Peterbilt
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| Website | www.peterbilt.com |
Peterbilt is a truck manufacturer of the Paccar Group in the United States . Companies are u. a. in Denton ( Texas ) in Oakland and Newark in the state of California .
The Paccar Group is headquartered in Bellevue ( Washington ).
history
In 1939, the timber industrialist Theodor Alfred Peterman bought the Fageol Truck & Coach Company factory in Oakland and began building high-quality trucks for the construction and timber industries.
The company name "Peterbilt" is derived from his name and the nickname "Bill-built" of the Fageols that were previously built in the factory. While Henry Ford was producing hundreds of trucks a day in 1939, Peterman focused on high quality and only built 14 trucks.
After Peterman's death in 1945, a group of company employees took over management. In 1958 Peterbilt was finally acquired by Pacific Car & Foundry (PACCAR). Over the years, Peterbilt's program has been successfully expanded.
Peterbilt has been a leading manufacturer of high quality heavy duty trucks in the United States since its founding in 1939. From 1950 "Cabover" models were also built, whereby from 1959 the cabs could be tilted by 90 degrees. Up until 1955, these truck models 280 and 350 had an optically blunt nose, the so-called "bubble nose". Below the windshield of the very high cab there was a small protrusion rounded at the top to create more space for the engine. The successor Type 352 had no "bubblenosis" from 1955 and became a well-known truck from 1968 with the Sleeper Cab , although it was built in relatively small numbers. The sleeping compartment was very large, but the continuous high engine tunnel bothered the driver.
In 1960 a new plant had to be built in Newark for truck production . In the first year more than 800 units were manufactured here, and in the 1960s a total of 21,000 trucks.
From 1966 Peterbilt used aluminum for the first time for the Type 281 and later also for other vehicles , which was riveted together for the cabs and large engine hoods .
One of the most famous models was the highly adaptable 359 Conventional, built from 1967 onwards, which was designed for overland transport and was available in two lengths. The 359-13 had a bumper and bonnet made of fiberglass-reinforced plastic, which were made of metal on the 359-19. The Peterbilt 359 "Bull Nose" is a typical American truck with a powerful engine and lots of chrome parts, making it the favorite of North American truckers. The truck could optionally be equipped with engines from Caterpillar , Cummins or Detroit Diesel . Due to its focus on trucks with low maintenance requirements and a long service life, Peterbilt maintained its outstanding position in the USA thanks to the 359 Conventional. The ultimately lower operating costs, efficient operation and low depreciation compensate for the higher purchase price compared to the competition.
Peterbilt of Canada was founded in 1975 . In 1977 the Type 359 was replaced by the Peterbilt 379. This became a popular tractor unit in the USA and could be equipped with up to 600 hp Caterpillar or Cummins engines.
As a result, due to the great demand, additional locations were established in Madison ( Tennessee ) and in 1980 in Denton ( Texas ). In the same year, a truck race with the participation of Peterbilt tractors was held for the first time in Atlanta . Of the 33 registered racing trucks with up to 580 hp, a Peterbilt was the fastest with 190 km / h.
From 1986 Peterbilt brought aerodynamically optimized tractors and hoods onto the market.
As of 2010, the company participated in the SuperTruck project of the Department of Energy . Cummins has received a $ 39 million grant to develop highly efficient engine controls and technologies for Peterbilt trucks. The exhaust emissions , fuel consumption and vehicle safety of the trucks should be improved.
Peterbilt is also involved in the successor program SuperTruck II .
Peterbilt 379 - appeared as Optimus Prime in the movie Transformers
Peterbilt 359
Peterbilt 359 with trailer
Peterbilt 379
Product placement in films
- A Peterbilt 281 "acted" in the lead role of the villain in the film Duel by Steven Spielberg (1971).
- In the 2001 film Joyride by director John Dahl, a Peterbilt 359 is the vehicle of the villain “Rusty Nail”.
- In the movie Transformers (2007), a Peterbilt 379 depicts the transformer Optimus Prime in its transformed form. In the movie Transformers 3 (2011) it also has a trailer.
swell
- Lastwagen der Welt, page 200, 201. Motorbuch-Verlag 2000 ISBN 3-613-02257-5
- 1000 Trucks, page 158, 159. Naumann & Göbel-Verlag ~ 2004 ISBN 3-625-10767-8
- Trucks models from around the world, pages 137, 222, 242, 311. Parragon Books-Verlag ~ 2003 ISBN 978-1-4054-7901-1
Individual evidence
- ↑ us department of energy awards $ 39 million in support of the supertruck development program , January 12, 2010
- ↑ Peterbilt to participate in SuperTruck II program , August 31, 2016
