1948 John Deere B Plowing with Two Bottom Trip Plow
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- Опубліковано 4 сер 2015
- I restored this1948 John Deere B tractor in 1999 and gave it to my dad for his 60th birthday. Here, he is putting it to work by plowing a Minnesota field on a nice summer day. Watch the two front tires as they adjust to uneven ground. John Deere called that feature "Roll-O-Matic," and you can really see how it worked to keep both tires in contact with the ground in the later half of the video.
Thanks to the owner of the land and the plow for a great afternoon working the soil and the tractor! - Авто та транспорт
After all these years this old beast will still get the job done.
They don't build them this reliable any more.
Even though this video is 8 yrs old....it could be 58 yrs old & my childhood & teen yrs of plowing & raking hay memories easily come flooding back....literally brings tears to my eyes & smiles to my heart remembering how proud & hard my Dad worked along with our mother to raise a family of 7 first in North Central North Dakota & then Western Minnesota just east of Fargo Moorhead. John Deere will Always be John Deere.
Thank you for your kind and well written comments. There is truly something special about these old yet timeless pieces of equipment!
Never get tired of hearing those two cylinders
nice tractor that thing is a three bottom plough tractor all day you can tell it’s hardly working good video
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Finally a driver that knows to give some decent throttle !
For a home farm of that size that 1948 JD is still a more than capable superb tractor. It's interesting to watch the self leveling front wheels. It seems like that feature helps keep the front end from bouncing.
This video really brings back the memories from my teenage life on a small family farm! Dad moved from larger row crop farming to small field speciality crops and multiple gardens for sales to super markerts. That popping 2 cylinder sound is like a lullaby in my dreams now.
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After a day working ground or raking hay or whatever I could still hear that sound when trying to sleep.
@@shaggydogg630 I'm retired now by 5 years. 30 years ago, I sold the 'B" back to the grandson of the Dealership Dad bought it from. I had my young daughter take it for a spin just to hear the sound too. I mowed and raked a lot of hay! You never can forget the sounds of a disk, sickle bar or spinning rake head!
Neat. You can see the roll o matic front end working.
Beautiful B and it sure does a day's work!
Man, this takes me back. Spent a lot of hrs. on one of those when I was a kid doing this and more.
Beautiful! Thanks for not ruining the pure sound! I heard the farmer's wife could always tell when hubby was coming back from the field for meals by the way the Johnny popped!
By God your O'L pop knows how to run that equipment!
That is some nice looking work and dirt
I don't know what years they were, but grandpa had a B and G. These videos of big tractors working bring back so many great memories. Grandpa's been gone since the late '80's, really miss him. Especially hearing one of his John's digging in (the sound at 1:30).
Now thats what i call a man that knows how to farm
Great t to see and hear a JD in correct gear and at full throttle and not labouring its guts out in one too high. Thats what a JD should sound and perform like, well done!
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A pleasure, your dad obviously knows a thing or two about them and and the job, witness the shiny mouldboards on the plough. He is a lucky man as I am sure he knows. My father drove a B with the larger flywheel from 1941 through to 1961. It was in use six days a week and sometimes seven on a large mixed and market garden farm in Essex England. It came over with another under the lend lease scheme. It was the main tractor during that time ploughing, drilling and all cultivations and large acreages of rowcrop. It followed a 1936 'B' and was joined by another 'B' in 1943 in US Army paintwork. I worked there for Two years 1955 to 1957 when another (used) 'B' was purchased which I drove from 55 to 57 when I joined the Army. Three of the tractors were in use almost full time but the 1943 model remained on steel wheels all its working life. The 1941 model went to the main dealer for a full service and check circa 1948. As far as i remember none of them received any major repair work over the years and apart from regular oil changes and driver care nothing else was done to them. I wanted to purchase the 1941 model when they were all retired at farm sale in 1972 but they were whisked away over night. I still have the rather tattered original maintenance book that came with 1941 model. Long may you own and have pleasure with this icon of quality and design.
Peter - Thank you for the additional story about your interactions with the John Deere B and the surrounding story of how they came to England through the Lend Lease Act. My dad and I very much enjoyed your reply. He would have been stationed in England during the same time you indicate being in the service. Are you still in the UK now?
LittleRedTractor Yes, I live in Haverhill Suffolk now but spent most of my life near Stansted Essex which was a large American Air Force base until recent years. I spent much of my time on the farm where my dad worked and began began working life as a trainee mechanic in a local garage leaving for forces conscription at eighteen. To fill in time I went to work on the farm but due to a paperwork mix up did not enter Army until two years later serving three years with The Royal Military Police in Germany. On demob I joined a Massey Ferguson distributor in sixty as field engineer leaving in sixty nine to start my own small Agricultural Engineering business, partly retiring in ninety five. Now fully retired at 81 still visit farmers with older equipment such as tractors, combines and balers giving advice and helping hand. You never forget your first love they say and I admit to often being misty eyed when I see these early JDs. Kind regards to you all.
AWesome gift! He is lucky to have a son like you
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You did a fine job on that B.it's,so nice to see these old tractors doing what they were made to do.nice video.
I came on searching for the sound that makes me feel safe and loved to help me sleep.... this is the sound of my father in the fields.... thank you a million times. I need to play this on a loop while I meditate :)
Thanks for your comment. Those JD's certainly have a distinctive sound of their own!
Thanks for showing how the trip mechanism works. Great video.
One of my favorite plowing videos. Just bought a 44H plow last fall and looking forward to getting it in the field. Hope it works as well as yours!
This is one of the best videos ever put on UA-cam.
Thanks for the gracious comment! It was a great day to film and I enjoyed documenting my dad giving the John Deere 'B' a workout in its original environment.
Music to my ears!
You can really see the roll-a-matic front end coming into play .
I started farming with a 52 B in 1970
What a great video of a man and his Deere 😉
Glad you enjoyed it
@@littleredtractor1126 indeed I did Sir indeed I did.
I can see how the "Rol-o-matic" front wheels go over uneven ground.
As a 4 year-old, I remember the day my dad brought home a brand new 1948 John Deere B. He later bought a used 1944 B. The latter's top speed was 16 mph, the 1948's just 12. Sadly, we sold both when we moved off the farm in '57.
you have it tuned just right, good job
What a beautiful sight
Beautiful, love those B models. I was born in 48 and I had an uncle that bought a new B model that year. I always loved that tractor.
put put on the brain!. old JD's are classics
The tractor is nice too
i have fenders for a B ,never seen them anywhere else .they fit my 1950
Yes sir I want that plow
We have the same tractor '47 B with a two bottom JD plow we still use here in Niles,Michigan
How many of you have had your knee cap busted, when the hand clutch pops back?
Plowing Minnesota! That's where I am and struggle from time to time with my 41 B because I'm no mechanic. Wish I could hit you up when I have the inevitable problems that I don't know how to deal with!
I had to rebuild my carb this past winter, as the needle was stuck open and the gas would fill the cylinders when stopped. I wish I had made of video of that process! The JD runs great again!
I started my B up today. It's a 1951 John Deere B. Was a little cold but it started
Awesome. My B is sitting in the garage waiting for warmer weather, but I should give it a start here in Mid January! Thanks for sharing!
@@littleredtractor1126 I use to it to haul firewood out of the woods
You wouldn't have photos of how the hitch is set-up. That plow is plowing real nice!!
+Michael Collings Sorry, I don't have any photos of the hitch assembly. The next time I get out and plow, I can try to document that as well.
you put a clevis on the draw bar and hook the plow to that
Excellent
I just love it.
Just like back in the day!
I wonder how many of today's tractors are going to be around in 70 years. By the way, I can see your dad knows his way around a plow.
dnsmithnc most likely none because they are not built to last they are built to fail and be in the shop all the time. And then you have the economy fuel cost per acre anything new doesn't even compare to these old two cylinder John Deere tractors.
I just bought that same plow for 75 bucks!
Ik my husband told me that a john deere B can pull 3 bottom plow if the ground isn't too hard i see this ground is all black sand whichever it be very easy to pull a 3 botton plow with that john deere B
Wow!
I had a JD A with a 2 bottom. Very low RPM engines with lots of torque. T. Epp
do you disk the field afterwards?
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Front bottom taking to big of a bite and the back needs to be in a bit deeper.Nice tractor, must be a later B, ours didn't have the rollomatic.
Can I take the three points and rear hydraulics off a 49 and put them on a 41B
14" or 16" bottoms?
How hot does the motor get without a water pump I have the same exact tractor that my grandpa brought brand new back in 1948 and I'm wondering if I should get a plow for it
You are correct - there is no water pump on these John Deere Bs. The water flows through the radiator simply under the gravity principle that the warm water rises and then sinks after going through the radiator, completing the cooling circuit. I have never had any over-heating issues with this tractor. I do watch the H2O temp gauge when running it in the summer.
Does your machine start to run warm after working it like that?
HI. The cooling system is just thermo-syphon, so there is no water pump. The different density of the coolant at different temperatures is all it needs to circulate. I have not had any issues with overheating, but then again, I guess I haven't run it on extreme hot days either.
Just a little too big of a bite with the front bottom. Should move the hitch over a little.
nice work. good looking tractor. whats the approximate hp of that tractor
They claim about 25 hp at the drawbar and 28 hp at the belt. I never tested this one.
I also have a problem with colors.
not a bad job of plowing....
Needs to set plow right, he's cutting to much on first moldboard. Not throwing right