FWD --- – specifications
Built: 1971 · Series: Other models
Data for the version built 1971 · Data origin: Official register · sources
More machines from model year 1971
FWD – other models: the collective page of US off-road trucks and special chassis outside the named ranges, tipper, crane and fire-appliance chassis, 5,930 to 43,000 kg unladen weight, six-cylinder engines
FWD was founded in 1909 as the Four Wheel Drive Auto Company in Clintonville, Wisconsin, and was one of the first makers of series-production four-wheel-drive chassis for heavy trucks. Out of the military business of both world wars grew a civilian range of tipper, crane and fire-appliance chassis for construction, mining and municipal use; through the later takeover of the fire-apparatus maker Seagrave, the name lives on in fire-engine building today. This page gathers the FWD types the register could not assign to its own range.
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The register lists here 10 versions with unladen weights from 5,930 to 43,000 kg and gross weights from 6,605 to 45,600 kg; widths range from 2,320 to 3,000 mm, and the recorded engines are all six-cylinder.
FWD chassis stood for off-road capability and high payload in North America and were used chiefly as the base for tippers, mobile cranes and fire engines rather than as series trucks for long-haul transport. Civilian truck production ended in the 1980s, while the fire-apparatus division continues under the Seagrave name.
On these historic four-wheel-drive chassis, the condition of the transfer case, portal axles and drive shafts, corrosion on the frame and crane booms, and the tightness of the hydraulic tipping systems all matter; many parts have been available only second-hand or as reproductions since production ended, and for fire-appliance bodies their technical inspection status is decisive as well.
Sources: SpecCodex register, model data: FWD (weitere Modelle)
Technical data
Dimensions and weights
| Width | 2,640 mmcorrect |
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| Wheelbase | 4,750 mmcorrect |
| Gross vehicle weight | 21,360 kgcorrect |
Drivetrain and chassis
| Wheels | 6correct |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the gross vehicle weight of the FWD ---?
21,360 kg.
When was the FWD --- built?
Production years: 1971.
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This page carries 6 individual figures for this model. They come from 1 recorded source; every figure can be traced there. What we cannot document is not here — we leave gaps open rather than estimate them.
The technical data on this page comes from official vehicle registration records (RDW/Traficom), not from the manufacturer.
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Sources: RDW — Dutch national vehicle register (retrieved August 2026) · Data sources and cross-checks
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