In 1931, the Lindeman Power Equipment Company in Yahima, Washington experimented with converting a Model D into a crawler. Beginning with the Model GP, the Lindeman brothers produced crawler tractors that were modified from orchard tractors. Several GP crawlers were built as "aftermarket modifications". If you find a GP crawler, you have a RARE tractor indeed!
The Model B crawler, shown above, is usually known as the "Lindeman B". THIS variation was factory authorized by John Deere. Model B orchard tractors without wheels were shipped to Washington and the Lindeman Company rebuilt them to look like the one above. At least 1700 of these were produced from 1939 to 1947. The worth of these tractors would be the equivalent of taking out a small business loan to help purchase one of these rare pieces of machinery.
The John Deere Company bought the Lindeman Company in 1947 and by 1949 began making crawlers out of Model M tractors. These were called MC's. They were assembled in both Dubuque, Iowa and Yakima, Washington.
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