Crane Carrier Company
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| Founded | 1946 |
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| Founder | Robert L Zeligson |
| Headquarters | , US |
| Products | cranes,trucks,wheeled loaders |
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| Website | cranecarrier |
Crane Carrier Company(CCC) is a manufacturer that specializes inconstruction truckandgarbage truckchassis. Located inNew Philadelphia, Ohio,it was established by Robert Zeligson in 1946, along with the affiliated Zeligson Trucks. Since 2021, CCC has been owned by electric vehicle developer Battle Motors.
The primary design of CCC's trucks are Cab-Beside-Engine (CBE) or half-cabs, most notably the Century II Unimixer. Half-cabs have the advantage of being able to carry the booms of cranes, hence the name of the company.[1]
History[edit]
CCC began as a firm that remanufacturedWorld War II-era surplus vehicles for civilian crane-carrying use. In 1953 CCC presented their first own truck, and soon evolved into a company that manufactured over-the-road trucks forconcrete mixing,logging,mining,and otherconstructionindustries, including awheeled loader.[2]
Though primarily building CBEs, CCC started moving toward the two-seater market during the 1970s, with models such as the Centaur. The Centurion is a series of low-entry trucks, primarily used for garbage collection. The Centurion has an engine mounted behind the cab and was also available with dual controls.[2]
CCC manufacturedType D school buschassis during the early to mid-1990s, which were used by bus manufacturersCarpenter Body CompanyandWayne Corporation.
CCC sold Zeligson in 1980. It lasted as a separate company for nine years. In 2008, CCC and its parent, CCI Corp., were sold toGlenview, Illinois-basedIllinois Tool Works,which stated its plans to continue operating CCC as a separate company.[3]
CCC was acquired by Hines Corporation in June 2013 and the company’s headquarters was relocated to New Philadelphia, Ohio. Under Hines, a strategic merger was initiated to join CCC and Kimble Manufacturing forming Hines Specialty Vehicle Group – manufacturer of custom heavy-duty chassis and purpose built vehicles for the refuse and recycling, infrastructure maintenance, ground support, agriculture, oil and gas, and concrete mixer markets.[4]
Crane Carrier Company (CCC) embarked on a new chapter by launching as an independent company in 2019. Headquartered in New Philadelphia, Ohio, CCC consists of two brands, Crane Carrier Company (truck chassis) and Crane Carrier Company Engineered Chassis.[4]The Company was sold to Turnspire Capital Partners in 2019.[5] Battle Motors a developer of electric vehicles, acquired Crane Carrier in April 2021.[6]
Operations[edit]
In addition to over-the-road trucks and wheeled loaders, CCC also builds trucks foroil drilling,water welldrilling,terminal tractors,andaviation fuelers.As with most American specialty truck manufacturers, the customer's choice of proprietary engines and transmissions have been available.[2]
References[edit]
- ^"Crane Carrier Company".Crane Carrier Company.Archived fromthe originalon 2021-02-13.Retrieved2023-10-24.
- ^abcBaldwin, Nick (1981).The Observer's Book of Commercial Vehicles (#40).London: Frederick Warne.ISBN0-7232-1619-3.
- ^Arnold, Kyle (2008-09-16)."Illinois company acquires Crane Carrier".Tulsa World.Archived fromthe originalon 2012-04-03.Retrieved2023-10-24.
- ^ab"Company History".Crane Carrier Company.Archived fromthe originalon 2020-03-02.Retrieved2020-02-03.
- ^McNulty, John (2019-01-03)."Turnspire Buys Specialty Vehicle Group".Private Equity Professional.Retrieved2020-11-17.
- ^"Battle Motors Acquires Crane Carrier Company Launching Path to Class 7 and 8 Vocational Truck Electrification".PR Newswire(Press release). 2021-04-21.Retrieved2021-04-21.
Additional Reading[edit]
- The Complete Book of Trucks & Tractors, by John Carroll & Peter Davies.
- American Truck & Bus Spotter's Guide; 1920–1985, by Tad Burness.
External links[edit]
- Martin Phippard Photograph(Hank's Truck Pictures)
- CCC(Internet Movie Cars Database)
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| Trackedtractors & carriers | |
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