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TRUCKING'S PIONEER - THE WINGFOOT EXPRESS STORY

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Tandem Axle and Truck Trailers

DID YOU KNOW
Goodyear innovations include the tandem axle and truck trailers.


FOUND! ONE 1917 PACKARD
Derelict and forlorn, this Packard truck was found abandoned in a northern Minnesota swamp, where it had sat idle for a least 40 years. Investigation proved it to be a 1917 series E three-ton model, the exact model Goodyear purchased in the spring of 1917 to prove its case for over-the-road hauling on pneumatic truck tires.


THE INNOVATION CONTINUES
After nearly 80 years as a pioneer in the trucking industry, see how Goodyear Commercial Truck Tires continues to innovate.
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