JD tractor

msd4020 · Mar 5, 2014

unusual Deere

Pete Thomas · Mar 5, 2014

Looks like IH wheels adapted to JD !!! Didn't know this could be done.

rrlund · Mar 5, 2014

Hybrid.

Wemedeeres · Mar 5, 2014

At first rear wheels look a little suspicious to me, but after receiving my latest issue of two-cylinder magazine in the mail yesterday it doesn't seem so odd. In the commentary section someone had a picture of a tractor they had seen out in Ca. that had different wheels on it than normally would have came from the factory. Turns out there were a few companies that produced after market wheels so a fair number of John Deeres that went west actually left the factory with no wheels on them and upon arrival at the dealership they were outfitted with the wheels that the purchaser chose.

wisbaker · Mar 5, 2014

They don't look suspicious, they just look like they should be red.

RyaninKS · Mar 5, 2014

Look like Farmall wheels to me.

DeltaRed · Mar 5, 2014

'Kay Brunner' was one such west coast wheel.They
are considered to be collectable today.

DeltaRed · Mar 5, 2014

When I was a kid,an old man down the road had a JD 'B' with Farmall wheels.Never repainted them,just left em red...Never did find out the reason for the 'swap'.

Bryce Frazier · Mar 5, 2014

They look to my like Farmall C, H, or M wheels. However, the wheels, actually the hubs on my Farmall C's and Super C clamp right on to my JD 40T. The 40T has stamped steel from factory. Bryce

BillOHIO · Mar 5, 2014

Finally a John Deere that I can kind of like since it at least has some good IH wheels on it !

Since I was raised with IH, always looking for a chance to kid my John Deere friends, and I have many.

I will never forget as a little kid, Dad telling me that remember John Deere is the enemy. Pretty hash words from my Dad who was a gentle friendly man. I looked at him and said really ? He grinned and said, yes because if my customer buys a Deere then that takes food from our table. Dad worked at IH Dealer all his life and so I went thru all the good and bad times with IH. When I tell the story now I stand up showing off my 240 pounds and say you can see that not much food was taken from our table ! (grin)

Seriously, have much respect for Deere as they made it and survived on their own thru thick and thin.

Bill

Hayrack · Mar 5, 2014

Definitely not the first one with IH made wheels on it. During the 30's, John Deere suffered a labor strike and actually outsourced some wheels from IH. They can be found on the front of some unstyled A's and B's and they look almost identical to the factory fronts for an F-20.

Kent Petersen · Mar 5, 2014

Bs had a 12 spline axel i dont think IH ever made any splined axels or wheels may be he had painted Deere wheels red

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