New John Deeres

rusty6 · Mar 21, 2019

My dad, brother, and a friend were with me when I took this photo at the John Deere dealers in Melville, Sask. on March 3 , 1973. That new 4430 was bought by a local guy whose son still uses it. Not sure about the little Mannheim tractors but they sold well around here too. An earlier version of my 2140.

SVcummins · Mar 21, 2019

What is on the side of the smaller tractors ?

Jon Erickson · Mar 21, 2019

Interesting picture and story. Thanks for posting it.

hd6gtom · Mar 21, 2019

I used to drive buy the Mannheim tractor plant every day. I seen hundreds of those things loaded on
trains headed for the ports. Every day there was a cab over straight truck sitting outside that plant
unloading cases of beer. At 10:00 and 2:00 everything came to a halt while the folks sat down and drank
a bottle of beer. This must be almost mandatory at German factorys. Guys this beer sits outside in all
weather. In the summer they drink it hot, in the winter, well it never got real cold there. Guys I've
drank some premium German beer. And then theres the stuff these trucks unloaded.

Dopp Creek · Mar 21, 2019

Tie down points for the YT binders

rusty6 · Mar 21, 2019

(quoted from post at 19:47:00 03/21/19) What is on the side of the smaller tractors ?

I have no idea what is on the side of the small tractors. Possibly some accessories not yet installed. Maybe the exhaust?

SVcummins · Mar 22, 2019

Could be rusty . Probably something that just goes
with the tractor bolts or tools or something

Tx Jim · Mar 22, 2019

(quoted from post at 22:47:00 03/21/19) What is on the side of the smaller tractors ?

IIRC headlamps,rear lamp/lamp brackets & warning lights for highway travel were in similar boxes on new JD tractors shipped from Mannheim to Houston.

MarkB_MI · Mar 22, 2019

That was a big deal when the Sound Idea tractors were introduced. Does anyone remember the goofy ball caps they gave away? They had an elongated bill that was about twice as big as a regular ball cap. A lot of old timers cut the bill down to normal size and wore those caps for years.

Tx Jim · Mar 22, 2019

Yes I remember to goofy long billed ball caps nicknamed "way out in front".

jon f mn · Mar 22, 2019

That is a nice picture! I love
seeing those old pics.

tim s · Mar 22, 2019

That is how they shipped the tool box or any thing extra,boxed up and tied in place.

Crazy Horse · Mar 22, 2019

Great photo .... home of the Melville Millionaires, over 100 years for that team .... hard to believe. Not sure if they are in the playoffs
this year or not, or maybe didn't survive the first round?

Eric in IL · Mar 22, 2019

No room for axle mount duals on that 4430 is there.

rusty6 · Mar 22, 2019

(quoted from post at 05:35:46 03/22/19) No room for axle mount duals on that 4430 is there.

"Jobber" duals were pretty common here at the time. I'm fairly sure it had duals on it when the owner got it. I have another picture from the same day taken in front of the CCIL dealership. The building is visible way in the background of the John Deere pic.

Tech 7 · Mar 22, 2019

Nice photo. Lots of stuff in the backgound to take note of as well. Those 30 series with SGB hit the market at a good
time. People had cash, real cash to work with and Deere couldn't build them fast enough.

SweetFeet · Mar 22, 2019

Neat photo, rusty6.

Hard to believe that 1973 was so long ago (already)!!

unc · Mar 22, 2019

Was that a White Rose gas station? unc

rusty6 · Mar 22, 2019

(quoted from post at 07:35:16 03/22/19) Was that a White Rose gas station? unc

I would suspect not although it might have still had the signs. Shell took over White Rose in the 1960s.

JMS/.MN · Mar 22, 2019

There were two axle lengths available for the 4430. Also, the center castings could anchor to different nubs on the rims, to make different spacings.

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