Waterloo Boy's first success was making stationary engines.
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| Screenshot from a video of an engine exhibit that includes Waterloo Boy. This exhibit has some pretty big engines. |
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| Screenshot from a video of a 6-hp JD engine set to run real slow so that you can see a lot of "miss" cycles and the significant speedup of the flywheel when it does fire. |
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video of a John Deere stationary engine that is also set to run slow so you can distinctly tell when it fires.
Waterloo Boy experimented with tractor designs for several years before the Model R introduced in 1914 was a success. Previous designs used an opposed piston engine, but the Model R had two horizontal cylinders side-by-side. (
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In 1917 they introduced Model N, and it remained in production until 1924 even though John Deere bought them On March 14, 1918 for $2,350,000. John Deere had been trying to design a tractor since 1912, but in 1918 they decided it was cheaper to buy a proven design. John Deere's board felt the "
Model N was the second best tractor on the market, the first belonging to the International Harvester Company. " The Model N delivered 12 horsepower at the drawbar and 25 horsepower at the belt pulley at 750 rpm. (Model N was the first tractor that was
tested at Nebraska. It actually exceeded its 12/25 advertised power.) It had two forward speeds, the top speed being 3 mph. "
The Model N was an immediate success with almost 5,000 units being sold in 1918." (
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1921 saw hard times for farmers and for Deere and Company's new tractor line. Crops were bad and Henry Ford cut the price of his Fordson to $620. Deere followed with a cut to $890, but it didn't work and they found themselves with almost 1,000 tractors unsold at the factory. A further price cut came in January of 1922 down to $675. (petcare2)
With the hard times, and edged out by Fordson and IHC's successful 10-20 and 15-30 tractors, John Deere was able to survive because all of those Fordson tractors needed implements to pull.(
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In 1926 the name of the Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company was changed to John Deere Tractor Company. By then Deere and Company was the largest manufacturer of steel plows and the second largest manufacturer of agricultural machinery in the U. S. International Harvester Company was the largest. (petcare3)
Sammy Wayne Tatum
posted four pictures of a Model N tractor with the comment "
I got to see this waterloo boy at Brandenburg, Ky today."
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Tim Rohde
posted six pictures to show that the original colors for Waterloo Boy tractors was not green and yellow. His comment:
OK this is going to start an argument I'm sure but here's my proof the original Waterloo boy colors before John Deere bought them was the overtime paint colors. When John Deere took them over they changed to green and yellow and when people say the overtimes were repainted they were but they changed them back from green and yellow back to the original waterloo boy paint colors. This is my dad and I early R Waterloo boy that has never been fully restored and has lots of original paint under the grease, and one other early waterloo boy at the show that is also painted the same.
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Update:
Jordan Konkol posted five photos with the comment:
6 Separate Waterloo Boys from the Symco Threaheree over the last few years. For such a unknown show it sure gets larger and larger. One of my favorite tractor shows of the year. Be sure to make the trip this July 28th, 29th and 30th in Symco Wisconsin. Tractor pulls, live sawing and milling displays, hundreds of hot and miss engines, music and you can't forget the miniature town! Including working saloon, jail and tons of good food.
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Gib Thurman
shared five photos.
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Mecum Gone Farmi' posted
𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐥' 𝐁𝐎𝐘. 1920 Waterloo Boy N // Lot F101 // No Reserve 2022 Gone Farmin' Fall Premier |
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Colin Johnson posted
Waterloo Boys being shipped by rail.
Randy Ahrens shared |
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