They also had a 4 cylinder compressor mounted in the bed. Lot of different setups for the Jeep.
Basically what happened is the military planners were placing orders for all types of military equipment to the very day the Japanese accepted the terms of surrender. But typical government there were clauses written in the contracts allowing to government to pull out at any time for a number of reason including the wars end. So anything in Willy's inventory that had not yet been accepted and what was on the assembly line they had to find a market for. All of the manufacturers lobbied the government so they would not transport all the now surplus vehicles, especially trucks and Jeeps back to the US. They didn't want to have to compete with vehicles going cheap at government property disposal sales.
So Willy's got innovative. 3 points, side mount sickle bar mowers for farming. Trenchers and compressors for construction. Anything they could think of. Heck when I was a kid in the 60's Sear's sold replacement body tubs for them as well as hard top kits.
As far as the Ford MUTT (Military Utility Tactical Truck) mos tof those were destroyed because they really were not a safe vehicle for highway operation. So I doubt that many if any were ever adapted in the US for farm use.
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