The Hug Company of Highland, Illinois, was a truck manufacturer. George Nicholas Georgano: The Complete Encyclopedia of Commercial Vehicles. Motorbooks International, Osceola 1979, ISBN 0-87341-024-6, p. 324–325
History
C. J. Hug founded the company in Highland, Illinois in 1921. C. J. Hug worked in road construction. In the early 1920s, Hug was contracted to pave the National Road, from Pocahontas, Ill., to Troy, Ill. Since he wasn't happy with the trucks available on the market, he designed his own products. When diesel engines for trucks appeared, Hug relied on diesel engines from Cummins. Hug was a manufacturer that made assembly trucks. He bought components available on the market in order to market his trucks cost-effectively. Examples are Shuler axles or Cummins diesel engines. An innovation from Hug was the innovative turntables that allowed trucks to be turned on steel plates on very narrow streets. Some of Hug's major customers included the Homeseekers real estate firm in Hollywood, Florida, which had purchased 50 vehicles by 1926. The Southern Material and Construction Company purchased its first Hug truck in March 1923. By 1926, they were operating 60 of them. In the fall of 1924, the Cleveland Trinidad Paving Company purchased 15 Hug trucks for use in Cleveland. The company’s own Hug fleet comprised a total of 64 vehicles. In 1942, a few vehicles were still produced as six-wheelers. Waukesha Engines were used as gasoline engines, and Cummins as diesel engines. Production ended on June 10, 1942. A total of 3,964 vehicles were made.
Production models
The pre-assigned serial numbers only indicate the maximum possible production quantity.
Year Production figures Model Load capacity Serial number 1921 to to to to 1922 T 1,5 to C 1,5 to 1923 T1,5 to99000 to C 1,5 to100000 to H 2 to HA 2 to 1924 T 1,5 to220 to HA 2 to205 to H4 2,5 to289 to 1925 T 1,5 to220 to HA 2 to205 to H4 2,5 to289 to 1926 HA4 2,5 to CHA4 2,5 to H4K 3,75 to CHK4 3,75 to CHK 3,75 to HD 3,5 to1142 to CHD 3,5 to 1927 20 2 to HA4 3 to CHA 3 to 30 3 to ~50HK4 4 to CHK4 to 40 4 to HD 5 to CHD 5 to 1928 22 2 to 60 2 to 26 2,5 to 81 2,5 to 84 2,5 to 662,5 to 40 3 to 863 to 486 3,5 to 1929 26 2,5 to2145 to 40 3 to 486 3,5 to 41 3 to 86 3 to2145 to 87 3,5 to 90 3,5 to 965 to 81 2,5 to 84 2,5 to 66 2,5 to 22 2 to 60 2 to 1930 67 3 to D 85 to 1931 67 3 to 60 2 to D 85 to 87M to 97-6 8 to 1932 67 3 to 1933 to 1934 to 1935 to 1936 to 1937 to 1938 42 to D 42 to 43 to D 43 to HC to 70 K to 87 Q to D 87 Q to 92 U to 16 to 98 to D 98 to 30 to 1939 98-CD to 98-MB to 99-MA to 1940 to 1941 to 1942 99 to D 99 to 99 S to D 99 S to Sum 3,964
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