Prototype Modeling Resources
This list contains some of our favorite web sites of vehicle prototype information. We have links to sites for truck manufacturers, trailer and specialty body manufacturers, and engine and equipment manufacturers. For additional site links for modeling resources, check our Modeling Resource Links list.
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Aero-Kit Industries - maker of tarping systems and truck accessories
AGCO Corp - maker of a wide array of agricultural equipment and including the AGCOStar, Allis-Chalmers, Challenger, Fendt, Gleaner, Hesston, Massey Ferguson, New Idea, and White
Allvan Corporation - maker of specialty curtain side highway trailers and van and curtain side truck bodies
Altec Industries - produces aerial devices for electric utility and telecommunications service trucks
American Carrier Equipment - maker of a variety of trailers including refuse transfer, belly dump doubles, end dump bulk trailers, and specialty motorsports trailers
American LaFrance - division of Freightliner Corporation, maker of fire apparatus and rescue vehicles; includes the former LTI (Ladder Tower, Inc.) product line
American Truck Historical Society - if you have any interest in antique or vintage trucks, you definitely need to check out this site
Arne's Trailer - Canadian maker of dump, flatbed, lowboy, and specialty trailers
Aspen Trailer Group - maker of heavy duty lowboy trailers
Barrett Trailers - maker of cattle and grain transport trailers
Beall Trailer - maker of specialty tank and dump trailers
Beau-Roc - maker of dump truck bodies
Benlee Trailers - maker of roll-off bodies, trailers, containers, and dump trailers
Bobcat - maker of skid steer loaders and light construction equipment
Brandon Truck Equipment - maker of dump truck bodies
Brenner Tank - maker of liquid transport highway tank trailers
Capacity of Texas - maker of terminal and spotting tractors
Caterpillar Tractor - maker of construction, mining, and agricultural equipment, diesel engines, generator sets, and a whole lot more!
Chassis King - maker of a variety of standard and specialty container chassis and highway trailers
Cheetah Chassis - maker of ocean and domestic container chassis
Clement Industries - maker of variety of dump trailer configurations
Columbia Body Manufacturing - maker of dump bodies and trailers
Competition Trailers - maker of custom built race car and specialty trailers
Comptank Corporation - maker of composite tank trailers
Continental Mfg./CBMW - maker of concrete mixer bodies and portable batch plants
Cornhusker 800 - maker of a variety of grain and dump bodies and trailers
Cottrell, Inc.- maker of auto transport trailers and equipment
Cozad Trailers - one of the most recognizable names in lowboy and heavy haul trailers
Cramaro - maker of tarp systems and curtainside systems for trailers and trucks
Crane Carrier Corporation - maker of specialty trucks and truck tractors
Cummins Engine - maker of diesel engines
DAF Trucks - Dutch maker of highway trucks; division of PACCAR
Dakota Manufacturing - maker of the Trail-EZE line of equipment hauling trailers
DEMAG - maker of mobile and stationary cranes
Detroit Diesel - maker of diesel engines
Doepker Industries - Canadian maker of a variety of highway trailers
DOLL - German maker of logging trailers and a variety of specialty vehicles
Doonan Trailer - maker of dropdeck flatbed trailers
Dorsey Trailers - maker of a wide range of trailers
Eager Beaver Manufacturing - maker of a variety of equipment hauling trailers, including lowboys
East Manufacturing - maker of premium aluminum dump, refuse, and platform trailers and truck accessories
Emergency One - maker of a wide variety of fire and rescue apparatus
Etnyre - maker of various asphalt sprayers, hot asphalt transport trailers, live floor, and lowboy trailers
Evans Trailers - maker of log, detachable neck lowboy, flatbed, and gas cylinder trailers
Featherlite Manufacturing - custom builder of specialty trailers; used by many NASCAR and other auto racing teams
Fontaine Trailers- maker of flatbed, drop deck, lowboy, and specialty bunk and rack trailers
Freightliner Corporation - Number 1 volume North American truck manufacturer of class 8 trucks; division of Daimler, owns Sterling, American LaFrance, Thomas Built Buses, Western Star, and Freightliner Custom Chassis divisions in addition to the Freightliner brand
Galion-Godwin Dump Bodies - maker of truck dump bodies
General Trailers- maker of logging, transfer dump, and lowboy trailers
Gray & Adams, Ltd - Scottish maker of refrigerated trailers and containers
Great Dane Trailers - maker of highway trailers
Grove - maker of a wide variety of cranes, division of Manitowoc
Hackney & Sons - leading maker of beverage delivery bodies and trailers and emergency vehicles
Hank's Web Site - one of the absolute best web sites for photos and information on vintage trucks and buses; includes ads and brochures from vintage magazines
Heil Trailers - maker of specialty bodies and highway trailers
Hendrickson International - maker of truck and trailer suspension systems
Highway Products - maker of truck cab guards, toolboxes, and other accessories
Hino Diesel Trucks - Japanese maker of trucks and buses
Horton Ambulance - maker of ambulance and rescue vehicles
Hyundai Translead (formerly Hyundai Precision America) - maker of higway trailers, containers, and chassis
Innovative Trailers - maker of trailers for the wood and paper industries
Interstate Trailers - maker of tilt bed, tag-along, and lowboy trailers
Isuzu Trucks - maker of medium duty trucks
IVECO - producer of a wide range of transport vehicles in Europe
IVECO Dealerships U.K. - United Kingdom dealerships web site
JCB - maker of industrial tractor/backhoes and excavators
Jet Company - maker of flatbed, dropdeck, and grain trailers
John Deere - maker of a broad range of construction, logging, and agricultural equipment and diesel engines
Kalyn-Siebert - maker of specialty highway trailers, division of Heil
Kalmar - maker of material handling equipment for the intermodal, forestry, and heavy industries
Keith Manufacturing- maker of the "Walking Floor" conveyor floor trailers used in a variety of industries
Kentucky Trailers - maker of variety of drop frame vans widely used in the furniture transport and moving industries, electronics transport, automobile transport, and major supplier to UPS for drop frame pup trailers
Kenworth Trucks - maker of premium heavy duty trucks
Kidron - maker of specialty refrigerated and insulated truck bodies and trailers
Komatsu Ltd. - worldwide maker of construction and mining equipment
Kovatch - maker of specialty fire apparatus and fuel trucks under the KME brand name; has drawings of available fire trucks on-line
Labrie Equipment - maker of refuse collection truck bodies
Landoll Corporation - maker of specialty equipment hauling trailers
Le Tourneau - maker of very heavy duty mining loaders and haul trucks, forestry equipment, and intermodal handling equipment
Leach Company - now a division of Labrie; maker of refuse collection truck bodies
Liebherr - maker of a broad range of construction and mining equipment
M.A.N. Truck & Bus - German maker of trucks and buses
MAC Trailer - maker of steel and aluminum flatbed, dump and transfer trailers
Mack Trucks - maker of heavy duty trucks
Manac - Canadian maker of container chassis, chip trailers, logging trailers, lowboy trailers, and van trailers
Maintainer Inc - maker of vehicle service and lubrication trucks
Mate Trailers - maker of dump trailers
Maurer Industries - maker of grain, dropdeck, and utility trailers
McNeilus - maker of concrete ready-mix bodies, refuse packer bodies, and portable ready mix batch plants
Mercedes Trucks - European heavy truck manufacturing arm of Daimler
Merritt Equipment - maker of highway cattle and grain transport trailers
Mertz - maker of the Boxer line of compact construction loaders
Mickey Truck Bodies - maker of beverage trailers and van bodies
Mi-Jack Corporation - maker of intermodal rail and port equipment
Miller Industries - leading maker of towing and vehicle recovery equipment under the Century, Challenger, Champion, Chevron, Eagle, Holmes, Vulcan, Boniface, and Jige brand names
Mitsubishi-Fuso - maker of medium duty trucks
Morgan Corporation - maker of a wide range of truck bodies
Murray Trailers - a maker of heavy duty (and really heavy duty) lowboy flatbed trailers, dollies, and jeeps; also a contract heavy hauler, check out their gallery of "We've Hauled It" photos
National Crane - linked through the parent company's Grove Wordwide site, National is a maker of truck mounted service and utility cranes
Navistar Trucks - maker of medium and heavy duty trucks under the International brand name
Nelson Trailers - maker of double drop, folding gooseneck, multi-axle, and specialty trailers
Nissan [UD Trucks] - maker of medium duty trucks
Oshkosh Truck - maker of severe duty chassis, military vehicles, aircraft rescue and fire fighting apparatus, and snow removal equipment
Ottawa Truck - division of Kalmar, largest maker of terminal and spotting tractors
PACCAR - maker of the DAF, Foden, Kenmex, Kenworth, Leyland, and Peterbilt brands of heavy duty trucks
Panelite - produces an extensive line of custom truck accessories
Peerless Corporation - maker of specialized trailers serving the forest products, agricultural products, and refuse handling industries
Pegasus Vans & Trailers - maker of horse transport trailers in various sizes
Peterbilt - maker of premium heavy duty highway trucks
Pierce Manufacturing - maker of fire apparatus and rescue vehicles
Pitts Trailers - maker of fixed neck lowboy and pulpwood trailers
Polar Trailer - maker of liquid and dry bulk tank trailers
Pratt Industries - maker of intermodal container chassis and custom trailers
Pro-Tech Industries - maker of truck and trailer accessories
Putzmeister - maker of truck and trailer mounted concrete pumps and trailer mounted material conveyors
RailRunner - maker of bi-modal trailers, chassis, and rail bogies
Ranco Trailers - maker of bottom and end dump trailers
Ravens Trailers - maker of premium aluminum flatbed and dump bodies and trailers
Reiten Inc. - maker of aluminum dump and grain truck bodies
Reinke Manufacturing - maker of container chassis and flatbed trailers
Reitnouer - maker of aluminum flatbed and dropdeck trailers
Reliance Trailers - maker of dump bodies and trailers
Renault V.I. - commercial truck and vehicle manufacturing arm of the French auto company
ReycoGranning - maker of truck and trailer suspension systems
Rhodes Trailer & Truck Bodies - maker of dump trailers and dump truck bodies
Rogers Brothers - maker of heavy duty lowboy trailers
Rosenbauer - Austrian maker of fire fighting equipment used worldwide
Saulsbury - maker of fire and rescue vehicles
Scania Trucks - Swedish maker of heavy duty trucks
Schwing - maker of concrete pumps, fire booms, concrete batch plants and mixers, and other specialized equipment
Seagrave Fire Apparatus - maker of fire fighting equipment for over 100 years
Smithco Side-Dump Trailers - maker of side dump trailers
Sparta Manufacturing - maker of wide variety of agricultural and commodity trailers
Spartan Motors - maker of custom chassis for fire apparatus, buses, motorhomes, and specialty vehicles
SportChassis - maker of the "Ultimate Pickup Line"
Sterling Trucks - former maker of medium and heavy duty highway trucks, ceased production in March 2009; former Ford Motor heavy truck division now owned by Freightliner Corporation
Stoughton Trailers - maker of trailers and U.S. domestic containers
Strick Trailers - maker of highway trailers
Talbert Manufacturing - maker of a wide variety of lowboy trailers
Taylor Wings - maker of truck aerodynamic "wings" mounted atop truck cabs
Taylor - maker of specialty lift trucks
Timpte - maker of grain trailers and truck bodies
Titan Trailers - Canadian maker of a variety of custom and specialty trailers
Towhaul - maker of very heavy duty lowboy trailers and tow equipment for mining operations
Trail King Industries - maker of specialized heavy hauling, construction, and dump trailers
Trailmax - maker of light and medium duty utility trailers
Trailmobile - maker of highway trailers
Transcraft Trailers - leading maker of flatbed trailers for the North American market
Travis Body & Trailer - maker of a variety of dump trailer styles
Trinity Trailer - maker of self-unloading commodity trailers
US Trailer Co. - maker of expandable and enclosed auto carrier trailers
Utility Trailer - maker of highway trailers
Utranazz - U.K. maker of concrete mixers, pumps, and batch plant equipment
Vantage Trailers - maker of dump and pneumatic bulk trailers
Volvo Construction Equipment - worldwide maker of a wide range of construction equipment
Volvo Trucks - maker of heavy duty trucks worldwide
Wabash National - largest U.S. maker of highway trailers
Walinga Inc - maker of trailers and bodies for bulk feed, aggregates, and refuse transport
Walker Stainless Equipment - maker of milk transport trailers and bodies
West-Mark - maker of tank trailers and fire fighting apparatus
Western Star Trucks - Canadian maker of specialty heavy duty trucks; also owns ERF trucks of Great Britain, now part of the Freightliner Corporation
Western Trailers - maker of specialty trailers for forestry, agricultural, refuse, and flatbed haulers
Wilkens Manufacturing - maker of "walking floor" trailers
Wilson Trailer - maker of cattle, grain, flatbed, lowboy, and gooseneck trailers
Wingmaster - maker of the "TurboWing", one of the most popular accessory airfoils for owner-operators
WITZCO Challenger Trailers - maker of heavy duty lowboy trailers
Workman & Sons - maker of dump trailers and dump truck bodies and grain bodies
Zamboni - maker of world famous ice resurfacers for skating rinks