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I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute.
Machinery, livestock, and crops have always been needed to be moved around the farm or to market. Two-wheel carts suffice for early settlers. Soon four-wheeled wagons became the norm and were universally used for two centuries.
Now it’s impossible, historians say, to pin down the first motor truck. But the first real attempt to replace the farm wagon was by international harvester and its auto wagon introduced in 1907. And since that time, farm trucks of all sizes proliferate rural America.
No. 1485, MA model, original air cooled truck, brass IHC headlights and marker lights, neat period correct OHIO license plate, original leather and brass emblems still present on running boards, Heinze Electric Co. magneto and switch. It still has the original floor covering, tires, and seldom seen belly pan. This truck is nearly 100% original and runs and drive extremely well. This Wagon is located in Simpsonville, NC
No self-respecting farmer, historians say, would be without his pickup.
That’s today’s American Agriculture History Minute. I’m Mark Oppold. Thanks for reading. I’ll see you next time.