The John Deere 1010 is yet another popular antique tractor from John Deere. It was part of the the New Generation series, when it was being built back from 1960 to 1965, which may sound a little funny considering that now the newest 1010 you will find is over 45 years old (not exactly New Generation!). Like so many popular tractors from that time, the JD 1010 has many modified brothers and sisters. There is the Industrial Wheel version (1010W), the Orchard (1010O), Row Crop (1010R) as well as a Row Crop Utility (1010RU) and Single Row Crop (1010RC) versions. This article however is going to mostly focus on the standard John Deere 1010.

Production of the JD 1010 took place in Dubuque in Iowa, where they built the tractor with the option of 2 engines, a 4 cylinder, 2.4 liter diesel engine with natural aspiration or a smaller 4 cylinder, 1.9 liter gasoline engine. Both engines were designed and built by John Deere themselves and had a maximum output of 36 hp.

The 1010 wasn’t nearly as long as some of the popular JD tractors these days, it measured 1.77m (70 inches) from front to back. As the gasoline engine was slightly smaller than the diesel engine, the 1010 housing the gasoline engine weighs in at 1779 kg (3923 lbs) while the model with the diesel engine weighs 1832 kg (4041lbs).

The Industrial Wheel version of the 1010 was different from the regular John Deere 1010 in that the front axle was not adjustable and also the fact that it was painted completely yellow, not the standard green and yellow that you would normally associate with John Deere. All in all this was yet another highly popular and successful tractor that JD built during the 1960’s which strongly helped them to get a foothold within the USA and elsewhere as one of the true great brands of machinery when it comes to farming.

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