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The Jeffery Quad, also known as the Nash Quad or Quad is a four-wheel drive, 1 1 ⁄ 2-ton rated truck that was developed and built by the Thomas B. Jeffery Company from 1913 in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and after 1916 by Nash Motors, which acquired the Jeffery Company. Production of the Quad continued unchanged through 1928.
The Jeffery Quad, also known as the Nash Quad or Quad is a four-wheel drive truck that was developed and built in Kenosha from 1913, and after 1916, by Nash Motors, as well as under license by other truck makers. The Quad introduced numerous engineering innovations. Its design and durability proved effective in traversing the muddy, rough, and ...
The Quad achieved the reputation of being the best four-wheel drive truck produced in the country. [9] The newly formed Nash Motors became the largest producer of four-wheel drives. [10] By 1918, capacity constraints at Nash meant the Paige-Detroit Motor Car Company began to assemble the Nash Quad under license and Nash patents. [11]
By 1915, the US Army was using trucks tactically. When the US joined World War I in April, 1917 it began purchasing trucks in larger numbers. ... Jeffery/Nash Quad 2 ...
The Jeffery Quad, and from the company's take-over by Nash Motors after 1916, the Nash Quad truck, greatly assisted the World War I efforts of several Allied nations, particularly the French. [26] The United States Marine Corps first adopted Quads in anger in the U.S. occupation of Haiti , and of the Dominican Republic , from 1915 through 1917 ...
The Class-B Standardized Military Truck or "Liberty Truck" was a heavy-duty truck produced by the United States Army during World War I.It was designed by the Quartermaster Corps with help from the Society of Automotive Engineers in 1917 in an effort to help standardize the immense parts catalogue and multiple types of vehicles then in use by the US military, as well as create a truck which ...
Nash produced little over 5,000 Nash Haul Thrift trucks from 1947 through 1954. One source lists 16 were made in 1955. [3] Approximately 300 were delivered to Nash dealers in the United States, while a few were retained by the automaker for use as service vehicles, parts runners, and tractor-trailer units at Nash factories. [4] [2] [8] [3]
Jeffery Quad (Nash Quad) 1½-ton truck 4x4: 1916 Produced by Jeffery and later by Nash, it was introduced into US Army service in time for the 1916 Pancho Villa Expedition into Mexico. [39] Over 11,500 saw military service, the model was extensively used during World War I. [40] John Deere M-Gator: Side-by-side: 6x4: 1997