Get a closer look at this vintage Hendrickson

1966 Hendrickson BD4251966 Hendrickson BD425

In 1913 Chicago businessman and inventor Magnus Hendrickson started building hard-working trucks to which he attached his family name. According to the history on the company website, ā€œIn 1926, Hendrickson introduced the first tandem truck suspension, which mounted the axles on each end of an equalizing beam. This unique ā€˜walking beam’ design distributed the truck’s load evenly between the two rear axles, which improved traction and greatly reduced the effects of bumps and potholes in the road.ā€ Over the years, Hendrickson would be sold, focus on suspension components and truck production was discontinued. Here’s a video of a 1966 Hendrickson BD425 that appeared at last summer’s Trucker’s Jamboree in Iowa.