Customer Reviews

Peg Perego John Deere Ground Force Tractor with Trailer

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I purchased this tractor from the John Deere site after researching riding toys. This tractor is supposedly a Dealer exclusive for 2009. After receiving the tractor and opening the box with the same photos as this one I was surprised to find that it had completely different wheels than what is shown. It has the smaller flat wheels that they put on the Turf tractor. I contacted customer service and was told that there was a problem molding the wheels shown and they used these instead and that this was the only picture that they had of the tractor so it was used. I know the picture on the box shows the traction tires and the Ertyl video shows the traction tires on their site. The only correct picture is the one on the parts list in the owners manual inside of the box. I am dissapointed that John Deere, Ertyl and Peg Perego could not correct the marketing materials the way they did the parts list. This is basically the Turf tractor with a different hood and trailer which you can find cheaper on many sites with plenty of reviews. Does my son love it. Yes. Does it have any better traction than the turf tractor. No. If you look at all of the other John Deere liscensed product their marketing materials are pretty representative of the product I don't know what happened here. Had the advertising been correct I would have bought the Turf tractor and saved the extra money. But it is hard to send a tractor back once your child has seen it even if it is not what is described or pictured on the box or the John Deere Dealer web sites.

Length:: 0:32 Mins

This is my son riding the John Deere Ground Force Tractor. Contrary to the only other Amazon review at this time, I believe that the tires are accurately reflected on the packaging, perhaps they figured out how to mold a thick treaded farm type tire. I will upload some photos of the tires close up later. This tractor is great, it is themed as a farm tractor, with a stake-style trailer, as opposed to the John Deere Turf Tractor, which seems to be themed as a Lawn Mower Style tractor. The Ground Force has a radio, which you can hear in the background of this video, and it is pure coincidence that the country song is playing. Assembly takes between 1 and 2 hours. The directions were all diagrams with no text, but after completing assembly, I found that in the manual, there are text directions a few pages after all of the diagram instructions. Peg P. should notate this in the owners manual up front to make assembly a bit easier. It rides very well over our bumpy lawn. I am sad to say I ordered this from WalMart for $245, I hope Amazon can compete with that price as time goes on. They have already lowered it from $299.99 to ~ $273. In short, if you child wants a farm tractor, this seems to be a great choice, both my son (2.5 yo) and daughter (4.5 yo) have been enjoying it immensely this weekend.

Length:: 0:28 Mins

I bought 2 of these for my twin boys. They love them! The trailer's stay on well, even when they are driving in reverse. They didn't take too long to put together. Putting on the stickers took just as long as putting together all of the pieces. My boys were 3 and a half when they got these and had no trouble learning how to drive them. Be aware, it takes 18 hours for the first charge.

This tractor was a Christmas gift for my then 2 year old son. We bought this after him having a Lightning McQueen battery operated - because he liked to drive in tough terrain and that car sat too low. We live on a lot of property, with a huge pasture. My son is able to drive this tractor EVERYWHERE! It has good power with the 2 speeds (he only drives in 2nd speed) - and has reverse as well. It has been a work horse! He hauls rocks, sticks, and yard trash in the trailer, and it has worked out well. It is hard to back up with the trailer on (just like it would be for a car!).... so we try not to back it up with it on as we saw the wheels might get bent.
We bought an extended life battery for it, and he is able to drive it for much longer now. When he has managed to get it stuck in a hole, he can push it right out. This is a Fantastic gift for a child that wants to test the terrain and explore bumpy, lumpy areas. My only complaint has been the front grate kept falling off because you have to open the front to get to the battery. I am sure my son probably crashed it into something to start the issue... but after it fell off while he was driving it - and he ran over it - it doesn't stay on anymore. 5 months into this toy - he uses it every single day.

Purchase this from Amazon with free shipping for my just turned two year old son. He is big for his age and can reach the pedals easily. Since this toy is very expensive, I did a lot of research and the product holds up to the Peg Perego name. It is well built and was easy to put together. The battery is easy to get to for recharging and seems to hold it's charge for a long time. (Some reviews say the battery is difficult to get to so maybe there has been a new design?) My son laughs every time he is on it. He was always getting on dad's tractor so this was the perfect solution. We haven't noticed any traction problems. We are so happy with this product and do not regret spending the cash on it.

We bought two of these tractors for our twin sons that just turned 4. They love them! We just had a big snow and they were able to ride them in the snow.

bought this for grandsons 2nd birthday. he absolutely loves it. put it together and charged the battery the night before. can ride it for almost 2 hours before you need to recharge battery. am going to order a second battery as back-up. goes up hills, down hills, over sticks and rocks, through tall grass with ease. he has such a great time on his tractor.

We parked this John Deer mower in the same place that ours is usually parked. As soon as we opened the garage our grandson almost thought it was Papa's. His dad finally said looked at this. Then he caught on and said "Oh, a baby lawn mower, like Papa's". He has just turned 3 and he jumped on like he had always ridden it.The radio was a plus!

He rode this around for one hour and stopped and picked up little tree branches from the yard and put them in his loader. I've never seen any child laugh so much and enjoy anything as much as this. He did not want to stop but it was getting dark and ready for bed time.

We live on 9 acres and he had plenty of space to ride his John Deer in the back yard. He had plenty of not so level ground to cover and this mower kept going.

It was not difficult to get the lawnmower ready to ride at all. The wheels were plenty large and traction was great.
Great, great purachase.

Appears to be a great product. One issue is the steering...it works fine it "hard to turn for a 3 year old". Grandson loves it and will be able to play with it for a few years.

I bought this for my son's second birthday. At first he was a bit apprehensive about driving it. But after he got the hang of it (2 days later) he was driving like a pro. It's amazes me how well a 2 year old can drive! :) He honestly thinks he is mowing the grass. He can ride it for hours! The battery has been excellent too. Its lasted for hours and has not given out on us yet. I would highly recommend this to any parent that has a child that is infactuated with mowers or tractors.