Putt-Putt Tractors

Vintage Farming posted
Turning sod. 1955 70 gas, and two 36 A’s
[This 0:47 video has views that let you see how the plow turns over the soil. And why the field needs to dragged afterwords to smooth it out. It also captures the sound of a John Deere putt-putt tractor.]

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Calvin Woodrey posted
1950 John Deere A block back home from the machine shop.

Screenshot from video posted by Omer Sahin
1942 501 cubic inch two cylinder hand cranked. 29 Drawbar HP, 37 HP at belt pully.
[I knew the cylinders were big in this 2-cylinder tractors. But I did not realize they were 250 cubic inches each! I remember the size of the V-8 in my 1972 Ford Torino was 351 cubic inches. That was the default for the sport model. Fortunately, I had it as an  big-engine option in a regular model because that is what was on the dealer's lot so my car insurance was lower than the sport model rate.] 

A video of starting a B with the flywheel. Johnny Popper explains that both cylinders fire during the first cycle and both are compressing during the second cycle. This video is running the engine slowly enough that you can hear each cylinder fire and then the pause before they fire again.

Jake Winn posted pictures from Antique Powerland west on the Brooks, Oregon exit.

David Johnson posted

David Johnson posted

Two big ones posted by Sammy Wayne Tatum from the Osgood, IN Green Day.

D, the first not made by Waterloo, 1923-1953

G, biggest at its time, 1937-1953

Dave Fehr posted: R, the first diesel, 1949-1954

Dominic Anderzack posted

Marvin Soester posted
This 830 is one of 20 photos he posted.

Alex Woodward posted
Well this past weekend I had a thought about taking the following photo. It literally has something for just about everyone who likes the "30 series" from industrial, LP, standards, utility, to row crops.

John Deere stuck with 2 cylinders for a long time. Big Four introduced four cylinders in 1908.

0:46 video @ 0:10

Harold Gentner posted three pictures of his 730 diesel. And Brad Rozema posted the G, 70, and 720.

Sales video for the A and B models.

A video of a "johnny popper bailing." It's "putt putt" is a lot faster than I have ever heard a JD run. I went back to verify the baler is PTO driven so the tractor must be in a low gear and running fast to provide the needed PTO speed and power. Talking about low gear, note that a couple of men are keeping up with an easy walking speed.

Photos of 10 of John Deere's older models             History Archive           Emisions Journey (Tier 4) (Tier 4 interim used cooled EGR for NOx and filter for particulates, but they added SCR (but no DEF?) for Tier 4)

video including a putt-putt struggling with a plow

putt-putt video, 3-bottom plow

video of five putt-putts pulling plows, resume

This 1:03 video of a 2-cylinder 12-24 Hart-Parr also had the putt-putt sound.