Tribute
to an eng ineer
in overalls:
In the early
60's, a farmer in the heart of the cornbelt was thoroughly
disgusted with the loose steering that caused his wagon
to wag aimlessly behind his tractor.
With a dream
in his heart and a torch in his hand, he replaced all the
worn parts: brackets, bolts, bushings, pins, and clevises
with a stub axle that he removed from an old pick-up truck.
To this "new king" pin with tapered roller bearings
he added a steering frame and tie rods with greaseable ball
joints.
When he tested
the steering and saw how "E-Z it trailed," he
knew in his heart that his wagon would never wag again!
Give God the
glory—"necessity" the mother of invention
did it again.
Today, thousands
of wagons later, exciting as it is, we dare not, by any
measure, gloat over our success. All of us at E-Z Trail
have a deep appreciation for the family farm, with an urge
from childhood: "To get married and live on one"..
.and "till the ground from whence we came." (Genesis
3:23)
Our commitment
to provide products with high limits of performance and
excellence may have selfish undertones. But it is also a
desire to promote innovative new concepts that will contribute
to the continuity of life on the family farm as we know
it. A life that others. .. dream about, and long for.
Or it just may
be our attempt to imitate the ways of the man in... overalls.
Sincerely,
Abe B. Kuhns
President |