'The Heavy-Duty Truck Capital of the World' is reborn in Fort Wayne

Mar 30, 2025 at 08:25 PM CST
“The Heavy-Duty Truck Capital of the World” was the nickname for Truck Plant 1 at the Fort Wayne International Harvester Plant. “If you didn't have someone in your family that worked here, didn't know much about it, you might think 'Oh, that's where they built the trucks,' said Ryan DuVall, founder of Harvester Homecoming. "But when you get right down to it, they didn't just build trucks. You they developed them, they innovated them, they changed the world here in a lot of ways."

Mar 30, 2025 at 08:25 PM CST

“The Heavy-Duty Truck Capital of the World” was the nickname for Truck Plant 1 at the Fort Wayne International Harvester Plant. “If you didn't have someone in your family that worked here, didn't know much about it, you might think 'Oh, that's where they built the trucks,' said Ryan DuVall, founder of Harvester Homecoming. "But when you get right down to it, they didn't just build trucks. You they developed them, they innovated them, they changed the world here in a lot of ways."