David EilersFebruary 11, 2015

1944 Article on Jeep Testing at Washington State College

In July 1943 the Ordnance Department released a jeep to the Washington State College (now University) for farm testing. A year later the College produced a bulletin titled "The Jeep as a Farm Truck-Tractor for the Post-War Period." Unfortunately, I couldn't find a copy of that document online. But there's a hard copy at the WSU library (which is only a couple hours from me). Anyone have copy of that?

In August of 1944 the Spokesman Review published this article based on the information.

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3 Comments

keithFebruary 11, 2015 at 5:33 PM
Yes, I paid for copies of the article and photos a few years ago. It was a surplus MB that was used, not a CJ2 AgriJeep. I don't know if they got an AgriJeep later.
deilersFebruary 11, 2015 at 6:27 PM
Are the photos worth a trip to the library? I thought that looked like a normal MB. Probably wasn't worth shipping out an AgriJeep for the test.
keithFebruary 11, 2015 at 8:35 PM
Yes, regular MB. I'll try to locate my scans. Not very noteworthy.