Tractor & Lawn Mower Review

The John Deere 990 compact tractor was manufactured by JD in Japan. You may notice the trend of JD compacts from recent years being manufactured in Japan. It was quite well liked during it’s production run and it shows. The John Deere 790 is the smaller version in this series of compact utility tractors. The […]

The John Deere X595 is the larger version of the John Deere X585 garden tractor lawn mower. It was built at the JD plant in Horicon, Wisconsin for a period of 4 years from 2002 until production of this model finished in 2006. It came with the choice of 2 engines. The first is a […]

The John Deere 630 is a vintage tractor. It was manufactured at 2 assembly plants; the Waterloo factory in Iowa and the Monterrey factory in Mexico from 1958 up until 1960. As well as the John Deere 630S (‘Standard’ version), there was also a 630R (‘row crop’ version), 630O(‘orchard’ version) and 630H (‘high crop’ version) […]

The John Deere Z425 EZTrak zero turn mower is another popular zero turn lawn mower from JD. You will not usually find this mower being used by individual homeowners, but instead this EZ Track garden lawnmower is aimed at professional garden contractors, commercial landscapers and full time lawn cutting services. It is the bigger, more […]

Not known by many, the John Deere L111 is a tractor that seems to have slipped by without get much notice from lawnmower enthusiasts. Part of the reason for this is because it only had a production run of a single year in ’05. It was assembled in the Horicon facility in Wisconsin. It’s Briggs […]

Still in current production (as of 2010), the John Deere LA105 is a large lawnmower from JD. It’s gasoline Briggs and Stratton motor is a 1 cylinder, 0.5 liter pumps out a very respectable 19.5 hp. The engine is air cooled and the air filter uses a combination of paper and foam. This power gets […]

There are 2 distinct John Deere 330’s. The most well known is the John Deere 330 diesel lawnmower that JD built in 1986 in it’s Horicon factory in Wisconsin. The other type of JD 330 is the vintage tractor that was built in the 1950’s and has a distinctive, extra large, yellow stripe on the […]

The John Deere 4200 is a compact utility tractor designed and built by the folks at JD over a 3 year period from 1998 until 2001. However once production on the 4200 finished, the John Deere 4210 model that took over from it. The engine on the JD 4200 is a 3 cylinder, diesel Yanmar […]

The John Deere JS63C is a walk behind lawn mower produced by JD. The lawnmower is self propelled, meaning that it’s a lot less work to cut the grass than other push mowers from other brands. Thanks to it’s 21″ wide mowing area, the JD JS63C makes light work of small to medium sized patches. […]