Heavy Duty Trucking invites you to a Fruehauf Reunion!

5/8/2016

By Tom Berg - Trailer Talk

Students of trucking history are well aware of Fruehauf trailers, as that Detroit-based company once dominated the industry. They know the story of its origin by August Fruehauf, as recalled last year by his granddaughter, Ruth:
“It has been 101 years since Frederick M. Sibley, a Michigan lumber tycoon, walked into August Fruehauf’s blacksmith shop in Detroit with a problem. Sibley had an 18-foot boat he needed to haul to his summer cottage. He’d put the boat on a wagon, and he wanted to use his Model T Ford instead of a horse team to pull it. Could that be done? Read more........

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DONALD P. BIESCHKE link

2/6/2017 08:41:15 am

I AM SURPRISED THERE IS NO MENTION OF FRUEHAUF FINANCE COMPANY IN EITHER THE BOOKS OR THE WEB SITE HISTORY.. THERE WERE FINANCE OPERATIONS IN THE U.S AND HOBBS BRANCHES, CANADA, ENGLAND, IRELAND, FRANCE, AUSTRALIA AND MEXICO. FRUEHAUF FINANCE WAS CONSIDERED THE MOST SUCCESSFUL CAPTIVE FINANCE COMPANY IN THE TRAILER INDUSTRY. 25 STRAIGHT YEARS OF GROWTH AND PROFITABLE OPERATION WITH THE HIGHEST BOND RATINGS. I WAS EXPERIENCED IN ALL OF THESE OPERATIONS. PRIOR TO THE LEVERAGED BUYOUT I WAS ACTING MANAGING DIRECTOR OF CRANE FRUEHAUF FINANCE IN LONDON ENGLAND, IRELAND, AND LIAISON WITH THE HOME OFFICE IN DETROIT AND FRUEHAUF FRANCE FINANCE PARIS, FRANCE. BEING A NATIVE DETROITER I WAS PROUD TO BE EMPLOYED BY FRUEHAUF FINANCE AND WORK WITH THE FRUEHAUF SALES GROUP. THESE INDIVIDUALS WERE "THE VERY BEST IN THE TRAILER BUSINESS" REGARDS DONALD P. BIESCHKE V.P.

The advancement of transportation accelerated the economic growth of all industries in the industrial booming United States. The Fruehauf Trailer Company contributed to the advancement of American industry.

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