Sterling is a brand manufactured by the Freightliner Group. The Freightliner Group sells and manufactures Freightliner (heavy-duty and medium-duty trucks), American LaFrance (fire trucks and apparatus), Thomas Built Buses (school buses), Western Star (heavy-duty over-the-road trucks), and Sterling (specialized vocational trucks). They are committed to maintaining a standard of technological innovation and premium […]

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Are you interested in purchasing a semi truck? Now it is easier than ever to find the perfect semi truck for your business, dealership, or fleet. Popular brands such as Freightliner, Kenworth, Volvo, Mack, International, Peterbilt, GMC, Sterling, and many more can be found in an online classifieds system.
There are over 2,000 ads […]

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Just as for cars, boats, and other desired items, there are classified systems for semi trucks. A traditional, hard-copy classifieds booklet or section in a newspaper offers a short description of the item at hand. Some classifieds systems offer the opportunity to include a picture and an extended description for an extra fee. […]

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The majority of goods produced in the United States are transported over our road system by semi trucks. Actually, the goods are transported in a semi trailer, which is towed behind the semi truck. There are numerous types of semi trailers. Some common types of trailers are reefers, vans, flatbeds, and lowboys. […]

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A reefer trailer generally refers to a refrigerated, van-style trailer for a semi truck. Reefers are manufactured by Utility, Great Dane, Trailmobile, Fruehauf, Wabash, and a few other companies. Refrigerated goods and most goods in general are transported via our intricate road system. Consequently, reefer trailers will always be necessary in our […]

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Manac Inc. was founded in Saint-Georges, Quebec, in 1966. 1977 marked the first FRP van manufactured by Manac. Since then, Manac expanded through the signing of agreements with distributors in Western Canada, and started manufacturing galvanized-steel vans, aluminum vans, soft-sider platforms, all aluminum flatbeds, and aluminum end-dump trailers.
Manac is obviously an […]

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Except for a few goods which are transported exclusively by rail, all goods produced in the United States are transported on roads. Semi trucks are the top choice for transporting goods for one simple reason, the sheer volume they are capable of moving. Semi trucks can be sold in the traditional fashion, in […]

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International Truck and Engine Corporation is part of Navistar International Corporation, and is one of the originators of the concept of supplier diversity. The supplier diversity movement started in 1968 when International, among other corporations, got together to address problems in the African American community. Directly as a result, International Truck and Engine […]

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Great Dane trailers have an interesting history. In 1931, the Savannah Blowpipe Company merged and became the Steel Products Company. The new company, seeking to take advantage of the development of better highways in the Southeast, decided to design and manufacture truck trailers for road freight hauling. Currently, trailers manufactured by the old […]

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A blacksmith and carriage builder by the name of August Charles Fruehauf built a trailer to carry a merchant’s pleasure boat in 1914. The trailer successfully completed its job, and the merchant soon asked Fruehauf to build more trailers to haul lumber. Fruehauf called these trailers “semi-trailers,” and they soon became very popular. […]

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