West Central Ohio,Shelby County | When Deere realized the limitations of repairing the 8440 & 8640;i.e ,getting the engine out or tranny worked on,they looked at buying Versatile.
I believe they wanted Versatile because of their modular design and ease of service.
Not sure,but either the U.S. OR Canadian gov't didn't allow it because JD would have had too much of a market share of 4 wheel drive tractors.
Must have been close to reality if they had literature printed up. |