John Deere "D" #2 - Keremeos, BC - Old Tractors on Waymarking.com

Four of the tractors on display at Parson's are John Deere's, two of which are "D"s. This is one of the Model Ds, serial number 160236. Of the two Ds in the collection, this is the newer, by 16 years, having been built in 1946. It's one of the newer, "styled" models and is on rubber. The other D, serial number 101360, was built in 1930, when steel wheels were still the norm.

The "D" was produced over a span of 30 years, and enjoyed a production run longer than any other of John Deere's tractors. Of the nearly 200,000 units sold, 47,870 were the "Styled" Ds, production of which began on April 7, 1939 and ended with the last John Deere D rolling off the line on March 19, 1954. The final D shipped in April of 1954. Though the factory shut down the assembly line for the Model D early in 1953, 92 more were produced outside on an ad hoc assembly line set up on the street behind the plant.

The D had the longest run of any model of John Deere tractor, the styled and unstyled versions ran from March 1, 1923 until July 3, 1953. Serial numbers 31321 through 31412 are not model Ds, but are Waterloo Boy Ns which were built after model D production had begun.