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Deere & Company began when John Deere, born in Rutland, Vermont, United States, on February 7, 1804, moved to Grand Detour, Illinois, in 1836, [5] to escape bankruptcy in Vermont. Already an established blacksmith, Deere opened a 1,378-square-foot (128 m 2) shop in Grand Detour in 1837, which allowed him to serve as a general repairman in the ...
Drawbar pull. 1,728 pounds (784 kg) NTTL test. 232. The John Deere Model B tractor was a two-plow row-crop tractor produced by John Deere from 1935 to 1952, with direct successors produced until 1960. The B was a scaled-down, less expensive version of the John Deere Model A. It was followed by the updated 50, 520 and 530 models.
The John Deere GP wide-tread, or GPWT, built from November 1929 to November 1933. The John Deere GP wide-tread Series P, a GPWT with narrowed rear tread width designed to suit potato rows, built between January and August 1930. The John Deere general purpose orchard tractor, or "GPO", from April 1931 to April 1935.
The John Deere World Headquarters is a complex of four buildings located on 1,400 acres (570 ha) of land [1] at One John Deere Place, Moline, Illinois, United States. [2] The complex serves as corporate headquarters for agricultural heavy equipment company John Deere .
Hans Walter Becherer (April 19, 1935 – October 6, 2016) was an American business executive. Born in Detroit, Michigan, [1] he received his undergraduate education at Trinity College (Connecticut), where he was a member of St. Anthony Hall, and his MBA from Harvard. [2] He became president of John Deere in 1987 and led the Company as CEO from ...
Succeeded by. John Deere 60. The John Deere Model A is a row crop tractor manufactured by Deere & Company. The A was produced in a wide variety of versions for special-purpose cultivation. It received a styling upgrade in 1939 and electric starting in 1947. With the advent of John Deere's numerical model numbering system, the A became the John ...
The Heinrich Lanz Company was founded in 1859 by German engineer Heinrich Lanz. It produced the first steam-powered stationary threshing machines in 1879, and the first crude oil fuelled tractor; the Lanz Bulldog, in 1921. In 1956, Heinrich Lanz AG merged with Deere & Company of Moline, Illinois, United States. [1]
The H was introduced in 1939 as a much-scaled-down version of the John Deere Model G. It was a general-purpose row-crop tractor, intended for smaller farms. As with most row-crop tractors, the spacing between the rear wheels could be adjusted to suit row spacings. The front wheels were offered with wide and narrow wheel arrangements, as well as ...