In carrying goods like motor fuel to any destination accessible by road, Fruehauf trailers helped may our modern way of life possible. Fruehauf pioneered the use of aluminum in trailer construction.

The granddaughter of Fruehauf Trailers, Ruth Fruehauf, is on a cross-country tour to share the history of this granddaddy trucking company that in its early days operated a plant in San Diego during ...

August Fruehauf (1867-1930) was recently inducted into the National Automotive Hall of Fame. Fruehauf was the founder of the Fruehauf Trailer Company in 1918. One of Fruehauf’s major contributions was ...

Advertisements are like time capsules. They mirror the concerns of the age in which they were written by describing products and services available to help people carry on their lives. Ads we see ...

Fruehauf Corp., a manufacturer of truck trailers and other machinery, has chosen Bowling Green as the home for its first U.S. manufacturing presence in more than 20 years. Fruehauf Mexico, which has ...

A new book has been published that details the history of Fruehauf, called "Singing Wheels, August Fruehauf & the History of the Fruehauf Trailer Company." The 129-page book was written by Ruth Ann ...

Growing up with the last name “Fruehauf” made Ruth Fruehauf feel responsible for her family’s legacy. “When people recognize my last name, they always ask me what happened to the company,” she said.

BOWLING GREEN, Kentucky—For the first time in 25 years, Fruehauf is building trailers in the U.S. A company executive referred to the June 2 ribbon-cutting event here as a "back to the future" moment, ...

In post-internal-combustion Detroit, however, horses and the skills of those who shod them would be rendered all but worthless overnight. So it worked out quite nicely that in 1914, just as automotive ...

Fultra, the parent company of Fruehauf, has acquired Randolph, Ohio-based East Manufacturing. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Fruehauf is a poineer of the semi trailer and in acquiring East ...

According to Ruth Ann Fruehauf, the story of the trailer company founded by her grandfather is an integral part of the nation’s transportation history in the last century and is now being told in a ...

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