History of Dodge Trucks | Truck History Episode 16

Hey y'all! Today are completing the truck trifecta with episode #16 of our fan-favorite Truck History series, featuring the History of Dodge Trucks! This video specifically covers Dodge's medium- and heavy-duty trucks. We hope you enjoy, folks!!

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[mikewasfaret]

When I first started trucking in 1984 I saw a Big Horn at Sapp Bros in Council Bluffs. That's the only one I ever saw on the road. It was love at first sight.

[guyconnell]

Back in roughly summer 1986, I loaded at that mill in Apple Creek, Ohio and that very truck was sitting there. I remember it well.

[mattt]

It's amazing to think that only 260 were made... How many (few) still even exist!

[sdmac]

I know your pretty much focusing on the Dodge truck, of the 30s on up. My dad was in WWII, and he told me that their army tanks had Chyrlser engines, WOW, I didn't know that, . Thanks for sharing this👍

[georgewilson]

I cant wait to see you do videos on diamond Ts and marmons and hendricksons and brockways

[Tiger]

The Dodge D series continued until around 1979 or 80 here in Australia although ours used an International cab and front clip not generally used in the US.

[aaroncone]

Chry.Co management decided to axe the Dodge heavy trucks in 1975, because even though they were marginally profitable, the new Dodge Club Cab, intro'ed in 1974 (and built on the same production line as the Big Horn), sales were about 250 to 1. What also didn't help, was the new FMVSS 121 law, on the anti lock brakes (with all of its development problems). Dodge medium duty trucks (D-series 400-800), were still manuf'ed in Mexico, up till the early/mid 90s.

[hubertrobinson]

Very short life of what could've been a great long distance hauler

[iBackshift]

See if you can pull off one of SICARD trucks. Arthur Sicard was a Canadian truckmaker & inventor from Ste Therese, Quebec that began manufacturing trucks in 1927. The late 60's and early 70s models look like a Dodge C-Series cab with a slight oversize international R190 hood

[JasonSmith-vdsz]

Another very well done video! Thank you for posting. The information you shared I never knew.

[Agislife]

Hey...those swing out fenders were a pretty cool concept, it shows that Dodge was thinking about maintainability in a serious way very early on.

[shawnriddle]

Mack and Dodge were the few offered with their own diesels in the 30's

[macksterlingcastilloflores]

Los Dodge se agregará a nuestro Reino Saludos desde mi Camión

[JamesEllison]

950's the tallest dude height conventional cab semi I've ever seen.

[colinlawrence]

One more great video really enjoye the look at old vehicles and the way some of them have been restored 😎🇬🇧

[jamesdawson]

Excellent video - very informative. I would like to point out, however, that you didn't exactly start at the beginning. Graham Brothers trucks (made in Evansville, Indiana) used Dodge engines and were sold by Dodge dealers. In 1925 the company was purchased by Dodge. After Chrysler bought Dodge in 1928, the Graham brand was discontinued (they became Dodge trucks), and the Graham brothers sold their Chrysler stock and purchased Paige-Detroit Motors (and made Graham-Paige automobiles until 1940).

[dp.oennismaurer]

The Dodge L cab was also used by FWD& Oshkosh. Dodge built some conventionals for a customer hauling auto trailers.These trucks were built using the sheet metal from FWD! These trucks looked like a predecessor to the 'Bighorn'.The cabs along with the hoods were mount- ed directly to the frame to get a lower overall height & to haul more cars. And as someone stated, Dodge built its own diesel in the 30's. It started out as a flat-head engine but soon turned to be an OHV design, and it was smokeless back then! Ford came out w/ a city delivery based on the Econoline van before Dodge did the same w/ its van.Ford's truck did not go into product- ion, opting to stay with the Budd built and designed C cab which was also used by Mack for a short time before the MB, and FWD.

[JohnTaylor-gyps]

Pity that you overlooked the rather interesting Dodge badged, Rootes Group Commer truck, powered with the TS3 opposed piston supercharged two stroke diesel engine diesel.

[merlinjust]

When they stopped making heavy duty trucks, they would give you a pickup if you bought a big truck.

[whiteout]

Thank you for the road down memory lane! interesting