1st JD CUT?

jpr62902 · Feb 4, 2004

Out of of curiosity, when did Deere start making CUT's. What was the 1st model/series number? Thanks!

yellowsocks93 · Feb 4, 2004

I believe it was the 50 series like the 950, 1050 in the very early 1980s. They were made by Yanmar like the 70 series which took their place in 1989-1990s.

beenthere · Feb 4, 2004

Not sure, but how about this one? John Deere LA (attached) but first came out as the Deere 62 (?) in 1937. The LA was produced in the early 40's. I am not sure what makes up a CUT.

EquipmentJunkie · Feb 5, 2004

I have a piece of literature from Oct. '78 which has only two tractors: the 850 & 950. These were the first in Deere's CUT line and were produced by Yanmar.
Deere did not even produce their own loader or backhoe at this point. The literature pictures a black-painted loader produced by Johnson and mentions that a 1550 backhoe will be available in late 1978.

Bird · Feb 5, 2004

beenthere, that's just almost like the first tractor I every used (starting in 1952). When Dad bought it, it was supposed to be a 1940 model L instead of LA.

deere955 · Feb 5, 2004

Hey dont forget about the 55 series of CUTs, they came out in the early 80s and they were made in horicon to start with and then latter on production was moved to augusta where the 4s and 5000s are made now. The 55 series have a yanmar engine but thats where it stops, everything else was either assembled or made in the USA. The line up was made up of 4 models the 655, 755, 855, and the 955. I think the most popular out of the group was the 755, and the latter on the 955. The 955 did not come out until the 6,7, and 855 had been out for a couple years around 1989, or 90. I guess people wanted a medium size Cut with the hp of a larger size CUT- improving the power to weight ratio. This is what JD said was their reasoning for the making the 955.
Jonathan