John Deere was established as a company making implements for agriculture. The tractors of this company are famous for its working and are being used all over the world. Read about one of the tractors of this company in this article.
The worldwide Company - John Deere
The company that started as one-man company in early nineteenth century, is now about 180 year old now employees nearly 47,00 persons and does the business worldwide. The company manufactures agricultural equipments, construction equipments, and power systems and spare parts for its products.
The company is famous for its tractors and the tractors are well received in the market. It manufactures tractors from 18 HP to 450 Hp in about 13 series and it might be difficult to give the information about the entire range of products. We will examine one tractor carefully and read about the pros and cons of this tractor as a representative of the company. We would select the tractor with the smallest power as a home gardener we will be interested in the smaller size tractor.
The model we have selected is the 2210 4WD compact tractor.
The Power plant: The features of the tractor look very good and power plant gives 23 HP, through a liquid cooled engine. It uses diesel as fuel and is very economical in the use of fuel. The coolant flow is a generous 5.5 gallons per minute keeping the engine cool.
Other features: The tractor has a 4-wheel drive and the 4 wheel to 2 wheel drive can be selected when the tractor is working. The wheels can be locked individually to increase traction when it is required for other wheels. The power take off points are provided in the rear and in the middle for supplying power to other implements when it is required.
Driver comfort: It features hydraulic transmission so you do not have problems in shifting gears while driving. You can also make direction changes easily with the power steering. The controls are operated through Twin Touch™ two-pedal foot control. This leads to driver comfort and ease of driving. The engine is mounted on isolators and hence the engine vibrations are not transmitted to the driver decreasing driver fatigue.
Engine Reliability: The engine is reliable and works up to the last drop of fuel. On refilling of fuel, the auto bleed removes the air in the system and the engine starts immediately. The tractor has oil immersed wet disk brakes and the action is quick and responsive
Safety features: The engine will not start unless the operator is in seat and the tractor meets all the ASAE, SAE and OSHA standards. It makes this tractor as very safe and easy to use.
Costs: The tractor retails at prices starting from $10,000 upwards.
Attachments to the tractor: The tractor is versatile and can take up many attachments. One such attachment is the 54-inch blade that can turn the tractor into a front-end loader. The attachment features a concave surface blade with heavy gauge construction with reinforcing angle added to the rear of blades for added strength.
The attachment can be tilted through 30 degrees for effective use. With help of this attachment, you can do shifting of soil if there is any need or do the leveling of the field.
Extensive search on internet did not give any adverse remark.