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John Deere 60 Orchard Tractor

A post by Mike Broten on the Facebook John Deere Number One group.

He comments:

This was a unique machine designed for specific tasks within orchards and vineyards.

Introduced in 1953, the 60 Orchard was a successor to the styled Model AO tractor.? Production only lasted until 1956, making it a relatively rare tractor.

The most striking feature was the low profile. This allowed the tractor to work efficiently under overhanging branches in orchards without causing damage.

William Wood commented:

The base styled AO, 60-O and 620-O tractors had no shields. To become a grove tractor, shields (spears), wheel covers, engine screens and operator shields had to be ordered. Each of those options were added "Al-La-Carte" from the sheet on the order book, for an individual tractor. There are, also. notes indicating things like specific wheel size, that must be ordered. I have advertising literature that show specific illustrations of both "orchard" and "grove" variations.

Bob Chaparro

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Since you brought up the topic of orchard tractors, here's a couple of photos of my McCormick-Deering O-4 Orchard Tractor and John Bean Orchard Sprayer at a show this past summer.? My dad and I just finished restoring the sprayer in the spring of 2024.

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