While General Motors has finally managed to exert domination over full-size truck deliveries after the first six months of the year, we can all bet that Ford’s F-Series will rebound. It always does.

The history of the semi-truck dates back to Cleveland, Ohio, in the late 1890s — back before even the Model T had hit the road. Alexander Winton, founder of the Winton Motor Carriage Company, was one ...