Fordson Tractors and the History of Ford Trucks

By Sam Moore
Published on December 31, 2012
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A Galion Jr. Fordson road roller.
A Galion Jr. Fordson road roller.
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A Wilford power shovel at the National Pike show in Brownsville, Pa.
A Wilford power shovel at the National Pike show in Brownsville, Pa.
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A Fordson-powered Brookville locomotive at work in a quarry.
A Fordson-powered Brookville locomotive at work in a quarry.
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A Fordson golf course tractor owned by Melvin Bailey, New Stanton, Pa.
A Fordson golf course tractor owned by Melvin Bailey, New Stanton, Pa.
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A Wehr power grader built around a Fordson equipped with tracks.
A Wehr power grader built around a Fordson equipped with tracks.
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A Fordson mows the lawn at Grosse Pointe Country Club in Detroit.
A Fordson mows the lawn at Grosse Pointe Country Club in Detroit.

Henry Ford pitched his Model
T cars as an inexpensive way for low-income city dwellers and rural folks to
become automobile owners, while his Fordson tractors were meant to substitute
mechanical power for horseflesh on American farms. Ford believed that using
horses for transportation was inefficient and wasteful. He once remarked that
he had always disliked horses and mules that ate their fool heads off while

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