firefight truck 3D Model

founded in 1939, peterbilt operates manufacturing facilities in madison, tennessee (1969), denton, texas (1980), and sainte-th?r?se, quebec. from the early 1960s until the mid 1980s, the company was based in the san francisco bay area of northern california, with its headquarters, parts department, and main plant all in newark, california. the newark plant closed in 1986; headquarters moved to denton, and engineering moved to denton in 1993.

in the early part of the 20th century, tacoma, washington plywood manufacturer and lumber entrepreneur t.a. peterman was faced with a lumber logistics problem. he couldn`t get freshly felled logs from the forest to his lumber mill quickly, or efficiently. in order to develop forest assets, it would be necessary to improve upon the contrived methods of the day: floating logs down river, or the use of steam tractors, and even horse teams. peterman knew that if he could develop the then nascent automobile technology and build trucks, he could go a long way towards solving his problem.

some movie appearances:
-a peterbilt 379 appeared in the movie transformers (2007) as the autobot optimus prime.
-various 359 peterbilts can be seen in all three smokey and the bandit films, and in convoy.
-a peterbilt 379 appeared in the movie joyride and in gone in sixty seconds (2000).
-an animated version of a peterbilt is featured in cars (2006), mistaken by the lead character lightning mcqueen to be his driver mack, to which it responds, \"mack? i ain`t no mack, i`m a peterbilt, for dang sakes! turn on your lights, you moron!\"
-a peterbilt 281 appeared in the steven spielberg movie duel (1971).

this digital model is based on the design of a peterbilt 379, modified for use a fire truck.

product features (3d studio max):
the product contains four resolutions of the model, the high resolution version being rigged for animation.
the model is highly detailed and textured.

this model is a 3dmax model, saved in version 8 as a max file, and requires 3dmax. it does not include any other formats to allow it to be opened in any other software. the model is rigged where appropriate, and mapped and textured. Print Ready: No