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The First Semi Trailers

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3 years 1 month ago #243341 by Lang
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Semi-trailers have been around for a long long time. The first recorded is this Winton then followed by others. We have seen a few before.









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3 years 1 month ago - 3 years 1 month ago #243342 by Lang
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3 years 1 month ago #243386 by mammoth
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Thornycroft produced a semi trailer in 1898 using a purpose built prime mover and there might have been some earlier ones in France. Fruehauf claimed they were the first - in 1915 and used existing vehicles as prime movers.
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3 years 1 month ago #243410 by Mrsmackpaul
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Fruehauf claimed they were the first - in 1915 and used existing vehicles as prime movers.

Reminds of the first ute discussion recently

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3 years 1 month ago #243422 by Lang
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First Road Train? Looks like a GMC.



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3 years 1 month ago - 3 years 1 month ago #243445 by Lang
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1898 Thornycroft. A huge improvement on the Winton of only 2 years earlier.



And the Northern Territory fuel tanker road trains were beaten by about 100 years.

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