The Moreland Motor Truck Company was an American truck manufacturer located in Burbank, California. Established in 1911 the company would be an influential truck manufacturer during the early 20th century. Moreland never offered complete fire apparatus, but their trucks were often used to build commercial chassis fire apparatus.
The company stopped building trucks in 1941, but remained in business providing parts and services until 1949.
History[]
Moreland was established in 1911, and by 1924 were offering a range of trucks from 1½ ton to 6 tons capacity. In 1925 the company introduced a 6 wheel chassis (tandem rear axle) with a capacity of 10 tons. While a common feature on trucks today, Moreland was one of the first to offer a 3 axle truck. The company did well during the 1920s, but sales plummeted during the depression. By the mid 1930s the company was selling less than 50 trucks a year, down from a peak of nearly 1000. The company began to offer diesel engines and trucks up to 21 tons in the late 1930s.
In 1941, truck production ended and Moreland became a parts and service company. Moreland went out of business in 1949.
Sources[]
- Georgano, G.N. Editor The Complete Encyclopedia of Commercial Vehicles. Iola, Wisconsin: Krause Publications, 1979. ISBN 978-0873410243