FRUEHAUF TRAILER COMPANY CORPORATION HISTORY TIMELINE
1907-1930
1907
United Auto Workers organize employees at the wagon maker and blacksmith shop that evolved into Fruehauf Trailer Company
Pre 1914
August Fruehauf works as a blacksmith and carriage builder in Detroit
1914
August Fruehauf creates the first “semi-trailer” for local lumber merchant Frederic M. Sibley
1918
Company incorporates as Fruehauf Trailer Company, 1918-1963 (1963-1989 company is Fruehauf Corporation)
1930
Death of August Fruehauf; Harvey Fruehauf installed as President of Fruehauf Trailer Company
United Auto Workers organize employees at the wagon maker and blacksmith shop that evolved into Fruehauf Trailer Company
Pre 1914
August Fruehauf works as a blacksmith and carriage builder in Detroit
1914
August Fruehauf creates the first “semi-trailer” for local lumber merchant Frederic M. Sibley
1918
Company incorporates as Fruehauf Trailer Company, 1918-1963 (1963-1989 company is Fruehauf Corporation)
1930
Death of August Fruehauf; Harvey Fruehauf installed as President of Fruehauf Trailer Company
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Executive of the Fruehauf Trailer company in the 1930's including Gerald Chamberlin, Son-in-Law to August Fruehauf
August's adage, "A horse can pull more than it can carry … so can a truck", caught on slowly and took hold initially with other lumber dealers in Detroit.
