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The First Practical Four-Wheel Drive Tractor

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9/19/2018 7:30 am

The little-known Fitch made history with the first successful four-wheel drive.

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John Deere Archives: Paper Archives

Dave Mowitz visited the John Deere archives in Moline, Illinois for an exclusive behind-the-scene

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The New Deal Tractor

This tractor offered hope in The Great Depression.

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Still Attracted To Those Pretty Deeres

As most of you know, I am committed to Persian Orange and am as faithful to Sweet Allis as I am to Lovely Linda. Yet now and then my eye roves. Sometimes even to the Green.

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The Birth of a New Generation of Deeres

In 1953, Deere came to the inevitable conclusion that their 42-year reliance on a two-cylinder engine could no longer sustain the company.

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Deere's Watershed Tractor

While not financially strapped, Deere still faced a funding shortfall. Its chief competitor, International Harvester, had just introduced the game-changing row-crop tractor, the Farmall Regular.

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Elvis Presley’s John Deere 4010

The inside story of restoring Stella.

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