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Curb weight[edit]

Sidebar: "Curb weight 4000 pounds"

I believe this is incorrect.

Look at the first External Link.
http://www.landships.info/landships/softskin_articles/Jeffrey_Quad.html
There is a picture of the Quad's Limits Plate.
http://www.landships.info/landships/softskin_articles/images/Nash_Quad_14.jpg

Freight Load Capacity - 4000 LBS
Body Weight Allowance - 1200 LBS
Weight of Chassis ----- 6700 LBS
Total Weight Not Exceed - 11900 LBS

I figure 4000 pounds is the Payload, and the "curb weight" is 7,900 pounds.

The Jeep of WWII is 4WD with similar transfer case but with simple axles (not drop-gear), much lower curb and payload weight (a scout-car, not a medium truck).

The early UniMoog is similar to the Quad, with drop-gear axles, and weights just 15%-20% lower:
Empty weight: 2,900 kg (6,400 lb)
Cargo load: 1,500 kg (3,300 lb)
Gross weight: 4,400 kg (9,700 lb)

FWIW: The Whitney Mfg. Co. Hartford, Conn. claimed in an ad that they "furnished many thousands of chains" for the Quad's transfer case.
The Journal Of The Society Of Automotive Engineers, July, 1918, page 43 of advert section

PRR (talk) 00:41, 2 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]