Crane Carrier Corporation
Encyclopedia
Crane Carrier Company is a manufacturer that specializes in construction truck and garbage truck chassis. Located in Tulsa, Oklahoma
, it was established by Samuel Zeligson in 1946, along with the affiliated Zeligson Trucks. The primary design of CCC's trucks are Cab-Beside-Engine (C.B.E.) 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.
-era surplus vehicles, CCC evolved into a company that manufactured its own over-the-road trucks for concrete mixing
, logging
, mining
, and other construction
industries. CCC also builds trucks for oil drilling
, water well
drilling, terminal tractors, and aviation fuel
ers.
Though primarily building CBEs, CCC started moving toward the two-seater market during the 1970s, with models such as the Centaur. CCC sold Zeligson in 1980. It lasted as a separate company for nine years.
CCC manufactured Type D school bus chassis during the early to mid 1990s, which were used by bus manufacturers Carpenter Body Company
and Wayne Corporation
.
In 2008, CCC and its parent, CCI Corp., were sold to Glenview, Illinois
-based Illinois Tool Works
, which stated its plans to continue operating CCC as a separate company.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Tulsa is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 46th-largest city in the United States. With a population of 391,906 as of the 2010 census, it is the principal municipality of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area, a region with 937,478 residents in the MSA and 988,454 in the CSA. Tulsa's...
, it was established by Samuel Zeligson in 1946, along with the affiliated Zeligson Trucks. The primary design of CCC's trucks are Cab-Beside-Engine (C.B.E.) 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.
History
Beginning as a firm that remanufactured World War IIWorld War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
-era surplus vehicles, CCC evolved into a company that manufactured its own over-the-road trucks for concrete mixing
Concrete mixer
A concrete mixer is a device that homogeneously combines cement, aggregate such as sand or gravel, and water to form concrete. A typical concrete mixer uses a revolving drum to mix the components...
, logging
Logging
Logging is the cutting, skidding, on-site processing, and loading of trees or logs onto trucks.In forestry, the term logging is sometimes used in a narrow sense concerning the logistics of moving wood from the stump to somewhere outside the forest, usually a sawmill or a lumber yard...
, mining
Mining
Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, from an ore body, vein or seam. The term also includes the removal of soil. Materials recovered by mining include base metals, precious metals, iron, uranium, coal, diamonds, limestone, oil shale, rock...
, and other construction
Construction
In the fields of architecture and civil engineering, construction is a process that consists of the building or assembling of infrastructure. Far from being a single activity, large scale construction is a feat of human multitasking...
industries. CCC also builds trucks for oil drilling
Oil well
An oil well is a general term for any boring through the earth's surface that is designed to find and acquire petroleum oil hydrocarbons. Usually some natural gas is produced along with the oil. A well that is designed to produce mainly or only gas may be termed a gas well.-History:The earliest...
, water well
Water well
A water well is an excavation or structure created in the ground by digging, driving, boring or drilling to access groundwater in underground aquifers. The well water is drawn by an electric submersible pump, a trash pump, a vertical turbine pump, a handpump or a mechanical pump...
drilling, terminal tractors, and aviation fuel
Aviation fuel
Aviation fuel is a specialized type of petroleum-based fuel used to power aircraft. It is generally of a higher quality than fuels used in less critical applications, such as heating or road transport, and often contains additives to reduce the risk of icing or explosion due to high temperatures,...
ers.
Though primarily building CBEs, CCC started moving toward the two-seater market during the 1970s, with models such as the Centaur. CCC sold Zeligson in 1980. It lasted as a separate company for nine years.
CCC manufactured Type D school bus chassis during the early to mid 1990s, which were used by bus manufacturers Carpenter Body Company
Carpenter Body Company
Carpenter Body Company, also known over the years as the Ralph H. Carpenter Body Company, Carpenter Body Works, Inc., Carpenter Manufacturing Company, Carpenter Industries, Inc., and Crown By Carpenter, was a bus body manufacturer based in Mitchell, Indiana, United States...
and Wayne Corporation
Wayne Corporation
Wayne Corporation was a large manufacturer of buses and other vehicles branded with the trade name "Wayne." The corporate headquarters were in Richmond, Indiana, in Wayne County, Indiana, in the United States...
.
In 2008, CCC and its parent, CCI Corp., were sold to Glenview, Illinois
Glenview, Cook County, Illinois
Glenview is a suburban village located approximately north of downtown Chicago in Cook County, Illinois. As of the 2000 census, the village population was 41,847...
-based Illinois Tool Works
Illinois Tool Works
Illinois Tool Works Inc. or ITW is a Fortune 200 company that produces engineered fasteners and components, equipment and consumable systems, and specialty products. It was founded in 1912 by Byron L...
, which stated its plans to continue operating CCC as a separate company.
Resources
- The Complete Book of Trucks & Tractors, by John Carroll & Peter Davies.
- American Truck & Bus Spotter's Guide; 1920–1985, by Tad Burness.
External links
- CCC Official Site (JavaScript Required)
- Martin Phippard Photograph (Hank's Truck Pictures)
- Yard Truck Information Center (Truck Pictures & History)
- CCC (Internet Movie Cars Database)
