Thank you for your kind and well written comments. There is truly something special about these old yet timeless pieces of equipment!

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After a day working ground or raking hay or whatever I could still hear that sound when trying to sleep.

@@shaggydogg630 I'm retired now by 5 years. 30 years ago, I sold the 'B" back to the grandson of the Dealership Dad bought it from. I had my young daughter take it for a spin just to hear the sound too. I mowed and raked a lot of hay! You never can forget the sounds of a disk, sickle bar or spinning rake head!

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A pleasure, your dad obviously knows a thing or two about them and and the job, witness the shiny mouldboards on the plough. He is a lucky man as I am sure he knows. My father drove a B with the larger flywheel from 1941 through to 1961. It was in use six days a week and sometimes seven on a large mixed and market garden farm in Essex England. It came over with another under the lend lease scheme. It was the main tractor during that time ploughing, drilling and all cultivations and large acreages of rowcrop. It followed a 1936 'B' and was joined by another 'B' in 1943 in US Army paintwork. I worked there for Two years 1955 to 1957 when another (used) 'B' was purchased which I drove from 55 to 57 when I joined the Army. Three of the tractors were in use almost full time but the 1943 model remained on steel wheels all its working life. The 1941 model went to the main dealer for a full service and check circa 1948. As far as i remember none of them received any major repair work over the years and apart from regular oil changes and driver care nothing else was done to them. I wanted to purchase the 1941 model when they were all retired at farm sale in 1972 but they were whisked away over night. I still have the rather tattered original maintenance book that came with 1941 model. Long may you own and have pleasure with this icon of quality and design.

Peter - Thank you for the additional story about your interactions with the John Deere B and the surrounding story of how they came to England through the Lend Lease Act. My dad and I very much enjoyed your reply. He would have been stationed in England during the same time you indicate being in the service. Are you still in the UK now?

LittleRedTractor Yes, I live in Haverhill Suffolk now but spent most of my life near Stansted Essex which was a large American Air Force base until recent years. I spent much of my time on the farm where my dad worked and began began working life as a trainee mechanic in a local garage leaving for forces conscription at eighteen. To fill in time I went to work on the farm but due to a paperwork mix up did not enter Army until two years later serving three years with The Royal Military Police in Germany. On demob I joined a Massey Ferguson distributor in sixty as field engineer leaving in sixty nine to start my own small Agricultural Engineering business, partly retiring in ninety five. Now fully retired at 81 still visit farmers with older equipment such as tractors, combines and balers giving advice and helping hand. You never forget your first love they say and I admit to often being misty eyed when I see these early JDs. Kind regards to you all.

Thanks for your comment. Those JD's certainly have a distinctive sound of their own!

Thanks for the gracious comment! It was a great day to film and I enjoyed documenting my dad giving the John Deere 'B' a workout in its original environment.

Glad you enjoyed it

@@littleredtractor1126 indeed I did Sir indeed I did.

I had to rebuild my carb this past winter, as the needle was stuck open and the gas would fill the cylinders when stopped. I wish I had made of video of that process! The JD runs great again!

Awesome. My B is sitting in the garage waiting for warmer weather, but I should give it a start here in Mid January! Thanks for sharing!

@@littleredtractor1126 I use to it to haul firewood out of the woods

+Michael Collings Sorry, I don't have any photos of the hitch assembly. The next time I get out and plow, I can try to document that as well.

you put a clevis on the draw bar and hook the plow to that

dnsmithnc most likely none because they are not built to last they are built to fail and be in the shop all the time. And then you have the economy fuel cost per acre anything new doesn't even compare to these old two cylinder John Deere tractors.

They claim about 25 hp at the drawbar and 28 hp at the belt. I never tested this one.

You are correct - there is no water pump on these John Deere Bs. The water flows through the radiator simply under the gravity principle that the warm water rises and then sinks after going through the radiator, completing the cooling circuit. I have never had any over-heating issues with this tractor. I do watch the H2O temp gauge when running it in the summer.

HI. The cooling system is just thermo-syphon, so there is no water pump. The different density of the coolant at different temperatures is all it needs to circulate. I have not had any issues with overheating, but then again, I guess I haven't run it on extreme hot days either.