Nicolas Industrie S.A.S. is a French manufacturer of heavy trucks, trailers, HMT and SPMTs, mostly intended for oversize loads. Nicolas has been located in Champs-sur-Yonne since 1969, which is also when they started to develop vehicles meant particularly for very heavy loads.[1] Their trucks, sold under the Tractomas brand, are built to single order. They most often incorporate Renault cabs and other parts, as well as a number of proprietary parts from manufacturers around the world. The Nicolas Tractomas TR1010 D100 currently holds the record as the world's largest road going truck, weighing in at 71 tonnes.
History
Founded in 1855 as a manufacturer of agricultural trailers, Nicolas developed itself as a heavy haulage trailer specialist in Europe. In 1971 Nicolas delivered its one of first hydraulic modular trailer, consisting of two modules of 10 axles each, 80 wheels in total with a combined payload of 600 tons.[2] In 1973 Nicolas became licensed distributor of York Trailers UK, one of largest trailer manufacturer in the time[3]