Who is the largest trailer manufacture for big rig boxes? Wabash is second
I think, but who is first? Alternate bonus question: Who are the top 10,
25, etc.

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Joe AutoDrill wrote:
Who is the largest trailer manufacture for big rig boxes? Wabash is second
I think, but who is first? Alternate bonus question: Who are the top 10,
25, etc.

Joe, I Think Wabash National is number one, followed in no particular order:
Strick,Trailmobile,Great Dane,Utility, Stoughton,Hyundai,Monon, Ultralite.

In Canada the largest is Manac.

Hope this helps
Greg

"Joe AutoDrill" wrote in message
news:dXDPe.8570$Fq2.2526@trndny03...
Who is the largest trailer manufacture for big rig boxes? Wabash is
second I think, but who is first? Alternate bonus question: Who are the
top 10, 25, etc.


Dunno but virtually all the trailers on the roads around here are Freuhoff
[sp?] and that's been the case for a *very* long time.

Joe, I Think Wabash National is number one, followed in no particular
order:
Strick,Trailmobile,Great Dane,Utility, Stoughton,Hyundai,Monon, Ultralite.

In Canada the largest is Manac.

Hope this helps

Excellent! Thank you...
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Dunno but virtually all the trailers on the roads around here are Freuhoff
[sp?] and that's been the case for a *very* long time.


Where is "here"? Just curious...
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"Joe AutoDrill" wrote in message
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Dunno but virtually all the trailers on the roads around here are
Freuhoff [sp?] and that's been the case for a *very* long time.


Where is "here"? Just curious...

Texas Gulf Coast - Houston area

I also have seen a very large number (I quit counting decades ago) of the
Freuhoff nameplates on the I-45/I-35/I-29 route to N. Minnesota and I-10 to
the PRK.

Dunno but virtually all the trailers on the roads around here are
Freuhoff [sp?] and that's been the case for a *very* long time.

Where is "here"? Just curious...

Texas Gulf Coast - Houston area

I also have seen a very large number (I quit counting decades ago) of the
Freuhoff nameplates on the I-45/I-35/I-29 route to N. Minnesota and I-10
to the PRK.

Thank you... Or as they say in my favorite Austin restaurant, "Muchos
Nachos!"
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RAM^3 wrote:
"Joe AutoDrill" wrote in message
news:dXDPe.8570$Fq2.2526@trndny03...

Who is the largest trailer manufacture for big rig boxes? Wabash is
second I think, but who is first? Alternate bonus question: Who are the
top 10, 25, etc.



Dunno but virtually all the trailers on the roads around here are Freuhoff
[sp?] and that's been the case for a *very* long time.


Fruehauf trailer USED to be the lastest trailer maker in the world. They
got in trouble in the late '80s and lingered around into the mid '90s
when the were assimilated into Wabash National. The trailer makers ran
into the same problems the automakers faced. Over capacity, high
operating costs, cycles of boom and bust and , well some of them made
dumb business decisions. Those factors brought about a consolidation in
the industry.
Joe,
I forgot about CNF (the Conway trucking companies), they have their own
trailer manufacturing plant. Road Equipment or something like that.

Greg

"Greg Postma" wrote in message
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RAM^3 wrote:
"Joe AutoDrill" wrote in message
news:dXDPe.8570$Fq2.2526@trndny03...

Who is the largest trailer manufacture for big rig boxes? Wabash is
second I think, but who is first? Alternate bonus question: Who are the
top 10, 25, etc.



Dunno but virtually all the trailers on the roads around here are
Freuhoff [sp?] and that's been the case for a *very* long time.
Fruehauf trailer USED to be the lastest trailer maker in the world. They
got in trouble in the late '80s and lingered around into the mid '90s when
the were assimilated into Wabash National. The trailer makers ran into the
same problems the automakers faced. Over capacity, high operating costs,
cycles of boom and bust and , well some of them made dumb business
decisions. Those factors brought about a consolidation in the industry.
Joe,
I forgot about CNF (the Conway trucking companies), they have their own
trailer manufacturing plant. Road Equipment or something like that.

Greg

Ah so desu ka!

Who is the largest trailer manufacture for big rig boxes? Wabash is second
I think, but who is first? Alternate bonus question: Who are the top 10,
25, etc.
Stay the hell away from Wabash!
They have been bought by Fruehauf, by the way.

I bought a new 53' X 102" Wabash dry van about 1999. I went to the factory and
picked it up, so no one but me and my wife had ever pulled it.
That PIECE OF **** was in the shop on average every three weeks while I had it!
It had alignment problems from the factory, but of course alignments aren't
covered under warrantee.
The alignment bolts fell out on the road! I took it to the warrantee approved
shop in Mobile. AL. They said I would have to pay, because it wasn't covered
under warrantee. I had to have it, so I said fix it. The mechanic came back and
said he couldn't align it, as there wasn't enough adjustment!
They had to cut it with a torch and move parts and reweld it.
Wabash ate that as a factory defect, but I paid every time after that, and it
happened often.
This was the first year they had a no weld alignment. I finally had it welded,
over the protests of the mechanics who claimed it would void my warrantee (the
one that didn't cover anything and didn't pay)
It didn't stop the problems. The welds broke. The alignment bolts continued to
fall out. It ate tires for breakfast.
It even broke an axle in California! I sat for a week, and was told they had
them on the line to build trailers with, but none in the parts system. After a
week, the dealer took an axle out from under a new one and sent me down the
road. I wound up parking that POS and telling them to come get it.
It was a major reason I went out of business and declared bankruptcy.


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It was a major reason I went out of business and declared bankruptcy.

Jeez... Sorry to hear of your woes! Lets hope they fixed their internal
problems!!! Otherwise, they won't be around for very much longer...
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Fruehauf used to build their own axles, suspensions and brakes. All
different from the Rockwell or Rockwell clone stuff used by the rest of
the trailer manufacturers. Had to get the parts from them, at their
prices, or from a few aftermarket parts suppliers. You want to keep
costs down, you buy equipment that has common parts that can be bought
from any truck dealer, not just the OEM dealer. Competition keeps
things within reason.
Applies to cars, too: buy some oddball import and be
captive to their prices.

Dan

wrote in message
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Fruehauf used to build their own axles, suspensions and brakes. All
different from the Rockwell or Rockwell clone stuff used by the rest of
the trailer manufacturers. Had to get the parts from them, at their
prices, or from a few aftermarket parts suppliers. You want to keep
costs down, you buy equipment that has common parts that can be bought
from any truck dealer, not just the OEM dealer. Competition keeps
things within reason.
Applies to cars, too: buy some oddball import and be
captive to their prices.

I think that is sound advice.

I actually started the thread because all of a sudden, a few large trailer
manufacturers purchased a good number of my pneumatic drills for floor board
installation, etc. I figure that if the big boys that contacted me need the
units, then the smaller outfits will follow shortly. Why not perform a
pre-emptive strike and send my lit to them, or something...
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On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 13:19:00 GMT, the blithe spirit "Joe AutoDrill"
clearly indicated:

I actually started the thread because all of a sudden, a few large trailer
manufacturers purchased a good number of my pneumatic drills for floor board
installation, etc. I figure that if the big boys that contacted me need the
units, then the smaller outfits will follow shortly. Why not perform a
pre-emptive strike and send my lit to them, or something...

Don't forget to highlight "Used by all the big boys" in the lit, Joe.

Good sales to ya, dude!

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In early days of the automotive industry there were many auto mfgs who
were assemblers rather than someone who also built their own major
assemblies.

There were companies in business to build just auto engines, others to
build axle assemblies, gearboxes, wheels, etc.

Even today, no mfgs build EVERY part of car.

Seems to me I remember a story that claims that the Seldon group denied
Ford membership because he was an assembler, not a "manufacturer". That
is why he decided to take on the Seldon patent, the book said.

"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
...

Don't forget to highlight "Used by all the big boys" in the lit, Joe.

Good sales to ya, dude!

Thanks. If and when this busy time slows down (yesterday seemed slow
because everyone was too busy watching the news so I had time to think a
bit) I'll jump on my pile of "we should really do this" stuff. One of which
is a push to these folks... The file is a few inches thick right now
anyhow.

I wish I could release actual info on how they set our machines up, but most
of the huge companies out there make you sign a "you can't tell anyone squat
about this" clause before buying. I've refused to sign from time to time
because I know I'm so much cheaper than the biggest suppliers in my
industry, and we almost always win the contract anyhow, but I hesitate to
actually put pictures or drawings of the custom layouts and all in our
literature. If I did, I can guarantee a call from just about anyone doing
this the old way.

The other issue is whether I WANT to sell that much stuff and be that
busy... When it's raining out, I do, but when the weather is nice and
the motorcycle is calling me, I want to be on some country or farm road
chasing bugs...

Regards,
Joe Agro, Jr.
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(908) 542-0244
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On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 15:58:03 GMT, the blithe spirit "Joe AutoDrill"
clearly indicated:

"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
.. .

Don't forget to highlight "Used by all the big boys" in the lit, Joe.

Good sales to ya, dude!

Thanks. If and when this busy time slows down (yesterday seemed slow
because everyone was too busy watching the news so I had time to think a
bit) I'll jump on my pile of "we should really do this" stuff. One of which
is a push to these folks... The file is a few inches thick right now
anyhow.

I don't watch the news but did catch Maria playing tennis last night.
Yowza! 6'2" of female perfection, that. Bychkova is pretty much a
babe, too. (Hurricane? What hurricane?)


I wish I could release actual info on how they set our machines up, but most
of the huge companies out there make you sign a "you can't tell anyone squat
about this" clause before buying. I've refused to sign from time to time
because I know I'm so much cheaper than the biggest suppliers in my
industry, and we almost always win the contract anyhow, but I hesitate to
actually put pictures or drawings of the custom layouts and all in our
literature. If I did, I can guarantee a call from just about anyone doing
this the old way.

It can truly suck to have to hold to your good ethics in this
intensely greedy world, can't it? insincere grin


The other issue is whether I WANT to sell that much stuff and be that
busy... When it's raining out, I do, but when the weather is nice and
the motorcycle is calling me, I want to be on some country or farm road
chasing bugs...

I'da thunk you ate well enough that you wouldn't have to resort to the
insectuous "Happy Biker Meal", Joe.


So, do these guys prevent you from showing their names in your client
list? That in itself could boost sales. Play up the mystique angle!


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every American should become a Libertarian."
-- Charley Reese, Alameda Times-Star (California), June 17, 2003

I'da thunk you ate well enough that you wouldn't have to resort to the
insectuous "Happy Biker Meal", Joe.

They're only "happy meals" if they have Ronald on the box or don't have
stingers...

So, do these guys prevent you from showing their names in your client
list? That in itself could boost sales. Play up the mystique angle!

Not sure to be honest... Will have to look at that angle. Another page for
the file of "when we are slow enough to think about extra stuff to do".
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(908) 542-0244
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