John Deere

John Deere was born in Rutland, Vermont and later moved to Grand Detour, Illinois to escape economy collapse in 1836. He was a blacksmith and shortly after his arrival to the midwest he learned the struggle of most farmers around the area was the sticky soil which gave their cast-iron plows a poor performance. Soil would cling to the plow bottoms which made the process very inefficient because farmers would have to stop every few feet and clean off the plows. Deere decided the plow needed a highly polished surface so it would move through the sticky soil with ease. He got to work in his blacksmith shop and produced a plow using steel from a broken saw blade. This creation gave way to the John Deere American dynasty. The “Dain” was Deere’s first attempt at an all-wheel tractor design. The Dain was never successfully marketed and was costly to build so it did not go well with the consumer. Deere began focusing on a two-cylinder engine which lead to the “Johnny Pepper”. From there came the General Purpose tractor which brought them into the row crop world along with their competition IH Farmall.

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Around 1848 Deere moved his business to Moline, Illinois right on the east bank of the Mississippi river, this provided water power for the factory as well as access for river boat to bring in material and move plows to market. Deere’s company was incorporated under the name Deere & Company in 1868. The second son Charles Deere took over leadership after the passing of John Deere in 1886. Deere became one of the worlds leading tillage companies over the next 45 years. In 1918 Deere and Company purchased The Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company, who produced the “Waterloo Boy”, this boosted sales and Deere began to realize they were behind in the tractor industry. Deere went on to become the giant global company they are known as today and continue to sell everything from lawn mowers to combines all around the world.

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Models

Model

Configuration

Years

# Produced

All Wheel Drive

Standard Tread

1918

92

Model C

Standard Tread

1927-1928

134

Model GP “Tricycle”

Row Crop

1928-1929

72

Model GP (Gen 1)

Standard

1928-1931

28,239

Model GPWT

Row Crop

1929-1933

5103

Model GP-P Early 1930

Row Crop

1930

150

Model GP-P Late 1930

Row Crop

1930

53

Model GP “P”

Row Crop

1930

53

Model GPO

Standard Tread

1931-1935

717

Model GP (Gen 2)

Standard

1932-1935

2035

Model GP

Standard Tread

1932-1935

2035

Model A Unstyled

Row Crop

1934-1938

65309

Model AN Unstyled

Row Crop

1934-1938

591

Model AW Unstyled

Row Crop

1934-1938

303

Model ANH Unstyled

Row Crop

1934-1938

26

Model AWH Unstyled

Row Crop

1934-1938

27

Model B Unstyled

Row Crop

1935-1938

55670

Model BN Unstyled

Row Crop

1935-1938

1001

Model BW Unstyled

Row Crop

1935-1938

247

Model BW-40 Unstyled

Row Crop

1935-1938

6

Model BNH Unstyled

Row Crop

1935-1938

65

Model BWH and BWH-40 Unstyled

Row Crop

1935-1938

51

Model AR Unstyled

Standard Tread

1935-1949

17508

Model AO Unstyled

Standard Tread

1935-1949

2527

Model AI Unstyled

Standard Tread

1935-1949

91

Model AR

Unstyled | Styled Gas | Styled All Fuel

1935-1953

Y

1936

24

Model D Unstyled

Standard Tread

1936-1939

17,866

Model BI

Industrial

1936-1941

183

62

Standard-Tread Utility

1937

78

Model L Styled NXA Hercules engine

1937-1938

1502

Model AOS

Standard Tread

1937-1941

820

LI Unstyled

1938

70

LI Styled Hercules Engine

1938-1939

434

Model G Unstyled

Row Crop

1938-1941

10684

Model L Styled NXB Hercules engine

1938-1941

9341

Model BO

Orchard

1938-1947

5083

Model A Styled

Row Crop

1939-1947

97765

Model AN Styled

Row Crop

1939-1947

3083

Model ANH Styled

Row Crop

1939-1947

236

Model AN Styled

Row Crop

1939-1947

3083

Model AW Styled

Row Crop

1939-1947

1849

Model ANH Styled

Row Crop

1939-1947

236

Model AWH Styled

Row Crop

1939-1947

361

Model H

Row Crop

1939-1947

57450

Model HN

Row Crop

1939-1947

1077

Model HWH

Row Crop

1939-1947

126

Model HNH

Row Crop

1939-1947

37

Model D Styled

Standard Tread

1939-1953

46,883

Model L Styled John Deere engine.

1941-1946

2039

LA

1941-1946

12475

LI Unstyled John Deere Engine

1941-1946

2018

Model GM

Row Crop

1942-1947

8773

Model BO Lindeman

Crawler

1943-1947

1645

Model BR Lindeman

Crawler

1945

29

Model AN Styled (Late) All Fuel

Row Crop

1948-1952

1212

Model A Styled (Late) Gas

Row Crop

1948-1952

90025

Model A Styled (Late) All Fuel

Row Crop

1948-1952

16015

Model AN Styled (Late) All Fuel Gas

Row Crop

1948-1952

4011

Model AN Styled (Late) All Fuel

Row Crop

1948-1952

1212

Model AH Styled (Late) Gas

Row Crop

1948-1952

257

Model AH Styled (Late) Gas All Fuel

Row Crop

1948-1952

171

Model A Styled (Late) Gas

Row Crop

1948-1952

90025

Model A Styled (Late) All Fuel

Row Crop

1948-1952

16015

Model AN Styled (Late) All Fuel Gas

Row Crop

1948-1952

4011

Model AN Styled (Late) All Fuel

Row Crop

1948-1952

1212

Model AW Styled (Late) Gas

Row Crop

1948-1952

1961

Model AH Styled (Late) Gas

Row Crop

1948-1952

257

Model AH Styled (Late) Gas All Fuel

Row Crop

1948-1952

171

Model G Styled

Row Crop

1948-1953

34474

Model GN Styled

Row Crop

1948-1953

1571

Model GW Styled

Row Crop

1948-1953

4786

Model G High Crop

Row Crop

1948-1953

237

Model MT

Row Crop

1949-1952

30472

Model MC

Crawler

1949-1952

10509

Model R

Standard-Tread

1949-1954

21293

Model MI

Row Crop

1950-1952

1032

Model AO Styled Gas

Standard Tread

1950-1953

851

Model AO Styled All Fuel

Standard Tread

1950-1953

635

Model AR Styled Gas

Standard Tread

1950-1953

9951

Model AR Styled All Fuel

Standard Tread

1950-1953

510

Model AO Styled Gas

Standard Tread

1950-1953

851

Model AO Styled All Fuel

Standard Tread

1950-1953

635

50 Gas Engine

Row Crop

1952-1956

29756

50 LP Engine

Row Crop

1952-1956

731

50 All Fuel Engine

Row Crop

1952-1956

2097

60 Gas Engine Row Crop

Row Crop

1952-1956

48916

60 LP Engine Row Crop

Row Crop

1952-1956

3808

60 All Fuel Engine Row Crop

Row Crop

1952-1956

4443

60 Gas Engine Standard, Low Seat

Standard-Tread

1952-1956

1748

60 All Fuel Engine Standard, Low Seat

Standard-Tread

1952-1956

196

60 Gas Engine Standard, High Seat

Standard-Tread

1952-1956

676

60 All Fuel Engine Standard, High Seat

Standard-Tread

1952-1956

209

60 LP Engine Standard, High Seat

Standard-Tread

1952-1956

25

60 Gas Hi-Crop

Row Crop

1952-1956

61

60 All Fuel Hi-Crop

Row Crop

1952-1956

136

60 LP High-Crop

Row Crop

1952-1956

15

60 Gas Orchard

Standard-Tread

1952-1956

297

60 All Fuel Orchard

Standard-Tread

1952-1956

530

60 LP Orchard

Standard-Tread

1952-1956

45

40 S Gas Engine

Standard-Tread

1953-1955

11161

40 S All Fuel Engine

Standard-Tread

1953-1955

653

40 T Gas Engine

Row Crop

1953-1955

17433

40 T All Fuel Engine

Row Crop

1953-1955

473

40 C Gas Engine

Row Crop

1953-1955

11407

40 C All Fuel Engine

Row Crop

1953-1955

282

70 Gas Row Crop

Row Crop

1953-1956

16000

70 All Fuel Row Crop

Row Crop

1953-1956

2509

70 LP Row Crop

Row Crop

1953-1956

6254

70 Diesel Row Crop

Row Crop

1953-1956

11015

70 Gas Standard

Standard-Tread

1953-1956

1035

70 All Fuel Standard

Standard-Tread

1953-1956

385

70 LP Standard

Stanadard-Tread

1953-1956

336

70 Diesel Standard

Standard-Tread

1953-1956

3248

70 Gas High-Crop

Row Crop

1953-1956

8

70 All Fuel High-Crop

Row Crop

1953-1956

70

70 LP High- Crop

Row Crop

1953-1956

28

70 Diesel High-Crop

Row Crop

1953-1956

44

40 U Gas Engine

Row Crop

1954-1955

5067

40 U All Fuel Engine

Row Crop

1954-1955

141

40 W Gas Engine

Row Crop

1955

1698

40 W All Fuel Engine

Row Crop

1955

60

40 V Gas Engine

Row Crop

1955

326

40 V All Fuel Engine

Row Crop

1955

3

40 H Gas Engine

Row Crop

1955

259

40 H All Fuel Engine

Row Crop

1955

36

80 Diesel

Standard-Tread

1955-1956

3485

420 Standard (S) Gas (Phase I)

Row Crop

1956

1535

420 Standard (S) All Fuel (Phase I)

Row Crop

1956

15

420 Utility (U) Gas (Phase I)

Row Crop

1956

1946

420 Utility (U) All Fuel (Phase I)

Row Crop

1956

17

420 Tricycle (T) Gas (Phase I)

Row Crop

1956

2570

420 Tricycle (T) All Fuel (Phase I)

Row Crop

1956

73

420 Crawler (C) Gas (Phase I)

Crawler

1956

5336

420 Crawler (C) All Fuel (Phase I)

Crawler

1956

50

420 Row Crop Utility (W) Gas (Phase I)

Row Crop

1956

2999

420 Row Crop Ulility (W) All Fuel (Phase I)

Row Crop

1956

72

420 Special (V) Gas (Phase I)

Row Crop

1956

22

420 Special (V) All Fuel (Phase I)

Row Crop

1956

2

420 Hi-Crop (H) Gas (Phase I)

Row Crop

1956

168

420 Hi-Crop (H) All Fuel (Phase I)

Row Crop

1956

13

320 Standard Gas (Vertical Steering)

Row Crop

1956-1957

1836

320 Standard All Fuel (Vertical Steering)

Row Crop

1956-1957

12

320 Utility Gas (Vertical Steering)

Row Crop

1956-1957

716

320 Utility All Fuel (Vertical Steering)

Row Crop

1956-1957

2

520 Gas Row Crop

Row Crop

1956-1958

12,040

520 All Fuel Row Crop

Row Crop

1956-1958

244

520 LP-Gas Row Crop

Row Crop

1956-1958

764

620 Gas Row Crop

Row Crop

1956-1958

18,075

620 All Fuel Row Crop

Row Crop

1956-1958

474

620 LP-Gas Row Crop

Row Crop

1956-1958

2520

620 Gas Hi-Crop

Row Crop

1956-1958

24

620 All Fuel Hi-Crop

Row Crop

1956-1958

16

620 LP-Gas Hi-Crop

Row Crop

1956-1958

8

620 Gas Standard

Standard-Tread

1956-1958

920

620 All Fuel Standard

Standard-Tread

1956-1958

31

620 LP-Gas Standard

Standard-Tread

1956-1958

37

620 Gas Orchard

Standard-Tread

1956-1958

133

620 All Fuel Orchard

Standard-Tread

1956-1958

202

620 LP-Gas Orchard

Standard-Tread

1956-1958

92

720 Gas Row Crop

Row Crop

1956-1958

4917

720 All fuel Row Crop

Row Crop

1956-1958

408

720 Diesel Row Crop (Starting Engine)

Row Crop

1956-1958

11,875

720 Diesel Row Crop (Electric Start)

Row Crop

1956-1958

2055

720 LP-Gas Row Crop

Row Crop

1956-1958

3670

720 Gas High Crop

Row Crop

1956-1958

5

720 All fuel High Crop

Row Crop

1956-1958

12

720 Diesel High Crop (Starting Engine)

Row Crop

1956-1958

77

720 Diesel High Crop (Electric Start)

Row Crop

1956-1958

9

720 LP-Gas High Crop

Row Crop

1956-1958

22

720 Gas Standard

Standard-Tread

1956-1958

520

720 All fuel Standard

Standard-Tread

1956-1958

80

720 Diesel Standard (Starting Engine)

Standard-Tread

1956-1958

2445

720 Diesel Standard (Electric Start)

Standard-Tread

1956-1958

133

720 LP-Gas Standard

Standard-Tread

1956-1958

345

820 Diesel Standard

Standard-Tread

1956-1958

6864

420 Standard (S) Gas (Phase II)

Row Crop

1957

1212

420 Standard (S) All Fuel (Phase II)

Row Crop

1957

46

420 Utility (U) Gas (Phase II)

Row Crop

1957

1825

420 Tricycle (T) Gas (Phase II)

Row Crop

1957

2637

420 Tricycle (T) All Fuel (Phase II)

Row Crop

1957

112

420 Crawler (C) Gas (Phase II)

Crawler

1957

9402

420 Crawler (C) All Fuel (Phase II)

Crawler

1957

96

420 Row Crop Utility (W) Gas (Phase II)

Row Crop

1957

3743

420 Row Crop Ulility (W) All Fuel (Phase II)

Row Crop

1957

218

420 Special (V) Gas (Phase II)

Row Crop

1957

31

420 Hi-Crop (H) Gas (Phase II)

Row Crop

1957

216

420 Hi-Crop (H) All Fuel (Phase II)

Row Crop

1957

30

420 Special Utility (I) Gas (Phase II)

Row Crop

1957

166

320 Standard Gas (Slant Steering)

Row Crop

1958

317

320 Standard All Fuel (Slant Steering)

Row Crop

1958

2

320 Utility Gas (Slant Steering)

Row Crop

1958

199

320 Utility All Fuel (Slant Steering)

Row Crop

1958

0

420 Utility (U) All Fuel (Phase II)

Row Crop

1958

7

420 Standard (S) Gas (Phase III)

Row Crop

1958

1069

420 Standard (S) All Fuel (Phase III)

Row Crop

1958

8

420 Standard (S) LP-Gas (Phase III)

Row Crop

1958

23

420 Utility (U) Gas (Phase III)

Row Crop

1958

1101

420 Utility (U) LP-Gas (Phase II)

Row Crop

1958

6

420 Tricycle (T) Gas (Phase III)

Row Crop

1958

1914

420 Tricycle (T) All Fuel (Phase III)

Row Crop

1958

49

420 Tricycle (T) LP-Gas (Phase III)

Row Crop

1958

225

420 Crawler (C) Gas (Phase III)

Crawler

1958

2906

420 Crawler (C) All Fuel (Phase III)

Crawler

1958

88

420 Crawler (C) LP-Gas (Phase III)

Crawler

1958

4

420 Row Crop Utility (W) Gas (Phase III)

Row Crop

1958

3956

420 Row Crop Ulility (W) All Fuel (Phase III)

Row Crop

1958

109

420 Row Crop Ulility (W) LP-Gas (Phase III)

Row Crop

1958

100

420 Special (V) Gas (Phase III)

Row Crop

1958

30

420 Special (V) All Fuel (Phase III)

Row Crop

1958

1

420 Hi-Crop (H) Gas (Phase III)

Row Crop

1958

175

420 Hi-Crop (H) All Fuel (Phase III)

Row Crop

1958

4

420 Hi-Crop (H) LP-Gas (Phase III)

Row Crop

1958

4

420 Special Utility (I) Gas (Phase III)

Row Crop

1958

89

530 Gas

Row Crop

1958-1960

9261

530 All Fuel

1958-1960

85

530 LP

Row Crop

1958-1960

417

630 Gas Row Crop

Row Crop

1958-1960

15,224

630 All Fuel Row Crop

Row Crop

1958-1960

186

630 LP Row Crop

Row Crop

1958-1960

1899

630 Gas High Crop

High Crop

1958-1960

11

630 All Fuel High Crop

High Crop

1958-1960

2

630 LP High Crop

High Crop

1958-1960

3

630 Gas Standard

Standard-Tread

1958-1960

705

630 All Fuel Standard

Standard-Tread

1958-1960

14

730 Gas Standard

Standard-Tread

1958-1960

292

840 New Style EL

Standard-Tread

1958-1960

619

840 New Style SE

Standard-Tread

1958-1960

201

840 Hancock Version EL

Standard-Tread

1958-1960

44

840 Hancock Version SE

Standard-Tread

1958-1960

19

830 IND. Diesel SE

Standard-Tread

1958-1960

82

830 AG Diesel EL

Standard-Tread

1958-1960

3054

830 AG Diesel SE

Standard-Tread

1958-1960

3531

730 Diesel ES Standard

Standard-Tread

1958-1960

1546

730 Diesel SE Standard

Standard-Tread

1958-1960

2213

730 LP Standard

Standard-Tread

1958-1960

220

730 All Fuel Standard

Standard-Tread

1958-1960

28

630 LP Standard

Standard-Tread

1958-1960

16

730 Diesel EL High Crop

Row Crop

1958-1960

78

730 Diesel SL High Crop

Row Crop

1958-1960

7

730 LP High Crop

High Crop

1958-1960

28

730 All Fuel High Crop

High Crop

1958-1960

4

730 Gas High Crop

High Crop

1958-1960

6

730 Diesel EL Row Crop

Row Crop

1958-1960

13,329

730 Diesel SE Row Crop

Row Crop

1958-1960

3703

730 LP Row Crop

Row Crop

1958-1960

3263

730 All Fuel Row Crop

Row Crop

1958-1960

177

730 Gas Row Crop

Row Crop

1958-1960

3650

330 Gas Standard

Standard-Tread

1959-1960

839

330 Gas Utility

Row Crop

1959-1960

252

430 Gas Standard

Standard-Tread

1959-1960

1783

430 Gas Utility

Row Crop

1959-1960

1333

430 Gas Tricycle

Row Crop

1959-1960

3091

430 Gas Crawler

Crawler

1959-1960

2208

430 Gas Row-Crop Utility

Row Crop

1959-1960

5824

430 Gas Special

Row Crop

1959-1960

63

430 Gas Hi-Crop

Row Crop

1959-1960

180

430 Gas Forklift

Standard-Tread

1959-1960

35

430 All-Fuel Standard

Standard-Tread

1959-1960

18

430 All-Fuel Utility

Row Crop

1959-1960

10

430 All-Fuel Tricycle

Row Crop

1959-1960

33

430 All-Fuel Crawler

Crawler

1959-1960

33

430 All-Fuel Row-Crop Utility

Row Crop

1959-1960

88

430 All-Fuel Special

Row Crop

1959-1960

430 All-Fuel Hi-Crop

Row Crop

1959-1960

27

430 LP Standard

Standard-Tread

1959-1960

5

430 LP Utility

Row Crop

1959-1960

3

430 LP Tricycle

Row Crop

1959-1960

128

430 LP Crawler

Crawler

1959-1960

4

430 LP Row-Crop Utility

Row Crop

1959-1960

68

430 LP Special

Row Crop

1959-1960

430 LP Hi-Crop

Row Crop

1959-1960

5

435 Diesel

Row Crop

1959-1960

4626

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