Ferryboat Tops
Here is a great idea – two truck tops joined together make a sturdy ferryboat for this African expedition.
Auto Tops Make Ferryboats For Explorers (original article)
Electric Fire Truck
This article describes an electric fire truck with an individual motor drive in each wheel.
Electric Fire Truck Has Four-Wheel Drive (original article)
Oct 112010
Snow Plow Truck
This short news item describes an early snowplow in Minnesota built to keep a bus route open.
Plowing Minnesota Drifts To Keep Bus Road Open
Snowplow (Wikipedia)
Oct 072010
Truck Overload
This has to be one of the oldest pictures of an overloaded truck with its front wheels in the air.
Motor Truck Is Upended By Shifting Load
Oct 072010
Portable Crane
This has to be one of the earliest examples of a portable crane. It could also be used as an excavator.
Large Capacity Portable Crane Is A Labor Saver
Oct 072010
Early Garbage Truck
This short story describes an early garbage truck used in Detroit. It features a cable winch dumping mechanism.
Special Trucks To Haul Detroit Garbage
Weigh Station
This short news item describes the beginning of the modern truck weigh stations.
New Road Laws Forced Upon Eastern States
French Expedition Across Sahara
In this article E. H. Lemonon describes two French expeditions across Sahara using trucks.
Crossing The Sahara By Motor Lorries
Sep 272010
Concrete Truck
This short news item describes what seems to be one of the first concrete delivery trucks.
Auto Concrete Carrier Mixes as It Travels
Early Container
In this article from a distant July 1920 Latimer J Wilson comes pretty close to describing the idea of modern day container.
The Motor-Truck Helps the Railroad
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