John Deere Mowers

The Deere & Company John Deere Gator is a small cross between a pickup truck and an all-terrain vehicle. Over the years the Gator has not changed much. It has been made in a variety of configurations, ranging from 3 to 6 wheels. more...

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Deere revolutionized the All terrain industry, bringing a machine to offset the Standard Three wheel and four wheel ATV's that did not have a box bed. 1987 was the year with its AMT — a three-wheeled UTV perfect for “all material transport.” Deere marketed it to farmers and sportsmen as a work machine.

These small vehicles use small 4 stroke engines found in lawn mowers, also an optional diesel engine that is also found in some Deere Mowers and Utility tractors

The Gator has a long list of special attachments including snow plows and gun racks. It has 3 base sizes: Compact, Regular, and Large. And in 2007 the new Crossover line (see below)

The compacts are small and more like a golf cart, the regular are the original size, and the large resemble cabless box vans.

There is a off-road package known as Trail Gator it is often an olive color, with a few more optional add-ons.

There are various drive options: The 6 wheeled version can be put into a '4 wheel drive mode' in which the back 4 wheels all have power transmitted to them in order to get out of certain sticky situations.

Construction workers, gardeners, parks departments, various colleges and universities, medical first response teams and even military use these vehicles to carry small loads.

They use a continuously variable transmission employing a belt and a conical pulley system. Thus they require no clutch or gearshifting and are very simple to operate.

Gator XUV

In the beginning of the century, John Deere started losing market share to other ATV and Machinery manufacturers. John Deere held a virtual monopoly on the industry throughout the '90's as other competitors did not market Utility Vehicles, focusing on Quads and dirt bikes. However, one by one, more and more UV's started arriving focusing on the Sportman market, while Gators still marketed towards the Golf/Turf and the Farming/Construction industries. This proved to be a downfall as more and more consumers liked the UV's that did do a little work, but also provided a fast smooth ride for fun on the weekends.

This changed when Deere introduced the XUV Gator. X stands for Crossover, it truly proved that Deere was not out of the UV market yet. With a fully customized body, independent front and rear suspension, and V-Twin engine versus most competitions single cylinder engine, XUV is quickly putting Deere back on the Utility Vehicle Map.

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