History of FWA & MFWD in John Deere Tractors

Today we talk about the History of FWA & MFWD in John Deere Tractors. Hope you enjoy!
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[@NTEvans-Justified.45s]

John Deere finally offers MFWD in the 1980s…Oliver did it, starting in 1962. By the mid 1960s nearly every model Oliver/Cockshutt was offered with MFWD. Oliver also experimented with the hydraulic FWA but felt it wasn’t as reliable as the MFWD Clark Axle/ Planetary setup.

[@freddylageschaar6028]

For how many years did Oliver produce and sell tractors? What happened with the brand?

[@Fullern90]

Oliver merged with Hart Parr in 1929 and the last Oliver tractor was manufactured in 1976

[@RoadRunnergarage8570]

Cool 😎 history on FWD John Deere tractors...

[@joepfeiler5911]

We had a 2940 with a loader on it that had MFWD . It was powered by a drive shaft but the axle did not turn as far because it was not caster action.

[@bl688]

Really love these! I would like to see video on the 2030's &2040's series utility tractors from the mid 70's - to early 80's. 2030,2630 and 2040,2440,2640,2840.

[@nicholasbrown7068]

We had a 1840 MFWD open station with 245 loader (Canadian version of the 2440 I believe). Tough little tractor that ran on the farm everyday in the 80's and early 90's.

[@reedchandler2372]

Our family purchased a 2940 in 1980 that had MFW drive. It was a great tractor, and would really pull through muddy conditions that we could have never gotten through with the 3020 that it replaced.

[@covo12virginia20]

Love seeing the tractor working, especially with the snow fall!

[@sebastienjanelle7747]

John Deere engineers became research MFWD and 15 speeds Powershift late in 1975 and in late 1979 the experimental 4440 MFWD with 15 speeds Powershift was operational for test. I work for a John Deere dealer and I have some rares pictures about this tractors during test

[@WilliamBcY]

Fun fact , a special 4240 tractor built in the German plant , would feature a mechanical front wheel drive labeled the John Deere 4240s, the model was pretty much only seen in the European market .

[@LocustMotorWorks]

That is a cool fact, Thanks for sharing

[@Sjanzo]

European built 4050S and 4240S were the first modern JD MFWD tractors, basically the ZF modification assembled in Mannheim, became standard on the 50 series.

[@Aspire2Cycle]

We had a 4850 MFWD and it would go anywhere, miss that tractor!

[@johnwarren5406]

I ordered a j.d. 2940 mfwd in 1980 German built

[@E37206]

Do you think you could do a history on the John Deere grapple bucket? Different types of buckets and loaders?

[@peterstauter7725]

I have an 2130 built in Mannheim ( Germany) building year 1973 very strong and good Machines!!👍💪💪

[@farmingforfunandprofit940]

Got news for you I got a 1982 4240s that has a MFD front axle......German built

[@goatfarmmb]

the first modern MFWD John Deere was sold by the Swiss Deere importer Matra and a Swiss Tractor Engineer Josef Koepfli helped to develop it and invented the electro switch to engage the MFWD front axle that was in the 1960s and early 70s for the European market and before Deere used the ZF front axle they used the Swiss made Schindler axle. I have a book about this story

[@zooif7481]

I have one of these 2030 MFWD Schindler axle tractors from 1978, switch on dash engages 4wd on the move , seems to be a rare option here in UK.

[@paulohamm3335]

Ótimo JD aqui no Brasil vi um JD com 820 com tração . Tenho um 820 original desde 57 que era de meu pai ainda trabalha de vez em quando .

[@montybolinger6383]

Just as a side FYI,,,,,,,,,,3020 was also offered with hydraulic FWA. Really rare but out there.

[@tommckinley111]

yep, 3020, 4020, 4320, 4520,4620. 2520 and 4000 I think were the only Waterloo tractors of the 20 series (69-72) that didn't have it as an option.

[@markrskinner]

The 40 series definitely had MFWD in Europe.

[@schoeni3140]

The German Mannheim designed Deere models of the 40 Series have mechanical AWD up to the 3140

[@stevenarnold1960]

Do a history on the 111John Deere 2 row self-propelled peanut combine.

[@toledojeeper2932]

We had a 4640 with FWA. Couldn’t keep it from blowing the hoses when it was in hi.

[@Anonymous..VQ3.5Lg35]

Mfwd baby! 4450

[@Steventhedieseltechapprentice]

I can’t imagine what driving that Dain tractor would have been like lol

[@thejunkman]

I have our farms 1918 Moline Universal. A tractor from that exact era. I have never been more scared at 2 mph as I am when just driving it around for show. It would beat managing several horses to do the same job though. As a matter of fact it is more like controlling draft horses rather than driving. It always feels like you need a 3rd arm as your feet do nothing but sit in stirrups.

[@royl9858]

John Deere dealers should have stocked more of the hydraulic assist front end 4020's and 4320's back in the day. They would have sold more if people had known about them!

[@jonathantibbetts9382]

Hydraulic front assist. Pulls you into a mud hole and leaves you there.

[@BloodiedYetUnbowed]

Yup, that's if it doesn't break down. Repairs on them are expensive as well, wouldn't give 2 cents for a hydraulic FWA tractor. The 2wd versions are the way to go on those tractors.

[@KevinJD2030]

In europe the hfwa and mfwd where much more common in the 30 and 40 series from Manheim. In Europe there are much hills so it was more likely for a farmer to ad the extra Traction by hfwa or mfwd. Also its now almost standard on European tractors to have mfwd. The newer 2wd ones are verry rare here.

[@volkergreve1684]

We had a german built 3130 with hfwd . It helpt in muddy conditions but was not very reliable . The hyd. pump was not created for permanent use and the power was limited. The mfwd starting from the european 40 series was much more usable. John Deere lost a lot renomee during there hfwd period. a

[@Sjanzo]

My neighbour had a 3130 HFWD too. He got stuck with a 12 ton silage trailer so the contractor had to tow him with the forage harvester. Next load he took his Ursus 904 😅

[@generationll]

Deere has since added Triple Link Suspension like they in 1998 & ILS like they did in 2001

[@LocustMotorWorks]

true!👍

[@martyschwartz6729]

The 4240S had mechanical front wheel drive. It was an European model. Also turbocharged, more like a 4450 in horsepower

[@jameshill4900]

The last production year of the 50 series got the same newer HD mfwd that the 55 got.

[@pontiacbonneville2384]

👍👍

[@williamdavidson9009]

It seemed like the Japanese tractors like Kubota really pushed the mechanical four wheel drive trend in the mid '70s.

[@SchizoSystems]

In europe mfwd was pretty common from the 70’s

[@paulthegreat3521]

Deere is a good tractor

[@joelawrence56]

friend had 4020 from new with HFWD very rare in NZ complete disaster as front drive couldn't be synchronised with rear!

[@DavidThurmond-l6o]

And the 4960 was the last tractor John Deere made that looked good

[@job38four10]

Video not long enough, I really like tractor history videos especially the 4x4 tractors, but not these funky 100+hp no one can afford tractors with 8' tires.........

[@LocustMotorWorks]

Thanks for watching👍🏻👍🏻

[@Cordell-]

Never understood why European tractors got MFWD in the 40 series and the US tractors didnt

[@Sjanzo]

Because they would be done in Europe if they didnt have it. So 4040S and 4240S were assembled in Mannheim with ZF supplied transmission parts.

[@manic6030]

We got 3140s MFWD in Canada

[@zacharyvollmer9874]

The eu 40 sires actually had mfdw

[@brent9393]

Don’t think Deere made a mfwd built by them till the 55 series I believe

[@williamthomas9463]

Actually, it was available on the utility tractors starting with the late 40 series and the 50 series on the row-crops.

[@frankfarms83]

1988 50 series was first with deere front end

[@GermanShepherd1983]

Deere copied Minneapolis Moline, just like they copy everything.

[@nicholasbrown7068]

Maybe those other companies should've copied Deere on how to run a company, maybe they would've still been around today.

[@MidwestFarmToys]

You mad?

[@MrLuckytrucker21]

@@nicholasbrown7068 Yep, that's what i tell the fanboys of other colors when they get on their high horse!