Pierce?

[landman]

This is a truck shown with a load of newsprint at the Iroquois Falls mill about 100 miles from here. I read Pierce on the grille. Did Pierce Arrow make trucks?

[Muncie]

yes - something over on Hank's forum  - http://hankstruckforum.com/htforum/index.php?topic=37072.0

I was thinking possibly connected to Pierce who makes fire apparatus today - but they are not connected - different Pierce

[Aaronw]

2 hours ago, Muncie said:

yes - something over on Hank's forum  - http://hankstruckforum.com/htforum/index.php?topic=37072.0

I was thinking possibly connected to Pierce who makes fire apparatus today - but they are not connected - different Pierce

Yes no connection between Pierce Arrow and Pierce Manufacturing. Pierce has been around since 1913, but they didn't start using the Pierce name until 1960.

I was going to ask if there was any chance it says Peerless, but I see there is an arrow on the grill, so I think probably safe that it is Pierce Arrow.

 

Here is a Pierce Arrow truck from a 1922 movie at IMCDb. It looks very similar to the photo in the first post.

http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_145604-Pierce-Arrow-Truck.html

[TarheelRick]

Those are some mighty "low-profile" tires on the back. 

[landman]

3 hours ago, TarheelRick said:

Those are some mighty "low-profile" tires on the back. 

And now the young'uns think they're cool with large diameter wheels and rubber band tires.

[Mercuryman54]

See the arrow in the script? 

Dennis

[Mercuryman54]

Here's a couple Pierce Arrow scripts.

Dennis

[landman]

Then it is a Pierce Arrow. Who'd a thunk?

 

[Chariots of Fire]

See my avatar to the left?  That is a 1928 Pierce Arrow 7 ton dump.  The real one is in New Jersey.  I modeled it when it was still at a truck museum in Connecticut.  Here is the model in front of a photo of the real truck at the museum.  The truck in the photo above is probably a much earlier version around 1918 or so but they carried many of the same features forward.  The plate on the side of the hood says Pierce Arrow.

Edited February 9, 2018 by Chariots of Fire

[landman]

33 minutes ago, Chariots of Fire said:

See my avatar to the left?  That is a 1928 Pierce Arrow 7 ton dump.  The real one is in New Jersey.  I modeled it when it was still at a truck museum in Connecticut.  Here is the model in front of a photo of the real truck at the museum.  The truck in the photo above is probably a much earlier version around 1918 or so but they carried many of the same features forward.  The plate on the side of the hood says Pierce Arrow.

Thank you Charles.That clears it up.