John Deere Gator
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The Deere & Company John Deere Gator is a small cross between a pickup truck and an all-terrain vehicle. Over the years the Gator has not changed much. It has been made in a variety of configurations, ranging from 3 to 6 wheels.
These small vehicles use small 4 stroke engines found in lawn mowers, also an optional diesel engine that is also found in some Deere Mowers and Utility tractors
The Gator has a long list of special attachments including snow plows and gun racks. It has 3 base sizes: Compact, Regular, and Large.
The compacts are small and more like a golf cart, the regular are the original size, and the large resemble cabless box vans.
There is a off-road package known as Trail Gator it is often an olive color, with a few more optional add-ons.
There are various drive options: The 6 wheeled version can be put into a '4 wheel drive mode' in which the back 4 wheels all have power transmitted to them in order to get out of certain sticky situations.
Construction workers, gardeners, parks departments, various colleges and universities, and even military use these vehicles to carry small loads.
They use a continuously variable transmission employing a belt and a conical pulley system. Thus they require no clutch or gearshifting and are very simple to operate.
