| Highway Trailer Co. built the
750-gallon Davis Clipper Tank Body-equipped Highway Trailer that was
available through Ford dealers during the 1930s for use with the Ford AA
Closed Cab Tractor. 1940s Dodge WC model Telephone Installation bodies
were built by the Highway Trailer Co, Edgerton, Wisconsin. They also built
Army trailers - Highway Trailer Co. Semi-Trailer,
10 Ton Gross, Van Body 2-Wheel.
After the decline of the Stoughton wagon industry in the 1920s, new
vehicle and part factories such as Highway Trailer and the Stoughton Cab
and Body Company were established. Semi-truck trailer manufacture remains an
important part of the local economy.
Highway Trailer which began as a wagon-works and ended up with a
wide-line of heavy and light equipment;
By the mid-1920s, the Miami Trailer-Scraper Co. and Euclid Road Machinery
offered scrapers that were rear dumping. Hoisting was performed either
through the drive wheels or, with a special attachment for the tractor, by
means of a powered winch. Scrapers were designed to be hooked into “trains”
of two to five units. The Highway Trailer Co. came up with the first
elevating scraper, designed with a “ladder” of scraper bars for pulling the
dirt into the bowl.
1940's Newsweek Ad for "Highway Trailer Co xxxxx (July 15 1920 CCJ ad pp 265)
- large 1-page ad "The Largest Trailer Plant in the World"
1 1/2 ton, 2 1/2 ton, 4 ton and 6 ton trailers. |
