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History · Working Jeeps · 1945 → today

Working Jeeps

The civilian Jeep at work: the CJ-2A sold to farmers with a power take-off, the CJ and FC trucks of utilities, forest and park services, fire departments and rural mail, and the Cherokee and Wrangler of police departments, the Border Patrol and rescue teams.

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Willys-Overland’s 1945 advertising sold the CJ-2A as a farm tractor that could drive to town: a rear power take-off ran belt-driven equipment, a governor held engine speed, and a tailgate and side-mounted spare made a load bed. The CJ-2A and CJ-3A went to farms, contractors, oil fields and utilities; the CJ-3B with its taller bonnet carried the F-head engine that powered fire pumps and generators. The Forward Control trucks of 1957 gave utilities and fire departments a cab-over with a full bed on a Jeep wheelbase.

The US Forest Service, the National Park Service and the Bureau of Land Management ran CJs and J-trucks for decades; the Postal Service used the two-wheel-drive DJ-5, which is outside this registry. From the 1980s the Cherokee XJ became a police, fire chief and Border Patrol vehicle, and the Wrangler a beach patrol, park ranger and search-and-rescue vehicle, with a few departments running Wranglers as marked patrol units.

3 chapters, 1948 → today

1Farm and utility CJs (1945–1970)1945 – 19702Forest, park and rural service (1950s–1980s)1950s – 1980s3Cherokee XJ and the Wrangler in service (1984–today)1984 – today
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11945 – 1970

Farm and utility CJs (1945–1970)

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The CJ-2A with a power take-off and a Monroe hydraulic lift ran ploughs, mowers, buzz saws and post-hole diggers; the Newgren and Love lifts and Jeep-branded implements followed. Utilities bought CJs for line patrol and the FC-150 and FC-170 for their beds; fire departments fitted the FC and the CJ-5 with pumps and hose reels for brush fires.

Registry records · chapter 1

Jeep CJ-2A1945–49Jeep CJ-3A1949–53Jeep CJ-3B1953–68Jeep CJ-51954–83Jeep FC-150 / FC-1701957–65
21950s – 1980s

Forest, park and rural service (1950s–1980s)

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The Forest Service and state forestry agencies ran CJ-5s and CJ-6s as fire patrol and crew vehicles and J-trucks with slip-on pump units; the National Park Service used CJs and Wagoneers as ranger vehicles. The Cherokee Chief and the CJ-7 of the 1970s served rural sheriffs and county road departments.

Registry records · chapter 2

Jeep CJ-51954–83Jeep CJ-61955–81Jeep CJ-71976–86Gladiator / J-series truck1963–88Cherokee SJ1974–83
31984 – today

Cherokee XJ and the Wrangler in service (1984–today)

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The Cherokee XJ’s size and four-wheel drive made it a police vehicle in snow states and with the US Border Patrol, a fire chief’s car and an ambulance-service response vehicle; Chrysler sold it with police packages into the 1990s. The Wrangler TJ and JK serve beach patrols, park rangers, ski patrols, mountain rescue teams and the Border Patrol; the Gladiator JT has been fitted as a brush fire unit.

Registry records · chapter 3

Cherokee XJ1984–2001Wrangler TJ1996–2006Wrangler JK2006–18Wrangler JL / Gladiator JT2018

Sources

  1. Jeep CJ — Wikipedia
  2. Willys-Overland — Wikipedia
  3. Jeep Cherokee (XJ) — Wikipedia
  4. Jeep Forward Control — Wikipedia

Working Jeeps vehicles in the registry

13 records, oldest first.
Jeep CJ-2A1945–49 · United StatesJeep CJ-3A1949–53 · United StatesJeep CJ-3B1953–68 · United StatesJeep CJ-51954–83 · United StatesJeep CJ-61955–81 · United StatesJeep FC-150 / FC-1701957–65 · United StatesGladiator / J-series truck1963–88 · United StatesCherokee SJ1974–83 · United StatesJeep CJ-71976–86 · United StatesCherokee XJ1984–2001 · United StatesWrangler TJ1996–2006 · United StatesWrangler JK2006–18 · United StatesWrangler JL / Gladiator JT2018 · United States