conventional Severe-service truck, 6x6 drive configuration [31]
1946 Peterbilt flatbed 1939 Peterbilt Model 334 (1 of 2 built 1939). In 1939, the Fageol plant in Oakland opened for business as Peterbilt Motors Company. As part of the design process, Peterman and his company engineers sought input from truck owners and drivers on how to develop trucks; [10] [11] initially planning to develop chain-drive trucks for the logging industry, the company ...
Rush Enterprises, headquartered in New Braunfels, Texas, is an international retailer of commercial vehicles, primarily new and used trucks, through its Rush Truck Centers. [1] In 2019, the company operated over 200 Rush Truck Centers in 20 states as well as 14 locations in Canada. As of 2020, it was a Fortune 500 corporation. [2]
The Peterbilt 379 is a model line of Class 8 trucks that was produced by the Peterbilt division of PACCAR from 1987 to 2007. Serving as the successor to the 359, the 379 was a conventional-cab truck configured primarily for highway use, serving as the flagship of the Peterbilt model line.
Kenworth's vocational and severe duty truck, available in both semi or rigid configurations. Shares cab with W900. T880: 2014–present: 8: Modernized variant of the T800 T680: 2013–present: 8: Replacement for both T660 and T700, Kenworth's main aerodynamic semi truck. Second generation introduced in 2022. T380 T480 [1] 2021–present: 7 and 8
HR 140 1994 Peterbilt 379 Holmes DTU; Golden Yard. HR 100 1988 Peterbilt 377 Century 1050 (50 ton), purchased in 2023 as a replacement for HR 56 (40ton Rotator) after it was in a major crash; 129 – 2017 Chevy 4 door tow truck (Gord Lundeen's truck) (1 ton) LR 19 – 2019 F550 Chevron 408 (Jr.'s personal truck) TR 128 - 2016 Volvo ( Currently ...
Peterbilt had been a major competitor with Kenworth, producing many kinds of trucks and buses. Peterbilt operated as a wholly owned subsidiary of Pacific Car until 1960, following which it was dissolved and made a division of the company. [19] [20] [21] Pacific Car's structural steel division made the steel used to build the 50-story Seattle ...
When light-duty trucks were first produced in the United States, they were rated by their payload capacity in tons: 1 ⁄ 2 (1000 pounds), 3 ⁄ 4 (1500 pounds) and 1-ton (2000 pounds). Ford had introduced the "One-Tonner" in 1938 to their line of trucks. [23] The "Three-quarter-tonner" appeared in the Ford truck lineup in 1939. [23]