Commercial vehicles are a popular collectors item and some are already listed in the Heavy Haulage section, with the main companies featured but this area of preservation can be built on from here.
Manufacturers
( a few for starters, some with articles others need one starting yet (red links)).
Steam era
Make | Location | Founded in Date | Defunct Date | Taken over By | Date of take over | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Foden | Sandbach Cheshire | 1856 | 2006 | Paccar | 1980 | Name now dropped from use |
Fowler | Leeds | 18 ? | 1970's | Rotary Hoes | 1946 | taken over by Marshall, Sons & Co., Then by Leyland |
Garrett | Leiston | 1897 (Ltd co) | 1985 | Beyer, Peacock & Co | 1932 | Went bust when AGE Collapsed |
Mann's Patent Steam Cart and Wagon Co. | Leeds | 1899 | 1929 | - | - | Business collapsed in the depression |
Scammell | Watford | 18? | 1990s | Leyland Trucks | 1960's | collapsed in Leylands ownership, but Unipower created from remains. |
Sentinel | Shrewsbury | 1915 | Rolls Royce | 1956 | switch to rail locs | |
Thornycroft | Basingstoke | 1896 | 1977 | AEC | 196? | switched to diesel lorries |
Yorkshire Patent Steam Wagon Co. | Leeds | 1901 | 1993 | - | - | Last lorry built in 1937 |
Early Diesel powered
List of companies that built trucks from 1920s till 1980s and most are now defunct brands.
British - Pre 1940's
- AEC
- Albion
- Alvis
- Armstrong Saurer built by Armstrong & Whitworth in Newcastle from 1930 till 1937
- Atkinson - see Seddon Atkinson
- Austin Motor Company - merged with Morris Commercial Cars to form BMC in 1951
- Bean Cars Ltd
- Bedford
- BMC - formed by Austin Motor Company + Morris Commercial Cars Ltd merger
- Bristol Tramways & Carriage Co. - t/o by Tilling Stevens in 1931
- Commer
- Crossley Motors - t/o by AEC
- Dennis
- Dodge Bros. (Britain) Ltd - London UK subsidiary of Dodge Corp
- ERF
- Foden
- Ford of Britain
- Ford Trucks
- Fowler
- Guy
- Jensen Motors
- Karrier Motors
- Leyland Commercial Vehicles - t/o Scammell & Albion
- Leyland Daf
- Leyland Motors Ltd
- Mack (GB)
- Maudslay - t/o by AEC
- Morris Commercial Cars
- Proctor
- Scammell
- Seddon - see Seddon Atkinson
- Seddon Atkinson
- Shefflex
- Shelvoke & Drewry
- Thames Trader (Ford)
- Thornycroft
- Tilling Stevens
- TVW
- Union
- Unipower
European
- Barreiros - (Spain)
- BMC (Turkey) - (Turkey) JV with BMC (GB)
- Fiat - (Italy)
- FTF - (Holland) originally assembled Macks for Europe
- Latil - (France)
- MAN - (Germany)
- Pegaso - (Spain)
- Renault Trucks - (France)
- Saviem -
- Scania-Vabis - (Sweden)
- Vabis - (Sweden)
- Volvo - (Sweden)
North & South American
- A&B - (USA)
- A&R - (USA)
- A.B.C. - (USA)
- Diamond Reo
- Diamond T
- Mack - (USA)
- REO - (USA)
- White Motor Company
Rest of World
Add early manufacturers here that do not fall in other groups
Modern
Built from the 1970s to present day
- Autocar
- Chevrolet
- DAF
- Dodge
- ERF
- Fiat Trucks
- Foden - t/o by PACCAR in 1980, closed 1999
- Ford Trucks - Sold to Iveco (Fiat)
- Ford Trucks (US)
- Freightliner
- Hanomag
- Haulamatic
- Hendrickson
- HHT
- Hino - Assembled in Ireland (from kits)
- International Harvester Trucks
- Iveco - t/o Ford Trucks
- Kenworth
- Leyland Trucks
- Mack
- Magirus (Magirus-Deutz)
- MAN
- MEGA (Turkey)[1]
- Mercedes-Benz
- Mitsubishi Trucks
- Navistar
- Oshkosh
- PACCAR
- Peterbilt
- Piaggo (Turkey)[2]
- Renault Trucks
- Scania
- Seddon Atkinson
- Steyr - Austria, t/o by MAN
- Unimog
- Volvo Trucks
- Western Star
- White Motor Company
Specialist Truck Builders
- Alvis Unipower
- AWD - succesor to Bedford, taken over by David J. Brown owner of Artix Ltd ADT builder and then AWD built Multidrive dump trucks designed by DJB.
- Diamond T - of America (ex army versions were popular with early heavy haulage operators)
- Berliet
- Douglas
- FAUN
- FWD
- Ginaf - Multi axle chassis, mainly high capacity on /off road dump trucks.
- Haulamatic - on / off road dump trucks
- Nicolas - Custom Heavy Haulage tractor units
- OAF - Custom Heavy Haulage units based on MAN components
- Oshkosh - Custom Specialist applications
- Rotinoff - Heavy haulage tractors
- Terberg - Dutch built Multi axle units based on Volvo Truck components
- Titan - Builder of Heavy haulage specials based on Mercedes Benz components.
- Unimog - Specialist off road brand of Mercedes Benz.
See also
- List of Engine Manufacturers
- List of Heavy Haulage Contractors
- List of Steam Machinery Manufacturers
- Heavy Haulage
- Showmans Engines - Steam powered Locomotives
- Steam engines
- Steam Tractors
- Steam Wagons
- Vintage vehicle events and clubs