Our story starts six generations ago, long before Day Trip Cart Mods, when our family came from Germany to build a new life on unproven Illinois ground. That same grit, faith, and refusal to cut corners is what now goes into every product we manufacture and every customer interaction.​

John Knobloch, our great‑great grandfather, was sent to the United States as a teenager by his parents to avoid being drafted into the German army. He worked for room, board, and five dollars a year on a farm in northern Illinois, learned English, and became a U.S. citizen. He eventually moved south, went to work for William Ellars, who farmed 2,000 acres across two counties, and married William’s daughter Emma, tying our family to the farm that has carried on for generations.​

At that time, central Illinois was mostly swamp. Our ancestors saw potential where others saw problems, digging and laying tile by hand to drain the fields and uncover some of the richest black soil in the world. Over three more generations they kept farming, buying ground, and building the legacy we stand on today.​

We remember them as hard‑working, honest men and women who kept their word. The way we run Day Trip Cart Mods is simple: follow their example. Help people first, build the best products possible, back them with real service, and keep learning so we can be better every day.