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DUDE 10819

01-21-2008 09:24:13




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HEY FELLAS,CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHAT THE BRASS TAG MEANS ON TRACTOR.have a friend who recently purchased a 730 WITH A BRASS TAG. THANKS FOR ANY RESPONSE.




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JD 1956 60

01-21-2008 18:57:46




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 Re: Brass Tags in reply to DUDE 10819, 01-21-2008 09:24:13  
My 1956 60 has a brass tag. Nothing rare or special about it. Dad's 1960 730 gas had a brass tag. Only thing special about it was the 3rd - 5th transmission option.
Loren



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Carl NY

01-21-2008 15:10:45




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 Re: Brass Tags in reply to DUDE 10819, 01-21-2008 09:24:13  
It means absolutely nothing in terms of added value. I have owned 6 730's ranging from 1958 to 1960 models and they all had brass SN tags. John Deere used a metal for SN tags what ever they could purchase. The mythe of brass tag tractors being special is simply false. If it were true we would all have special tractors.



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Walt Davies

01-21-2008 12:14:10




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 Re: Brass Tags in reply to DUDE 10819, 01-21-2008 09:24:13  
What does it look like how big is it. If about 3 by 4 in. and has lots of info it could be a military or government tag.
Walt



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Bob

01-21-2008 12:33:41




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 Walt, in reply to Walt Davies, 01-21-2008 12:14:10  
Walt,

You are missing the point.

As I posted before, the actual DEERE serial # tag could be steel, aluminum, or brass.

The rumour persists that having a BRASS "tag" majes a tractor "special".

What can POTENTIALLY make a tractor special is it's serial number, stamped on WHATEVER tag material DEERE was using at that particular point in time.



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Bob

01-21-2008 10:56:05




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 Re: Brass Tags in reply to DUDE 10819, 01-21-2008 09:24:13  
If a Deere tractor has a brass tag, it simply means that tractor was made during a period of time Deere was making their tags out of brass.

Deere used steel, aluminum, or brass for tags, depending upon which was most readily available (cheap?) at the particular time the tractor was produced.

That's the simple, straight truth, don't read anything more special into a BRASS TAG than that!



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old

01-21-2008 14:12:21




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 Re: Brass Tags in reply to Bob, 01-21-2008 10:56:05  
Bob are you 100% sure on that. I know from what I have been told the only year a B will have a brass tag is if its a 1935 which was the first year the B was made. From then on it will be some other type of tag other then brass



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Bob

01-21-2008 14:18:50




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 Re: Brass Tags in reply to old, 01-21-2008 14:12:21  
If what you are saying about your B is true, that would make 1935 one of the years brass tags were used. ALL the tractor models, during that time period, would have had the brass tags.



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Bob

01-21-2008 14:22:43




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 Re: Brass Tags in reply to Bob, 01-21-2008 14:18:50  
I cut myself off there!

A have a 1954 "70" with a brass tag. Would you say that makes it any more or less "special" than a 1935 "B" with a brass tag?



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old

01-21-2008 14:51:39




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 Re: Brass Tags in reply to Bob, 01-21-2008 14:22:43  
Could be then that the first year the B was made and the fact it has a brass tag means that year they only used the brass tags and then for some reason switch to some other type. I know I have never seen a B in any other year with a brass tag but I haven't seen B from all the years they where made so who knows



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Bob

01-21-2008 15:46:23




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 Re: Brass Tags in reply to old, 01-21-2008 14:51:39  
The simple fact is, your tractor IS special (first year, 1935) because of it's low serial number, NOT because of the brass tag. It just happened to be built during one of the periods DEERE was using brass tags, on the "B", and OTHER machines, as well. I even have a DEERE 110 LGT from the 60's, as well as some a couple of bale throwers from the same era, with brass tags as well. Special? NOT at all.

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old

01-21-2008 09:37:12




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 Re: Brass Tags in reply to DUDE 10819, 01-21-2008 09:24:13  
Can't say for sure on the 730 but on the B it means the first year they where made and if that holds true on the 730 it means that 730 is one of the first year tractors



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El Toro

01-21-2008 13:21:43




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 Re: Brass Tags in reply to old, 01-21-2008 09:37:12  
It just means the green guys will pay even more for an already overpriced tractor so they can brag about it.



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