All above was a good enough reason for Winton to start seriously looking into the problem and coming up with a solution for the same. So here is when he invented the concept of the very first semi-truck that will handle the delivery of his manufactured cars.
He called the concept an “automobile hauler”. This car hauler at the time could carry only one vehicle on a trailer. Next year, in 1899, Winton Motor Carriage started with the production of the hauler for its own use, but for other car manufacturers as well.
Semi Tractor Trailers Innovations and Early Advances
The very first semi-trailer trucks were really not much to look at. It was almost comical in its simplicity. Basically a re-engineered automobile or tractor and a regular cart hook to the rear.
Even the engine was in the wrong place, for a semi-trailer trucks. It was in the rear! Yet this designed is still the basis modern trucks. The removable gooseneck is one obvious example.
