Crane Carrier Corporation

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Crane Carrier Corporation or CCC is a manufacturer that specializes in Construction Trucks. 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.

[edit] History

Originally a firm that remanufactured World War Two surplus vehicles, CCC evolved into a company that manufactured it's own over the road trucks for concrete mixing, dump trucks, logging, mining, and other constuction industries. CCC also designs trucks for oil-drilling, water-drilling, refuse haulers, terminal tractors, and aviation fuelers.

Though primarily building CBE's, CCC started moving toward the two-seater market during the 1970's, with models such as the Centaur. CCC sold Zeligson in 1980. It lasted as a seperate company for nine years.

[edit] Resources

• The Complete Book of Trucks & Tractors, by John Carroll & Peter Davies.
• American Truck & Bus Spotter's Guide; 1920-1985, by Tad Burness.

[edit] External links

• CCC Official Site (Javascript Required)
• Martin Phippard Photograph (Hank's Truck Pictures)