Jeep CJ2 Tractor

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Late 40's early 50's the forest service here in Texas used jeeps with a big middle buster, at least it looked big to me at that time, I never seen what kind of fire break it made.

The CJ2 and CJ3 were available with 540 PTO and 3 point hitch options. 2 versions of the CJ3 were tested at Nebraska. tests #432 and 502. 25.5 and 27 max drawbar HP. 9.86 HP Hr/gal.

Cj5 also. Engine governors where also available among quite a few other options. I dealt in this stuff for a few years. It was very interesting.

Vito

There is/was a place out west of town that had a couple of jeeps with sickle bar mowers on them. I have not been out that way in a very long time

A neighbor of ours had one many years ago. He asked my Dad if he could borrow his MF 25 3ph disc, Dad said sure. He backed that Jeep in and hooked it up and promptly raised the front end of the Jeep. Tried a few more times and gave up. Those discs were not light.

After the war the demand for tractors was high and lots of companies wanted in on the action. Other trucks were also marketed with rear PTO's and hitches including the Dodge Power Wagon,
IH Scout, and Land Rover. In all cases the limitations of adapting a relatively light-duty vehicle as a tractor proved to be impractical for most uses. The jeep was by far the most
popular of these but problems such as lack of truly low gears, a PTO whose speed and direction of rotation followed that of the selected transmission gear, and generally light-duty
components diminished its practicality. The original Unimog was designed during this same time period (mid- to late-40's) and was more successful since they designed from the start with
"tractor functions" as a primary objective and let the "truck functions" follow along. (All the above mentioned vehicles had it the other way around and just scabbed tractor features onto
an existing truck.) Even so, the Unimog still didn't become very popular as a farm tractor outside of its native Germany. But, few would disagree that it was/is by far the most
successful blend of truck and tractor.

For plowing there was a factory ad on counterweight that was mounted behind front bumper.
The genuine Jeep plow and that front weight is quite rare as not many of the farm Jeeps were actually bought or used for plowing.

Thank's for the feedback. Interesting the ideas that evolved along the way.

I had a CJ5 that I used for planting with my 4 row JD planter. Once I planted sweet corn on July 4th, it was about an acre that had washed out the previous planting, and I had a great crop in October. I also had a snow plow on the front. I don't believe that Jeep would work well pulling a plow though.

I've tried using a Willys CJ5 for farm work. It's okay for things like pulling a wagon or maybe a spring tooth or tiny disc. It's about like using an underpowered 9N with bald tires and no 3pt. Maybe on light ground they'd be more capable, but they mine is useless with any real ground engagement equipment. Great for fencing and chores though, just not much of a tractor.

65 years ago my Dad and I used a Jeep with a neck yoke across the back to hold the tongue and horse drawn equipment, sulky plow and mowing machine. Chained up all four and got in and out a
lot.

I have a 1953 Willys CJ3B. I am in the process of putting a rear PTO on it including a right angle gearbox to use a drum pulley. I would love someday to find a 3pt. setup for the rear.
Lots of good stuff on www.ewillys.com

There is also a Farm Jeep website where a father and son specialize in farm history current collection and use of a wide variety of implements and tools that were made available after WWII.

Another interesting part of Willys history is the Empire Tractor Co. in New York that used Willys drivetrain to build small tractors after the war. I have one original Empire that I hope to play with this spring and another "project" one. Have fun !

Don't know them or anything about them but this person has farm jeep
parts...

https://indianapolis.craigslist.org/grd/d/staunton-farm-jeep-3pt-
hitch-front/7267904696.html

In early 50's neighbor tried a mounted plow on his jeep with some success. Far most impressive were jeeps with 6' mounted chain trenchers. They buried a lot of copper waterline in a narrow trench much faster than backhoes now used.