50 Years of JOHN DEERE Self Propelled Forage Harvesters

foreign fans 2022 marks 50 years of John Deere self-propelled Forge Harvester production today's machines reach almost 1 000 horsepower all model year 2022 machines have a special 50th Anniversary logo on the backside panels of the Harvesters today's largest self-propelled John Deere Forge Harvesters will chop 12 rows of 30 inch corn taking in 30 feet of crop per pass the company first entered the forge processing Market in the 1920s by Distributing paypack and pneumatic and silage Cutters through its dealer Network that were manufactured in shortsville New York John Deere released its first pull type Forge Harvester powered by a tractor in 1941 and by the 1960s pull type Forge Harvesters were a major product of John Deere by the mid-1960s Farms were growing larger and labor was becoming more scarce and John Deere began looking at ways to increase the forge harvesting capacity of its products in 1972 the company released its first 212 horsepower self-propelled Forge Harvester capable of chopping up to three rows of corn per pass John Deere self-propelled forage Harvesters have brought improved efficiency and harvest times to Dairy and beef producers over the past 50 years the company has manufactured 11 generations of self-propelled forage Harvesters from 1972 through 2022 the company originally manufactured these machines in Ottumwa Iowa and transferred production to zrybruck in Germany in the 1990s in this video I would like to share share with you an example of one machine from each generation sharing its horsepower production dates and original price tag foreign foreign [Music] thank you foreign [Applause] [Applause] [Music] thank you [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] thank you [Music] foreign I hope you've enjoyed following the evolution of John Deere self-propelled forage Harvesters over the past 50 years by seeing and hearing these machines at work out in the field I'd like to hear in the comment section below this video If you use a John Deere self-propelled Forge Harvester on your farm or tell me about your all-time favorite machine in this lineup if you've enjoyed the video consider subscribing to big tractor power YouTube where there's over 2000 videos of farm machines in action if you would like to see additional Forge harvesting content from the channel continue to watch for a few more seconds to the end screen where there is a link to two more big tractor power YouTube videos as always thank you for watching [Music] thank you [Music]

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Published: Fri Dec 30 2022