The unstyled JD “B” pedestal would be remanufactured to accept a vertical spindle shaft with yoke from a “BN” tractor to convert to a typical Hi-Crop configuration to fit the JD “H” chassis.Įngineering and design: The result was to be a new tractor, but of vintage 1935. Since narrow front and higher crop clearance would be even more rare, conceived final construction would have a single yoked wheel up front and 38 inch rears. The concept: “New Johnny,” as it soon would be named, was to begin with a working JD “H” tractor, serial number 10,000 or higher, the front parts from an early unstyled JD “B” tractor plus (perhaps) some wheel parts from various tractors if needed. The idea: If John Deere were to have built an unstyled model “H” tractor in 1935, this was to be the tractor Deere would have built. Kenney says the software barriers create corporate monopolies-and destroy the agrarian ethos of resiliency and self-reliance.Unstyled JD “HNH” – Conceived October 2006, built 2007 That’s the exclusive domain of authorized dealerships. Big Tractor says farmers have no right to access the copyrighted software that controls every facet of today’s equipment, even to repair their own machines.

By sheer dint of personal passion, he’s taking on John Deere and the other global equipment manufacturers in a bid to preserve mechanical skills on the American farm.

Kenney leads a grassroots campaign in the heart of the heartland to restore a fundamental right most people don’t realize they’ve lost-the right to repair their own farm equipment. There are farmers, mechanics, and the odd politician or two who embrace him. He has allies here among the sellers and auctioneers of used tractors and aftermarket parts. The engineer, inventor, and inveterate manure-stirrer is trying to be discreet. It’s Husker Harvest Days, Nebraska’s biggest agricultural trade show, and Kevin Kenney is working the pavilions.

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