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A John Deere Gator with a cab enclosure pushes deep snow with a front-mounted snow blade.

John Deere Winter Packages: Heated-Cab 1M 25 With Loader and Blade vs. Gator XUV 845M With Snow Blade

Both of our Winter Packages put you in a factory heated cab behind a front blade, so the choice between them comes down to what happens at the end of the pass. Pick the 1M 25 Winter Package if you clear your own drive and need to lift snow and stack...

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Koenig Equipment Offers Multiple Winter Solutions for Customers

Supporting Farmers and Homeowners This Winter

Winter brings unique challenges for farmers and homeowners alike, from equipment maintenance to snow management and preparing for the upcoming spring. At Koenig Equipment, we understand these challenges and are committed to providing the right...

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home maintenance kit to winterize equipment

How to Properly Store Your John Deere Lawn Equipment During Ohio Winters

Ohio winters can be brutal, especially for your lawn equipment if not properly stored. Winterizing your mower before putting it away for the year can ensure you’re ready to go in the spring and help you avoid unnecessary damages you’ll end up paying...

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Man on a John Deere 2038R compact utility tractor with a front loader in a snowy yard with a white fence.

Garden Tractor vs Lawn Tractor: Which One Can Actually Push Snow This Winter

If your yard is one or two acres and your driveway is the two-car kind you would otherwise shovel, a John Deere lawn tractor will do the job with a front blade, tire chains and wheel weights. That is its realistic ceiling: a few inches of fresh snow...

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A John Deere 5075E tractor with a front loader and bale spear moves a round hay bale in a grassy field.

John Deere 5075E for Winter Feeding: Loader, Bale Spear, and Cab Comfort for Ohio-Indiana Cattle Operations

Feeding round bales from an open-station tractor through an Ohio or Indiana January gets old by about the second week, and a tractor that will not pick a wet bale clean makes it worse. The package we point cattle Customers to is the John Deere 5075E...

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Operator on a John Deere QuikTrak Q865R stand-on commercial mower cutting grass

Complete Fleet: John Deere's Fleet Program for Landscape and Mowing Businesses

If you run a landscape crew or a commercial mowing route, you probably own more than one John Deere machine, and you have probably wondered why a fleet doesn't get treated like a fleet. Complete Fleet is John Deere's answer. It is a fleet program...

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A large green John Deere combine with its grain tank open and header removed is parked in a service bay, with a blue diagnost

Post-Harvest Combine Shutdown: The November Inspection and Storage Checklist That Prevents Spring Surprises

Most of the combine trouble we see at planting, and again at wheat, traces straight back to how the machine was parked in November. Chewed harnesses come from residue that fed mice all winter. Hard starts and fouled injectors come from fuel and DEF...

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JDLink Harvest Alerts to Winter Service List

Turn Your JDLink Harvest Alerts Into a Winter Service List Before Koenig's Shop Fills Up

The short answer: sort your harvest alerts into three buckets and hand us the list before the shop fills After harvest, the screens worth your time in Operations Center are the ones that hold history, not the live map. Pull the alert and diagnostic...

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2027 Municipal Fleet: Ventrac & Gator

Municipal Fleet Budgeting for 2027: When to Order Ventrac and Gator Units Around Fiscal Year, Sourcewell, and Early Order Windows

The short answer: spec in winter, order before the preseason rush, take delivery in the fiscal year that has the money Three calendars decide when a Gator or Ventrac purchase should land: your fiscal-year start, your council's approval cycle, and...

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