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- 1910 Federal Truck - Martin L. Pulcher left Oakland Motor Car Company to form Federal Motor Truck Company of Detroit in 1910. His rugged truck featured a double-chain drive and solid rubber tires. The truck's top speed was just 20 miles per hour, but its payload capacity was 3,000 pounds. Federal built approximately 160,000 commercial and military vehicles before ending production in 1959.
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1910 Federal Truck
Martin L. Pulcher left Oakland Motor Car Company to form Federal Motor Truck Company of Detroit in 1910. His rugged truck featured a double-chain drive and solid rubber tires. The truck's top speed was just 20 miles per hour, but its payload capacity was 3,000 pounds. Federal built approximately 160,000 commercial and military vehicles before ending production in 1959.
- 1952 Federal 45M Truck Tractor, Used by Cole's Express - When this truck was new, about 120,000 tractor-trailers traveled the roads. By 2000, there were over two million. New interstate highways helped long-haul trucks dominate the freight business. Americans developed a romantic image of truckers as modern cowboys roaming concrete trails, speaking their own language on CB radios. Drivers became heroes of movies and music. But real truck driving is demanding, sometimes dangerous, and often boring work.
- 1952
- Collections - Artifact
1952 Federal 45M Truck Tractor, Used by Cole's Express
When this truck was new, about 120,000 tractor-trailers traveled the roads. By 2000, there were over two million. New interstate highways helped long-haul trucks dominate the freight business. Americans developed a romantic image of truckers as modern cowboys roaming concrete trails, speaking their own language on CB radios. Drivers became heroes of movies and music. But real truck driving is demanding, sometimes dangerous, and often boring work.