https://hankeringforhistory.com/the-history-of-the-18-wheeler/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-history-of-the-18-wheeler Hanker: To have a strong, often restless desire, in this case for--you guessed it--history! Thu, 20 Jan 2022 22:23:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://hankeringforhistory.com/the-history-of-the-18-wheeler/#comment-111015 Wed, 08 Dec 2021 02:35:37 +0000 https://hankeringforhistory.com/?p=18787#comment-111015 Studying

]]> https://hankeringforhistory.com/the-history-of-the-18-wheeler/#comment-111014 Wed, 08 Dec 2021 02:34:33 +0000 https://hankeringforhistory.com/?p=18787#comment-111014 The author needs to do some stuffing before writing an article. 800,000 pound capacity? Really? 80 feet long when attached to the “cart”?

]]> https://hankeringforhistory.com/the-history-of-the-18-wheeler/#comment-110823 Sun, 28 Nov 2021 14:01:13 +0000 https://hankeringforhistory.com/?p=18787#comment-110823 In 1914, Frederick Sibley, a Detroit lumber tycoon and a frequent customer, asked Fruehauf to convert a horse-drawn wagon into a trailer to be pulled by a Model T roadster to haul a boat he owned to his vacation house. Fruehauf responded by inventing a device that transformed his business and enabled it to grow into a world-renowned truck-trailer manufacturing company.

]]> https://hankeringforhistory.com/the-history-of-the-18-wheeler/#comment-90033 Sun, 13 Oct 2019 03:01:00 +0000 https://hankeringforhistory.com/?p=18787#comment-90033 Seeing what we have today the technology the improvements on our every day items that we take for granted, it is so cool to know where it all started from and having sites like this we can keep our history alive,no matter what part of the world we live in.Two individuals in my family, were shippers wagons and horses.Then my dad before he was married drove an OTR, then later drove a truck locally,so it was in his blood. I love those big rigs those massive beasts of the road,and they own it, so get out of their way,show some respect for those trucks and let them get there safely. So,knowing we went from horse and wagon to the awesome big rigs we have today is fascinating.Thanks for the history lesson. Roll on 18 wheeler. God go with you.

]]> https://hankeringforhistory.com/the-history-of-the-18-wheeler/#comment-82754 Tue, 11 Apr 2017 17:29:44 +0000 https://hankeringforhistory.com/?p=18787#comment-82754 this a good website for research.

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