Peterbilt Trucks

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Peterbilt Motors Company is a manufacturer of medium- and heavy-duty Class 5 through Class 8 trucks headquartered in Denton, Texas. Founded in 1939 Peterbilt operates manufacturing facilities in Denton, Texas (1980), and Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec. From the early 1960s until the mid 1980s, the company was based in the San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California, with its headquarters, parts department, and main plant all in Newark, California. The Newark plant closed in 1986 with all manufacturing consolidated at its facility in Denton; in 1993 headquarters and engineering also moved to Denton. The Peterbilt 281/351 was a line of semi-trailer trucks (big rigs) built by Peterbilt. It had a companion series, known as the Peterbilt 351, which looked identical to the 281, save its two driven tag axles. The 351 was still produced after the 281 was discontinued. It was very popular with truckers, but remained mainly unknown by the public until the release of Steven Spielberg's first feature film "Duel" in 1971. The basic design of the 281 made way for later truck models. The series ran from 1954 until 1976.