The first year JOHN DEERe introduced the utility tractor was 1918. Before that, the John Deere company manufactured plows. They bought the maker of the Waterloo Boy tractor in order to sell tractors.
In 1895 the first John Deer was introduced. There were 4 tractors and they were returned by unsatisfied costomers.
The Waterloo Boy Tractor was the first tractor by John Deere. They were produced by the thousands by Deere & Co. between 1918 and 1924.
In 1918 Deere & Company bough the Waterloo Tractor Company which was not the first tractor manufacturer but the first to produce Deere & Co,'s tractors.
The first tractor to technically have the John Deere name on it was called the Dain. For the rest of the story see the related link...
The maximum loader capacity of a John Deere 4450 tractor is 4,450 pounds. The tractor was first manufactured in 1988 by the American company John Deere.
The first John Deere tractor, which was the John Deere-Dain, is at the Deere & Company Headquarters in Moline, IL. There are only two examples of this tractor known today. Most people think it was the John Deere Model D but the Dain was experimented with long before the D.
The first tractor to technically have the JOHN DEERe name on it was called the Dain. For the rest of the story see the related link...
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The first John Deere tractor to be sold at reputable dealers was the Model D, which was first sold in 1923. For more info on the Model D, see the related link...
John Deere produced the first tractor with the John Deere name in 1923. There were no tractors in 1857.
Which one? The Froelich tractor which led to the Waterloo Boy which led to the Model D was invented by John Froelich while the John Deere-Dain, the first tractor to bear the John Deere name, was invented by Joseph Dain.
The John Deere 4630 was a series made in the late 70's. That being said it can be a very decent tractor. For your first tractor it might be a wise idea to go with just a slightly smaller but comparable John Deere 4430.