The John Deere Model H tractor was a

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produced by

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from 1939 to 1947.

Description and production

The H was introduced in 1939 as a much-scaled-down version of the

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. It was a general-purpose row-crop tractor, intended for smaller farms. As with most row-crop tractors, the spacing between the rear wheels could be adjusted to suit row spacings. The front wheels were offered with wide and narrow wheel arrangements, as well as high-crop and single front wheel versions. The tractor was equipped with a two-cylinder side-by-side engine, of displacement. A cost-saving peculiarity of the H was that the engine output was through the camshaft, rather than through the crankshaft. A three-speed transmission was provided. The H was produced only for kerosene fuel. Production ended in 1947. The

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was an indirect follow-on product.Pripps, pp. 58-59 58,584 Model Hs were built at the John Deere factory in

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.MacMillan, p. 69

References

External links

Test 312: John Deere H
at the

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