Holman is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. Founded on August 23, 1924, by Steward C. Holman, the company began as a single Ford dealership in New Jersey. Since it has grown through three generations […] More
It was in 1938 that Detroit set out with one focus: crafting top-tier engines for heavy- and medium-duty trucks. Now Detroit is a North American leader in engine technology for commercial vehicles, and a part […] More
The year was 1923. The logging industry in the Pacific Northwest was booming. Harry Kent and Edgar K. Worthington sought to find a way to more efficiently move heavy loads down winding, narrow, and muddy […] More
A brand as well known in the work truck industry as Morgan Truck Body didn’t get where it is today overnight. The success story began back in 1952 when a man named Elton Mountz opened a […] More
Who knew a tricycle powered by a one-cylinder gasoline engine built in 1897 would lead to Autocar’s “BADASS” severe-duty vocational dump truck in 2021? Probably not Louis Semple Clarke, inventor of the aforementioned tricycle—dubbed the […] More
This year Continental celebrates its 150th anniversary. The company was founded in Hannover, Germany, in 1871, and over the next 15 decades, Continental transformed from a manufacturer of tires and rubber products to an international […] More
The end of the Great Depression probably doesn’t sound like the best time to start a new business, right? But that’s exactly what Louis Conne did in July 1935. He founded Muncie Parts Manufacturing Company, […] More
Changing irrigation engine oil can become a cacophony of empty five-gallon buckets rolling around the bed of a pickup with the remaining dregs of some of those containers creating an oil slick covering just about […] More
The treatment and inclusion of women in the workplace has drastically improved since the first observance of International Women’s Day in 1911. Yet there is still a long way to go. To help Modern WorkTruck […] More
A.R.E. Accessories Celebrates 50 Years of Innovation
Who is A.R.E. Accessories and how has the brand survived for 50 years? It is no easy task to start, grow, and transform a business over a 50-year period, but that is exactly what A.R.E. […] More
Adam Wright was a professional race car driver in the 1990s and later became the business development manager at the prestigious Mid-Ohio School for racing. Roger McPeek, an industrial designer, was managing the graphics program […] More
