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Hagen Brothers farms,Goodrich ND | Anyone own one ? Was at the local tractor salvage place today and spotted this little loader in the line.
Tag says JD 24, manufactured for John Deere.
I have owned a 17 series Case skid loader for years and noticed the driveline and drive clutches were almost identical to my old Case.
I read on another site that Case bought a skid loader company to get into the business, and that the old 1537 ? series Case with it's Wisconsin air cooled engine, three shaft gear box and steering clutches were so similar to this little JD 24 that it cant be a coincidence. anyone know any of the history of those two skid loader lines. ?? TIA.
Edited by Jon Hagen 6/13/2007 23:38
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| The JD 24 skid steer loader was manufactured by Owatonna Mfg. (Mustang). It is very similar to the Mustang just painted JD green or perhaps industrial yellow. I don't know what model the 24 corresponds with in the Mustang line, however. |
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WC MO | Universal Industries more or less invented the skid loader concept in roughly 1966 and originated the name Uni-Loader. They used clutches with chains and sprockets to make the driveline work since this was before hydrostatic motors. In about 1967, they entered into a marketing agreement with Tenneco to sell the Uni-loader through Case dealers. A few years later, Tenneco purchased Universal Industries.
As mentioned, Ottawana made the mechanical drive skid-loaders for Deere back in those days (before Deere entered into an agreement with New Holland and skid-steer technology evolved into hydrostatics). I am not sure of the mechanical resemblences of the Ottawana and Universal designs. Would be interesting to see the two sitting next to each other.
I don't have my book here in front of me, but best memory is the Deere 24 was made around 1970-71 timeframe and I think was the middle size in a line of three. I do believe they were made with either gas or diesel engines and were painted Ag green and Industrial yellow for each dealer line. What color was the one you saw? What engine did it have?
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Hagen Brothers farms,Goodrich ND | This one is industrial yellow with chrome John Deere emblems on each loader arm.. It has the large V4 Wisconsin air cooled gas engine (37 hp ?) with the crank pointed to the front of the machine driving a 3 shaft gear box with the VS pulley on the left and hyd pump mounted on the right Like a uniloader. Also the chain drive clutch packs and big jackshaft sprockets with side covers with many bolts are also so similar that if not done by the same people,they were atleast looking over each others shoulders I suspect.
Edited by Jon Hagen 6/14/2007 16:36
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WC MO | After checking the ASAE book on Case history, It says Case purchased the rights to manufacture the "Uni-loader" in 1969 and made one model for a year, the 1537. The first 500 of these were made by Universal Industries in their factory while a production line was being set up in a Case factory. That model was replaced in 1971 by the 1737(gas) and 1740(diesel). In March of 73 the 1816 was introduced, then in 74 the 1830 and in 75 the 1845. These 1800's were hydrostatic drive and were made well into the 1980's. The book does not mention if Uni-loaders were marketed by UI prior to selling the technology to Case.
The Deere JD24 was introduced in 1970 and apparently, was available with either gas or diesel engine. The smaller JD14 was introduced in 1975. The 24 was later updated to the JD24-A and renamed 24A in 1979 when the complete industrial line was rebadged (and the chrome nameplates dropped). These models may have been the same as the Ag version models 70 and 170, as I have Ag literature dated 1973 that shows those two models. These machines had a single T-handle controller. Various other models were added during the 70's and 80's to make the Deere skid loader line the 60/70/90/125/170 up until the New Holland deal.
I have to think that a complete working model of a JD24 would be a worthwhile restoration project as there was likely more Ag versions of that machine than industrial. A JD14 would be even more rare. Skid loaders did not completely replace small crawler loaders on construction sites until the heavier models like the Case 1845 were introduced. Small skid-steers were predominately a farm machine.
Bobcat claims that the Melroe model M-400 introduced in 1960 was the worlds's first skid-steer loader. I suppose one would need to research patents to find out who did the innovating in early skid loader design.
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Hagen Brothers farms,Goodrich ND | Thanks for taking the time to research the linage of those two skid loader lines. Interesting stuff. This is the first JD 24 I have seen, so are not common in this area. |
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| This is great information. I am curious what Skid Steers were similar for parts purposes. It sounds like the Mustang and the Deere where very similar. I wonder what models have the T handle? Any guesses are even helpful. I am purchasing a JD 125 Diesel that has been sitting for some time. I am hopeful that I won't need parts, but experience tells me to start looking for similar products now as it is an older machine and some parts may no longer be available.
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Eastern Iowa | I restored a JD 14 a couple years back. Some of the first ones, including ours, were returned to the factory to be painted green and rebadged as a Model 70 for the ag market, since they were considered undersized for most construction jobs with their 800 pound capacity.
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