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A tanker with the model number XXXX - XX

Maybe Peterbilt?

U dun good Grandad
U din let me thro U by suggest n
Thiz one may B harder than U think
LOL
me jist gotta keep a fu steps in front of U jokerz
LOL
Tiz a
Peterbilt

a fu wee sips for Grandad... U kno where u're fridge iz
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In the early part of the 20th century, Tacoma, Washington plywood manufacturer and lumber entrepreneur T.A.

Peterman was faced with a lumber logistics problem. He could not get logs from the forest to his lumber mill quickly

or efficiently. He sought to improve upon the methods of the day: floating logs down river, or the use of steam

tractors and horse teams. Peterman knew that if he could develop the then-nascent automobile technology and build

trucks, he could solve his problem.
Peterman was rebuilding surplus army trucks, improving

the technology with each successive vehicle. Then he put a battery on the starter (instead of the crank) and soon

purchased the assets of Fageol Motors of Oakland, California in 1938 to supplement his need for a custom built logging

truck chassis. Fageol had gone into receivership in 1932. By 1938, the Great Depression had driven the value of the

assets to nearly zero. Peterman acquired the defunct truck manufacturer and although he produced two chain-drive

logging trucks, they were unsuccessful. In 1939 he began selling his trucks to the public. T. A. Peterman died in

1944. His wife, Ida, sold the company (less the land) to seven individuals within the organization. They expanded it

into a major producer of heavy-duty trucks. In 1958, Ida Peterman announced plans to sell the land to develop a

shopping center. The shareholders, not wanting to invest in a new manufacturing facility, sold the company to Pacific

Car & Foundry Co., then primarily a manufacturer of railroad freight cars, which was looking to expand its truck

manufacturing presence. Pacific Car & Foundry Co, which had acquired the assets of Kenworth in 1944, was already a

competitor in the heavy truck market. In June, 1958, they acquired Peterbilt Motors as a wholly owned subsidiary. One

year later, Pacific Car started construction of a modern 176,000-square-foot (16,400 m2) manufacturing facility in

Newark, Calif. In August, 1960 Peterbilt moved to the new facility and became a division of the parent firm. Pacific Car

and Foundry Co. changed its name officially to PACCAR Inc. in 1971.



















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Get in earl eye nuff n U may get a pre Xmas drink
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Merry Xmas
cya

I know its a chain drive approx 1908 -1910

And still being made, but I prefer the old ones

Would any of you Wotzit gents have any photos of a Hewitt Ludlow truck about 1918 model?

Here's one from 1917http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/ac104/0198grandad/2ec74557-5db0-430b-8a28-21ef1a58abde_zpsd5d765a5.jpg?t=1387797026

Many thanks Grandad.

The Fire Brigade in Sydney bought a HL in 1918 and remounted an old ladder on it. The ladder collapsed at a fire in 1922. The truck was impounded by the Coroner for an enquiry, and was never returned. Hence no photo of it has turned up yet.

This helps know what it might have looked like.

Cheers, Beaver

Many thanks Grandad.

The Fire Brigade in Sydney bought a HL in 1918 and remounted an old ladder on it. The ladder collapsed at a fire in 1922. The truck was impounded by the Coroner for an enquiry, and was never returned. Hence no photo of it has turned up yet.

This helps know what it might have looked like.

Cheers, Beaver

Write to the coroner and ask for it back!! >

We had a look in his back yard, and it's not there anymore. >

Forgot to mention that a firie was killed in the collapse, hence the inquest.