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Article: Small tractors target big performance: Deere unveils compact Twenty series tractors; three new models designed to incorporate "big tractor" features.(UTILITY EQUIPMENT)
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- Diesel Progress North American Edition
- Article date:
- March 1, 2006
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After introducing both its large-chassis 4000 and mid-chassis 3000 Twenty series tractors last year, John Deere recently focused on the compact end of the range, launching new models in its small-chassis 2000 Twenty series. Two tractors are new to the 2000 Twenty series, the 24 hp 2320 and 26.5 hp 2520, and a third, the 24 hp 2305, has been added to Deere's 2000 series compact utility line.
"More customers are in need of a machine that can perform large mowing jobs in addition to light-duty chores that can't be done with standard lawnmowers, such as loader and/or box blade work," said Sean Sundberg, Deere brand manager, compact utility tractors. "John Deere ...