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Oshkosh Truck

Oshkosh Truck is an Oshkosh, Wisconsin-based corporation that makes "severe duty" trucks for industrial and military use.

It traces its history back to 1917, when the Wisconsin Duplex Auto Company and was created to build a four-wheel-drive truck, known today as Old Betsy. It took on its current name in 1918, when it moved to Oshkosh.

Its brands include:

  • Oshkosh Truck
  • Pierce (fire trucks, purchased in 1996)
  • Medtec (ambulances)
  • McNeilus (concrete mixers)
  • Geesink (European trash-hauling)
  • Norba (European trash-hauling)
  • Kiggen (European trash-hauling)
  • Jerr-Dan (towing)
  • CON-E-CO (Concrete Equipment Company)
  • Jerr-Dan (towing equipment)
  • BAI (Brescia Antincendi International S.r.l.) (Italian fire trucks)



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