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John Deere
The John Deere Company began in 1836
when thirty-two year old John Deere moved to Grand Detour, Illinois Already an
established blacksmith, Deere opened a 1,378 square feet shop in
Grand Detour in 1837 which allowed him to serve as a general
repairman in the village, as well as a manufacturer of small
tools such as pitchforks and shovels.
John Deere died in 1886, and the presidency of
Deere & Company passed to Charles Deere. By now
the company was manufacturing a variety of farm equipment
products in addition to plows, including wagons,
corn planters, and cultivators.
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John Deere Tractor Company
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The company even expanded into the bicycle business
briefly during the 1890s, but the core
focus of the company remained on agricultural
implements. Increased competition during the early 1900s from the new
International Harvester Corporation
led the company to expand it's offerings in the
implement business, but it was the production of gasoline tractors
which would come to define Deere & Company's operations
during the twentieth century.
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In 1912, Deere & Company began the company's
expansion into the tractor business. Deere Company
briefly experimented with it's own tractor models,
the most successful of which was the Dain All-Wheel-Drive
Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company
In 1918 Deere &
Company decided to continue it's foray into the tractor business by purchasing the
Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company
which manufactured the popular
Waterloo Boy Tractor
at it's facilities in Waterloo, Iowa. Deere & Company continued to sell tractors
under the Waterloo Boy name until 1923, when the John Deere Model D was introduced. The company
still manufactures most of its tractors in Waterloo, Iowa.
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John Deere D
Despite the severe farm economy depression, Deere management decided to build a final
John Deere D
prototype in 1923. The Waterloo Boy N Series was approaching serial number 30400,
so the new tractor became the Model D, number 30401, the first of the fourth style—and a new era was at hand.
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John Deere
General Purpose
Competition in
the form of
International Harvester's Farmall
John
Deere decided there was a need for a smaller tractor that could serve this
market and the row-crop farmer's requirements. In 1927 John Deere released the
first of many models falling under the category of General Purpose Tractor.Included
in this category is the popular John Deere A and John Deere B
Tractors.
John Deere
Model AThe
John Deere A
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The Model
A was one of the best all purpose row-crop tractors designed thus far. Its tricycle design
and adjustable rear tread width contributed to making the Model A one of the greatest tractors
in agricultural history. No wonder that the model A in all of its variations rolled out of
the factory for almost twenty years. Steel wheels were standard equipment on all unstyled
Model A row-cop tractors; however rubber tires were an option. In 1939 the new models
came with rubber tires as standard equipment on the styled As, but steel wheels
were maintained as an option.
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Deere'
s Model AN, a derivative of the modal A had the distinct
advantage of having only one front wheel. This made cultivation of
narrowly spaced row-crops possible. The AN used a front yoke instead of
the normal pedestal found on most row-crop As. Production of the styled
Model A is often separated into two major periods. The first tractors,
produced from 1939 to 1947 had the pan seat and other features
of the earlier unstyled tractors. The tractors of the second period of the styled production, which ran
from 1947 to 1952, featured a battery box seat, improved engines and a new frame.
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John Deere
4020 |
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Just as the
John Deere 4010
had been the most popular of
the 10 Series, so the 4020 was the crown jewel of the 20 Series. It proved to be
one of the classic tractors of all time, and certainly was the most popular of
its decade. It accounted for 48 percent of all Deere 1966 tractor sales in North
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The 20 Series,
The Best Gets
Better
Based on Deere's philosophy of constantly improving
product, even if it is already the best available, three
short years after the introduction of the 10 series tractors, the
4-cylinder 3020 and 6-cylinder 4020 replaced their predecessors. Engineers
improved the original models to the extent that the
John Deere 4020
became the most
popular tractor of its era, and arguably one of the three or four classic
tractors of all time. In the tradition of such famous tractors as the
Models "D," "A' and "G," it was again another leap ahead of the
competition. The 4020 became so popular that in 1966 there were
27,416 units sold in the U.S. and Canada, accounting for 48% of all John
Deere tractor unit sales.With these two new 20 series tractors came
Power Shift, an 8-speed-forward, 4-speed-reverse shift-on-the-go transmission
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John Deere
3020 4020
The
John Deere 3010
and
John Deere 4010
were updated in 1963 to become the 3020 and
4020. Increased in power, but most importantly given the
Power-Shift transmission option and a hydraulic power
differential lock, the performance of these tractors was
dramatically improved.
With a 6-PTO-hp increase from 59.44 to 65.28 as
tested at Nebraska, the 3020 was available in row-crop
(four versions of front-wheel equipment), standard, orchard,
and Hi-Crop form. The standard transmission was
the successful Synchro-Range with eight forward and
three reverse speeds. The new Power-Shift transmission
meant that you could move from any of its eight forward
or four reverse speeds without use of the clutch. An inching
pedal was provided for attachment of implements.
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The John Deere Tractor Motor |
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The simplicity of the John Deere two-cylinder tractor is, in itself, an assurance of longer life and more dependable service.
But this is only half of the story. By greatly reducing the total number of parts, John Deere engineers have been able to make
each remaining part heavier and stronger. In the John Deere Model "D", for instance, the 155-pound crankshaft is of 3-1/2-inch
chrome nickel steel, drop forged. The assembly of crankshaft, flywheel, and belt pulley weighs 526 pounds. The two main bearings
are 5 inches long and have a bearing surface of 94 square inches. These larger parts have more wear in them; they last much longer.
This sturdy, heavy construction follows right on through the entire tractor--gears, splines, bearings, connecting rods, axles all
parts are built strong to give you a tractor that will deliver years of trouble-free service.
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Simple as only a
two-cylinder
tractor can be
By its very
nature, John
Deere' s two-cylinder engine is simple.
There are only two cylinders, two pistons, and two connecting
rods, instead of four or six; four valves, in place of
eight or twelve; ten rings, as against sixteen or twenty-four.
Such simplicity is inherent in any two-cylinder engine,
but John Deere engineers have gone a step further and
carried this simplicity right on through the entire tractor,
eliminating hundreds of parts that would otherwise require
adjustment, wear out, and eventually have to be
replaced.
The heavy, one-piece casting that serves as a crank case
also contains the entire final drive and transmission. The
cylinder block is bolted to the front end of this case. The
belt pulley is right on the end of the crankshaft. The
clutch is located inside the belt pulley. The flywheel is
mounted on the other end of the crankshaft, and serves as
a starting crank. Frankly, could any tractor be simpler,
more easily understood, more easily taken care of, or give
greater assurance of long, dependable, low-cost service?
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TWO CYCLINDER
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FOUR
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SIX
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Only to large
cylinders |
As against 4
smaller
cylinders |
As against 6
smaller
cylinders |
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only 2
pistoms |
As against 4
smaller
pistoms |
As against 6
extra small pistoms |
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only 4 valves
and 4 valve
springs |
As against 8
smaller valves
and 8 smaller
springs |
As against 24
extra small
valves and 24
extra small
springs |
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only 10
piston rings |
As against
sixteen smaller
piston rings |
As against
twentyfour extra
small piston
rings |
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JOHN DEERE |
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John Deere 1876 Trademark
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Since 1876, The leaping deer has appeared in the primary trademark for Deere and Company |
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John Deere 1912 Trademark
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The Trademark John Deere registered in 1912 included a message that stated "THE TRADE MARK OF QUALITY MADE FAMOUS BY GOOD IMPLEMENTS" |
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John Deere 1936 Trademark
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hield became John Deere's third registered trademark |
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John Deere 1937 Trademark
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Just a year later in 1937,an easier to stencil trademark was adopted |
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John Deere 1956 Trademark
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Although this design came into use about 1956 John Deere didnt register it in the U.S. until 1962 |
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John Deere 1968 Trademark
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This second to last John Deere trademark was registered in 1969 |
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JOHN DEERE R |
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After years of testing
John Deere
relaesed its first diesel
farm tractor in 1949. The John Deere R was also the first
Deere tractor with a live independent PTO with its own clutch, and it in turn drove the
hydraulic pump.
It was also the company's first to be offered with an all-steel cab option.
Total tractor sales reached 21,294.
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JOHN DEERE M |
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In 1947
John Deere
opened a new tractor factory in Dubuque, Iowa, built to produce The
John Deere M.
The John Deere M tractor was created to address the increasing demand for small
tractors and to compete with the increasingly popular Ford and Ferguson Tractor.
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JOHN DEERE B |
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The demand arose for a tractor smaller than the
John Deere A
The result for the 1935 season was the introduction of the John Deere B it was initially introduced
with a shorter main frame, but from No. 42,200 on this was lengthened so that integral equipment
could be interchanged between the two models.
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