Classic John Deere / [Rod Beemer & Randy Leffingwell]
Material type: TextPublication details: [St. Paul, MN] : Crestline, [2006]Description: 190 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 0760327130
- 9780760327135
- Leffingwell, Randy, 1948- Classic John Deere tractors
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Main Library | NonFiction | 629.2252 C614 | Checked out | 06/07/2024 | 33111004962441 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The green and yellow John Deere tractors are surely recognizable, but they also spurred major advancements in the agricultural world, transforming prairie and plains into farms that provided for the entire world. Classic John Deere tracks the evolution of these farmstead staples, which have faithfully tended to America's soil for nearly a century. Full-color photography, timelines and notable moments in John Deere history combine to tell the story of these tractors, known for their performance just as much as they are for their appearance.Combine's Randy Leffingwell's Classic John Deere Tractors and Rod Beemer's John Deere Two-Cylinder Tractors from MBI's bestselling paperback Enthusiast Color Series into one value-priced hardcover book.
"First published in 2006 by MBI Publishing Company"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 190) and index.
John Deere tractors. From plows to tractors: Dain all-wheel drive to the Waterloo Boy -- The tractor is here to stay: the Model D -- Developing the first row crop tractors: Models C, GP, A and B -- Styling comes to the tractor: Styled Models A and B -- Expanding the lines: Models L, LA, G, H, and M -- More power: Model R, Number Series, 20 Series and 30 Series -- New generations: Four-cylinder and Six-cylinder tractors.
John Deere two-cylinder tractors. Old century, new century: Deere's $2.35 million tractor -- The 1920s: Deere begins with a D -- The 1930s: The next letter -- 1940s: Deere is letter perfect -- The early 1950s: From letters to numbers -- The mid-1950s: Bigger and better numbers -- The late 1950s: Closing numbers, final curtain.