In carrying goods like motor fuel to any destination accessible by road, Fruehauf trailers helped may our modern way of life possible. Fruehauf pioneered the use of aluminum in trailer construction.

Growing up with the last name “Fruehauf” made Ruth Fruehauf feel responsible for her family’s legacy. “When people recognize my last name, they always ask me what happened to the company,” she said.

BOWLING GREEN, Kentucky—For the first time in 25 years, Fruehauf is building trailers in the U.S. A company executive referred to the June 2 ribbon-cutting event here as a "back to the future" moment, ...

A new book has been published that details the history of Fruehauf, called "Singing Wheels, August Fruehauf & the History of the Fruehauf Trailer Company." The 129-page book was written by Ruth Ann ...

In post-internal-combustion Detroit, however, horses and the skills of those who shod them would be rendered all but worthless overnight. So it worked out quite nicely that in 1914, just as automotive ...

Advertisements are like time capsules. They mirror the concerns of the age in which they were written by describing products and services available to help people carry on their lives. Ads we see ...

August Fruehauf (1867-1930) was recently inducted into the National Automotive Hall of Fame. Fruehauf was the founder of the Fruehauf Trailer Company in 1918. Fruehauf Trailer Company's first trailer ...

To celebrate the centennial of August Fruehauf’s 1914 invention of the semi-trailer, the Fruehauf Trailer Historical Society has produced a book to tell the company’s colorful history and that of the ...

On the road to Detroit’s airport, a half-mile-long line of cars crawled along bumper to bumper behind a huge trailer-truck. Suddenly one car swerved out of line, passed the others and drew up ...

The granddaughter of Fruehauf Trailers, Ruth Fruehauf, is on a cross-country tour to share the history of this granddaddy trucking company that in its early days operated a plant in San Diego during ...