Thanks to 10-4 Magazine and Kim Grimm

The history of the Fruehauf Trailer Company goes all the way back to the very beginning of trucking. August Fruehauf, a blacksmith from Detroit, Michigan, can be credited for designing and building the first trailer in 1914. From humble beginnings, he and his company went on to revolutionize the trucking industry and become an integral part of the growth of America. A lyric in the song “Hello I’m A Truck” makes a very true statement when it says, “There’d be no truck drivers if it wasn’t for us trucks” – and those trucks are able to haul so much more freight because of the trailers that they pull!  Introduction to an article by Kim Grimm of Ten Four Magazine