Arm leather (commercial vehicle manufacturer)

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Armleder hotel bus from 1914

The company was rated as O. Armleder & Company, Carriage and Wagon Manufacturers around 1882 in Cincinnati ( Ohio founded).

history

Otto Armleder (October 15, 1862–1935) was the son of Hans ("John") Armeder (1827–1872) and Maria geb. Geiser (1830–1894), who immigrated from Germany in the 1850s. Otto received commercial training and began an apprenticeship as a miller , which he broke off after half a year. Then, at only 17 years old, he founded a successful bottling company with the Cincinnati Beer Bottling Company .

At the age of 20 he founded O. Armleder & Co. which had their first domicile on Longworth Street . With 20 employees, he ran the business so successfully that he had to look for larger premises shortly afterwards. He found her in a six-story building on the same street that was later added two floors. His business, which now also included a milling operation at Carr and 7th Street and other facilities on Hunt Street , he set up in 1904 in a complex of over 11,600 m² (125,000 sq. Ft. ) On 12th Street and Plum Street in Over-the-Rhine , a district in Cincinnati with a predominantly German population. At that time, almost half of the Cincinnati population was German-American.

Shortly afterwards, Armleder concentrated on building wagons and especially for breweries with 260 employees . Until 1917, the company was a regional supplier with a customer base that was limited to a radius of 100 miles from Cincinnati, but Otto Armleder was a well-known figure throughout the United States. In 1889 he had married Katherine Manss in Cincinnati . The Freemason Armleder was considered to be socially minded and committed to society, especially in matters relating to his hometown.

It is unclear whether the Armleder Truck Company, which was set up in 1909, 1910 or 1912, depending on the source, was a reorganization of the existing company or a start-up. It is possible that the company was only now moving into the Armleder area between 12th Street and Plum Street . After a single source, he sold the company in 1922; Usually 1927 is given as the date for the takeover by the LeBlond-Schacht Truck Company, also based in Cincinnati . The company operated as Armleder Motor Truck Company until 1928. Technically, it was adapted to shaft trucks with engines from Wisconsin . Schacht was active in similar market segments. However, it was not possible to give both brands an independent profile. so that there were repeated overlaps until the Armleder brand was discontinued in 1936. According to one source, the vehicles ran under the Schacht brand name from the time they were taken over to the end of production .

production

The company was a typical assembler ; H. Like most businesses of its size, it assembled vehicles from components bought on the market. Initially trucks with ¾ to 3 tn were offered. sh. Payload purchased primarily from local beer breweries . A transporter with 1 tn payload followed and the HW and KW models with 2 resp. 3½ tn. sh. Payload. Both were available as a truck or tractor unit and received semi-elliptic leaf springs they had made themselves. They were also delivered to the US Army in both versions . The four-cylinder engines came from Continental , but Armleder also used engines from Hercules and Buda . These models continued to be built after the end of the First World War . In 1920 a semi- trailer tractor also appeared. Six-cylinder engines were only offered in 1927, together with the changeover from chassis made of reinforced wood to pressed steel ladder frames , which Armleder produced itself. Wood was quite common as a material for commercial vehicle chassis; Steel frames were often a disadvantage because of their heavy weight.

literature

  • Halwart Schrader, Jan P. Norbye: The truck lexicon, all brands 1900 to today. 3. Edition. Motorbuch Verlag, 1998, ISBN 3-613-01837-3 .
  • GN Georgano (Ed.), G. Marshall Naul: Complete Encyclopedia of Commercial Vehicles. MBI Motor Books International, Osceola WI 1979, ISBN 0-87341-024-6 .
  • Albert Mroz: Illustrated Encyclopedia of American Trucks and Commercial Vehicles. Krause Publications, Iola WI 1996, ISBN 0-87341-368-7 .
  • Albert Mroz: American Cars, Trucks and Motorcycles of World War I: Illustrated Histories of 224 Manufacturers. Mcfarland & Company Publishers, Jefferson NC, 2009, ISBN 978-0-7864-3967-6 .
  • Robert Gabrick: American Delivery Truck: An Illustrated History. Enthusiast Books, 2014, ISBN 978-1-58388-311-2 .
  • National Automobile Chamber of Commerce : Handbook of Automobiles 1915–1916. Dover Publications, 1970.
  • Walter MP McCall: Illustrated Encyclopedia of American Fire Engine Manufacturers. Iconografix, Hudson WI 2009, ISBN 978-1-58388-252-8 .
  • Murray Fahnestock: Remember the CINO, Cincinnati built Car? In: The Post & Times Star. Cincinnati, Ohio, December 20, 1961. Mentioned Acorn, Armleder Trucks, Auto Buggy, Buggycar, Cincinnati Steam (1903), Cino, Crane & Breed Ambulances (and Undertakers), C. & B., Enger, Ohio, Powercar, Sayers & Scovill, Schacht, US Truck

Web links

Commons : Armleder  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c coachbuilt.com: O. Armleder Co.
  2. ↑ a b Georgano / Naul: Complete Encyclopedia of Commercial Vehicles. 1979, p. 49.
  3. ↑ a b c d Halwart Schrader, Jan P. Norbye: The truck lexicon. All brands 1900 to today. 1998.
  4. ↑ a b c d e f g h Mroz: American Cars, Trucks and Motorcycles of World War I. 2009, pp. 11–13 (Armbruster)
  5. ^ McCall: Ill. Encyclopedia of American Fire Engine Manufacturers. 2009, p. 15.
  6. ^ Mroz: Ill. Encyclopedia of American Trucks and Commercial Vehicles. 1996, p. 344.
  7. ↑ a b c d Mroz: American Cars, Trucks and Motorcycles of World War I. 2009, p. 12 (Armbruster HW and KW)