Two major transportation events took place in 1956 that would affect the U.S. trucking industry for decades to come. That year, Congress, at the urging of President Dwight Eisenhower, passed the ...

To the unobservant eye, all semi-trucks are the same massive machines that barrel down the highways. But upon closer inspection, you'll find that there are quite a number of differences among these ...

Kenworth is probably best known by some people today for its long-nose conventional trucks. But it has had a rich and varied history that also involves cabover trucks. The company's production journey ...

Freightliner didn’t invent the cabover truck. In fact, the very earliest trucks were what we today would call a “cabover” design in that the engine was located directly under the driver’s seat. But ...

A 1937 SAE Journal article by Pierre Shon titled Cab-Over-Engine Trucks — Their Place in Transportation, asks the question, “Were the original truck manufacturers on the right track 30 years ago when ...