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Item Description
Offered for your offerding consideration a real showpiece for this sale , in excellent condition this 1955 ESKA International Harvester Farmall 400 Child's Pedal Tractor, original condition , ESKA Tires and comes withJ shift lever, trailer hitch and trailer, THE STORY BEHIND THE STORY : Late in 1945, with the toy business going strong, Ertl realized he needed help selling his products. He met â¿¿Budâ¿¿ Essman and Lavern D. Kascel, and made an arrangement with them in 1946, whereby they would attempt to sell products with Deere and other logos. They started Eska in 1946 and were the middleman in selling Ertl products to Deere and later other Companies. The Eska name came from the first two letters of Essmanâ¿¿s and Kascelâ¿¿s last names. The agreement stipulated that Eska could eventually manufacture farm implements, but not tractors. Ertl retained control over tractor manufacture. In 1946, Eska began making stamped-steel farm implements. The company assembled and painted wagons, plows and manure spreaders, selling first to John Deere and later to International Harvester. Joe Carter of Carter Machine & Tool Co. (CMTC), Rockford, Ill., contracted with Eska to supply stamped-steel implement parts. Although Carter designed many components, the finished pieces were assembled by Eska and sold under the Eska name; Carterâ¿¿s name never appeared on these early Eska implements. The relationship between Eska and Carter continued until 1952, when the Eska company ran into financial trouble. In repayment of debts owed, Joe Carter took over Eska Co., and moved it to Rockford, where his Carter Tru-Scale stamping operation was located. Acquisition of Eska gave Carter Tru-Scale the ability to expand its farm toy production. Carter crafted toys under both the Eska and Carter Tru-Scale brand names. In the 1950s, Jim Heller of Eska asked Fred Ertl Sr., to make large, sand-cast riding tractors for Eska. â¿¿We made a few of the first pedal tractors,â¿ recalls Fred Ertl Jr. , Fred Ertl Sr. discontinued pedal tractor manufacture in about 1955, and Eska took over that product line. That line of John Deere pedal tractors and trailers is the companyâ¿¿s strongest legacy. In late 1959, Eska and Ertl split, and in 1960-61 Ertl obtained licensing rights for Deere, International Harvester, Case, Oliver and Allis-Chalmer
Retail Value Estimate: $1350-$1550
Overall Condition: 3000 Condition: Age wear-paint loss,rust, Weight: 40lb
Measurements (LxWxH): 64 inches x 18.5 inches x 26.5 inches
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