The first truck was built in 1896 by the German automobile
pioneer Gottlieb Daimler. The Daimler truck was a four-wheel drive and a belt
drive with two front gears and a rear gear.
Towing industry was born in 1916 in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
When Ernest Holmes, a senior, helped a friend take a car with three rods, a
pulley and a chain attached to a 1913 Cadillac.
He built his factory in Walt heave, Tennessee, and quickly
competed with the original company with its hydraulic hammers.