Burbank Production Needs - Quixote (2023)

The year was 1846, the location, a small town in Oregon aptly named...Hadleyville. Founded in 1823 by Clarence Hadley and his brothers, this unlikely pioneer town would become the birthplace of a Hollywood institution that would one day be known nationally as The Production Truck.

But before we go too far, let's go back to the beginning. It was a cold December day in 1846 when a certain Jesse William Hadley, son of Clarence and Margaret Hadley, had an idea. See, the winters were cold in Hadleyville and the snow was deep, what every good man in Hadleyville needed was a shovel. Since the only shovel in town belongs to the Hadley family and small towns are what they are, young Jesse has an idea. He figured if he rented this shovel to those in need in town, he could make a nice profit while helping his neighbors. And so was born the fair business model that would become a way of life for the Hadleys.

Jesse William Hadley - Entrepreneur

Time would pass and Jesse Hadley would begin to build a reputation for himself in Hadleyville, if the townspeople needed him, Jesse Hadley was their man. Everything from shovels to pots to cart wheels, Jesse Hadley will find a way to get it when you need it. But it wasn't until the gold rush, just a few years later, that Jesse Hadley really became known and began a collaboration that lasts to this day.
In January 1848, with the discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill on the American River in Northern California, the world stood on the brink of change and marked an opportunity Jesse Hadley could not miss. It was time to put his "unique" abilities where they could best be used, it was time for The Production Wagon (as it was then called).
make his debut. With a keen sense of people's needs, young Jesse made his way to Northern California and struck up a friendship no one could have anticipated.

Hang Quang Tran - Right Arm

At the same time, on the other side of the world, Hang Quang Tran joined thousands of Asian immigrants on their journey to the new world. After seeing his country defeated in the Opium Wars (1839-1860), Hang looked west. With the promise of gold and great opportunities, Hang was hopeful. Their trials would be great and times difficult, but it wasn't until that fateful day that Hang Quang Tran and Jesse William Hadley would cross paths that fate would be set in motion.

While the California Gold Rush raged, Jesse's business grew by leaps and bounds. Miners needed gear, and like Hadleyville, Jesse was their man. But it was becoming increasingly difficult for Jesse to handle all of these requests on his own. The Production Wagon was booming, but to keep up with the growing demand, Jesse would need help. Enter Hang Quang Tran. As usual, Mr Hadley was shoving the local miners at a good game of darts at the local bar when a young Asian immigrant looking for work showed up. Hang and Jesse hit it off immediately, and Hang soon became Jesse's right-hand man. But as the years passed and the gold rush subsided, The Production Wagon would soon be on the road again, helping out during one of our country's most turbulent times... the Civil War.

Realizing that war meant money, the production wagon hitched up and headed east. Never One to Pick Sides The Production Wagon began a highly lucrative relationship with Union and Confederate soldiers who continued to grow Jesse William Hadley's Production Wagon legend. Wartime assistance would prove extremely profitable for years to come, and developments during this volatile time would result in further advances for Hadley's manufacturing supply business.

As fate would have it, Jesse Hadley and generations of Hadleys would inevitably clash along the path of history. Though marginal and seldom mentioned, his contributions may have contributed to some of America's greatest triumphs and failures. Hadley's growing company would, albeit unintentionally, become an odd footnote in the rise of this great nation.

Such an incident near the end of the Civil War would result in The Production Wagon unknowingly contributing to one of the war's most famous and infamous events... "Sherman's March to the Sea". General William Tecumseh Sherman, in an effort to cripple Confederate forces, conducted a "scorched earth" campaign that decimated the southern countryside. It is a little-known fact, long forgotten in history, that the supplier of the matches used to start these fires was an enterprising company known as...The Production Wagon. After Jesse Hadley supplied tobacco to the Southern forces (Hadley never chose a side, always preferring to remain neutral) and overestimated the need for matches, Jesse Hadley found himself in a major clerical error. What would you do with thousands of matches and no potential buyers? Meanwhile, General Sherman had a plan as he left his supply lines behind to begin his march... let's burn this fool. Sherman's only problem... no matches. Well, as fate would have it, upon leaving Atlanta, The Production Wagon would meet none other than General William Tecumseh Sherman. Assessing each other's needs and having no idea what Sherman would want with thousands of matches, a deal was struck...sort of. Hadley was able to get a useful profit from a temporary oversight and Sherman was able to shoot south. To this day, the Hadley family does not venture further south of the Mason-Dixon line.

Now that the Civil War is drawing to a close, a handsome profit has been made and a few bridges have accidentally been burned in the process, it was time for Jesse William Hadley, Hang Quang Tran and The Production Wagon (or TPW as they liked to call it) . ). ). ) to convert your sites elsewhere. With the Industrial Revolution now in full swing, production was the name of the game and The Production Wagon was on the road once again. Let's take a quick look at some of the groundbreaking inventions that brought the Production Wagon to life...

It's now 1913, Jesse William Hadley and Hang Quang Tran have helped The Production Wagon and America reach unprecedented heights. The first industrial revolution has come to an end, and without the tireless work of a little footnote in history known as The Production Wagon, who knows where America might be.

The original logo - used before the modern automotive era

The year 1914 was to be a time of great change for the production car. With the advent of the automobile, the pickup truck would soon be a thing of the past. Enter the forward-thinking son of Jesse William Hadley (yes, somewhere he found time to fit into a family, well done Jesse), Theodore William Hadley. Named after Jesse's close friend, President Theodore Roosevelt, Teddy Hadley was a piece of the old block. A man who pays attention to the needs of the common man. After concluding that the wagon was no longer a viable means of continuing his father's business, Teddy viewed the untested truck as a means of getting things done. As we all know, that would have been a wise decision. Theodore, along with his right-hand man Ming Quang Tran (that's right, Hang also had a son) would start a new chapter in Hadley's legacy... The Production Truck was born.

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