The first John Deere 205 brush hog

dgdelta · Jan 25, 2015

I bought a well used JD brush hog and noticed that it carries serial number 00001. I wonder if that is of interest to a collector? All I know is that it cuts the weeds pretty well. I've been told that it was built in Toronto in 1960.

GreenEnvy · Jan 25, 2015

That's not the serial number. Its the series meaning series 1.

greg oliver · Jan 25, 2015

My grandfather had a new JD gyro mower about the same age and also had serial number 001. I think what's left of it is in the hills of Hamden New York. I remember hearing about him putting it on his JD B and when he popped the clutch it pushed him along. Greg

Tech 7 · Jan 25, 2015

As the other poster said,001 is the series# not serial# As far as where it was built I would think it would have been manufactured at the Welland plant, just down the QEW from Toronto.

Fleeter · Jan 25, 2015

Yep _ just south of Welland in Dain City on the east bank of the old Welland Canal. Used to see mowers, wagons leaving the plant on flat bed trucks. They had a test track that they tested wagons on to destruction. They would cut them up for scrap after testing. I heard of a few enterprising guys that would buy the scrap wagon and re weld it.
Plant closed about 10 years ago. Still siting vacant.

dgdelta · Jan 25, 2015

(quoted from post at 09:27:38 01/25/15) That's not the serial number. Its the series meaning series 1.

Thanks everybody for the input. That little mystery is solved. Now how do you get the flails off a 55 year old machine. Took me half a day to get the first cotter pin out. :x

Leroy · Jan 26, 2015

Just a spelling problem. Series ot serial, confusion between 2 different words with 4 of the 6 letters being the same in same order.

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