PHOTOS: This vintage 1968 Deere JD544 wheel loader is still one clean machine | Dump Truck Company
This year, John Deere is celebrating its 50th year of wheel loader production. To commemorate the anniversary, Deere has been showing off a beautifully restored 1968 JD544, which you can see in the gallery of photos below, taken earlier this year at the World of Concrete show.
Powered by a 6-cylinder, 303-cubic-inch engine delivering 94 net horsepower at 2,500 rpm, this JD544 combined articulated steering, power shift, all power controls, bucket control from a single lever and a torque converter to provide jobsites of the late 1960s with a lot of capability.
