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[rustred]

is this for real? or barnyard stuff?

 

[J Hamilton]

Sounds like it could be legit. That would have been 8 years before ones like the 3010 came out. It's possible the engineers may have been thinking about the use of 4 and 6 cylinders then like most other brands.

 

[Loosehandle]

Engine looks like wood

 

[Steve@Advance]

It could be real, a factory concept, mock up, a starting point.

It took years to design, build, and test engines and power trains back then.

 

[jd2cyl1943]

I never heard of such a thing, and I've read a lot about Deere. If this is real thanks for the info. I kinda wonder though....

 

[FBH1939]

100% legit. Deere thought about the 4cy and 6 cyl after ww2 but with the demand they pushed it off a few years. The photo is from the archives but was only a mock-up of the new design for the number series tin and a wood engine.

 

[FBH1939]

Here is a book you should look into: John Deere Limited
Production and Experimental Tractors. That photo is in there
dated 1950 from the Deere Archives.

 

[FBH1939]

 

[showcrop]

(quoted from post at 06:50:11 03/10/23) Engine looks like wood

It looks like wood because it would have been machined as a "one-off" instead of cast as in production.

 

[Muir hill 101]

John Deere also thought of ivt about 50 years before it finally went into production