Did John Deere make trailers?

Not everything painted green with yellow wheels was made by John Deere. I'd want to see a Deere serial
number plate somewhere on it, or a reciept from a Deere dealer with a model or some other identifying
name or number. Bet the seller would get pretty defensive about his claim it's a Deere. "ORIGINAL PAINT"
HA-HA!
My local Case-IH dealer sells trailers, but they come right out and say they are from Behnke
Enterprises in Farley, Iowa, even the red ones.
 
I believe that John Deere did make a trailer back in the 1930?s
or 1940?s for dealers to use for delivery of new tractors and
equipment but it was nothing like that one in your post.
 
John Deere trailers were made in the early to mid 60's.I believe they made two different models,a tandem and a tri-axle version.I don't have any idea if they badged any other
trailers in later years with their name.The originals were tilt decks.You can ID one when you walk up to it by the tie-downs.They all had that loop/chain hook affair that JD used
on the tops of their buckets on the industrial loaders.I have a tandem one I am in the process of redoing right now.They are kind of oddly built.The springs are just huge,but
they have these wimpy little 5 lug wheels on them.They used a 14.5 UTG rim,and welded a solid 5 lug center in it.Then they used little 1/2 inch lug bolts,not studs.The frames
were 4X6 1/2 inch thick angle iron.The hinged tongue is made of 4X6 box,with a 3/8 wall thickness.Because of the tilt the axles are set more than you would expect,I got mine when
I worked for the JD dealer about 1980.It had been bought new with a 1010 crawler loader around 1963.
 
(quoted from post at 16:04:02 02/22/20) Not everything painted green with yellow wheels was made by John Deere. I'd want to see a Deere serial
number plate somewhere on it, or a reciept from a Deere dealer with a model or some other identifying
name or number. Bet the seller would get pretty defensive about his claim it's a Deere. "ORIGINAL PAINT"
HA-HA!
My local Case-IH dealer sells trailers, but they come right out and say they are from Behnke
Enterprises in Farley, Iowa, even the red ones.

I had a buddy that painted an old bush hog mower green and yellow and took it to a consignment auction....they set it beside another one just like it but red. The yellow and green one bought twice as much LOL!
 
Like the others said I would want to see some kind of tag that verifies it being a JD product. My casual impression is that it is not.
 
The guy I loaded the old Farmalls and
McCormick Deerings for after my
neighbor's sale last spring had a JD
trailer. ID tag clearly said John Deere.
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Never say never but that trailer was built by someone else. Just like some JD grain drills,green ones come out one door and black
ones come out another door.
 
(quoted from post at 19:20:19 02/22/20) The guy I loaded the old Farmalls and
McCormick Deerings for after my
neighbor's sale last spring had a JD
trailer. ID tag clearly said John Deere.quote]

It would be interesting to see tag model/# of a trailer built with ""mobile home"" type wheels?
 
(quoted from post at 19:43:29 02/22/20) "[b:fcf5bb3dbd][i:fcf5bb3dbd]John Deere did make a trailer back in the 1930?s or 1940?s for dealers to use for delivery of new tractors[/i:fcf5bb3dbd][/b:fcf5bb3dbd]"

I still remember many yrs back when I was backing a JD B up on a JD #16 tilt trailer. When the rear tires of tractor reached the metal plate on trailer floor the rear tires briefly spun. Rear tires of tractor &amp; tractor with driver slide off the side of trailer. That was one moment that made my heartbeat increase dramatically. Another tractor loading episode I witnessed was when JD dealer came to pick up my neighbors JD B tractor &amp; tractor after trailer broke over to level ended up with rear tires sitting between front of trailer &amp; rear of GMC 3/4 ton pickup. Winching a non-running tractor on trailer with hand crank winch was no easy task either.
 
Those wheels are not just mobile home use. They are used in
low trailer applications and are perfectly legal. Wouldn't
surprise me at all to see them on a tilt bed trailer to keep the
deck lower and more flat.
 
(quoted from post at 07:14:42 02/23/20) Those wheels are not just mobile home use. They are used in
low trailer applications and are perfectly legal. Wouldn't
surprise me at all to see them on a tilt bed trailer to keep the
deck lower and more flat.

It would still be interesting to know the model of that trailer.
 
That's right,those hubs and wheels are UTG type.They just happened to lend themselves for use on mobile homes.Millions of trailers were built using them,we sold Hudson,then Eager Beaver trailers.All the 9 ton and down used them.Now there is,or was anyway,a light version that WAS used on mobile homes only.The hubs were lighter,no reinforcing ribs in the centers,the backing plates were welded to the axles instead of bolted,and the wall thickness of the axle tubes was thinner.Also in the 80's we saw some that had nylon cones for bearings instead of tapered roller.There is a thinner wheel too,hold one of each in your hands and you will feel it.Then there are mobile home tires too,but those are clearly marked,mobile home use only.Grinding those words off the tires with a stone doesn't do any good,as one shot mobile home tires they are exempt from most DOT regs.They have no DOT or date codes,and the DOT can spot that in an instant.That was pointed out to me by the DOT.
 
Not sure where your from, but I live in MI and have 8 trailers. Most don't have an ID tag and none have a title. Every trailed I've sold (and I've sold several), I just sign the registration and hand write a bill in exchange for cash. This boat trailer has been in the family (my dad bought it used) since 1971. The registration had long since been lost. I fixed it up to reuse 3 years ago. My biggest hassle was getting it re-registered with the state. I made the mistake of saying it was a hand me down and I had 12 brothers and sisters. Ended up they wanted 12 affidavits stating no interest in said trailer. I took it to a different office with a different story and was told I needed it weighed also (I already had the boat on it at this point). Ended up with a 550 lb 14' row boat trailer I can pick up and move by myself at 63. After all this, the trailer has no ID tag or title.


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The John Deere reps told us that tri-axle trailer was aimed at the crawler loaders with a backhoe at the time they were made.that's why the axles are way back from where they
would normally be.I do know of one of those in the bushes,and wanted it because it was JD,but I also realized I won't have much use for a trailer with the wheels so far back.My
JD tilt trailer is a tandem with a 14 foot deck,and the wheels are really too far ahead on it.I am used to it,and know to load the weight to the front as much as possible.I was
told they also made a 16 foot tilt deck,although I've never seen one.If the snow is gone off mine I will try to get a picture later on.I have it stripped down right now to
sandblast,and I am replacing the axles.I don't like the original 5 lug wheels,and the Warner brake parts are made of gold.The old JD dealer in Walpole N.H. R.N.Johnson used to
stock all the brake parts for them,but they're long gone.
 
(quoted from post at 14:12:20 02/23/20) The John Deere reps told us that tri-axle trailer was aimed at the crawler loaders with a backhoe at the time they were made.that's why the axles are way back from where they
would normally be.I do know of one of those in the bushes,and wanted it because it was JD,but I also realized I won't have much use for a trailer with the wheels so far back.My
JD tilt trailer is a tandem with a 14 foot deck,and the wheels are really too far ahead on it.I am used to it,and know to load the weight to the front as much as possible.I was
told they also made a 16 foot tilt deck,although I've never seen one.If the snow is gone off mine I will try to get a picture later on.I have it stripped down right now to
sandblast,and I am replacing the axles.I don't like the original 5 lug wheels,and the Warner brake parts are made of gold.The old JD dealer in Walpole N.H. R.N.Johnson used to
stock all the brake parts for them,but they're long gone.
or sure, John Deere did sell trailers/wagons with their name on them! I have an original.
 
I was going to say the only thing john deere is the paint,.. but now I don't even think its john deere green.
 
Yes that?s true John Deere calls that OMP or outside manufacturered products. John engineers still go through and test and make adjustments to the machines if they need to
 

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