59 Years Later, It Still Runs Strong
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- Опубликовано: 31 май 2024
- The 1965 4020 is back! After extensive maintenance and restoration: her first job was completed today. Thank you so much to everyone who commented advice and suggestions for this project. We couldn't have done this without the help of "old guy" Mike!! He's the brains behind this operation. This was so much fun, now on to planting! A sneak peak of what you can expect this spring: we took delivery of a new seed tender to try out! What do you think? Thank you Unverferth, we can't wait to see this thing in action.
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The photo of the 4020 in 1965 was pulled from an old John Deere brochure, they own the copyright to that picture. 
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My dad had a 4020 back in the early 70s, it was a great tractor. 🎇🎇🎇🎇🎇🎇
hey that's one of the tractors my grandpa had. Some of my best memories growing up in the 70s / 80's were us the "city slickers from California" going back to the midwest every few summers and staying for 3 months on the farm. Can't believe my grandpa let me drive his fairly new tractor with the cab when i was around 10 years old all by myself after only a 2 minute lesson.
Hey! My name is Mike and I'm an old guy too. Also over 59 and still running strong. Kinda. Sorta.
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Cough. Cough, sputter, Y'all a bunch of kids. Shuffle, fall. I'm 73 and still limping right along. Stumble, trip. 🥸
I know the feeling…
59...LOL You're just a kid!
@@Captain-Max Kids.....
You and Grant did a lot of hard work just to restore that old girl. Pepper is so adorable!💖😻
Grant is a NOTORIOUS BATTERY BANDIT…..I think more a PIRATE! You guys are entertaining and educational. Love your content!
That's the model JD that I learned how to drive on in 78. I once fell asleep while planting peanuts on it and woke up in the ditch, it was all good after some minor repairs! Glad to see y'all fixing it up!!!
I am betting people think that is unbelievable, but it can happen. I found myself nodding off while brush hogging.
11:51 🤣🤣 It never gets old!!
🍑Will never
Never
my MF35 diesel is 62 and still running strong.
The 4020 is a great project for a good tractor for home use. At some point, a fresh paint job will really make it shine.
Love the 4020! It's a classic. I spent countless hours driving one during my teen years back in the 60's. Ours was a diesel. It drove so nice, I loved it. Thanks for bringing back some awesome memories. Glad you found one.😊❤
Just to add my 2 cents.....the battery should have a hold down clamp becuase a lead acid battery will have are reduced life if allowed to bounce around. Also consider adding a roll-over frame as it seems from the videos at least the tractor has a high center of gravity.
When I lived in Jersey, I used to take a run up to Lancaster County in PA to the tractor pulls. I've seen a few of these up there. My favorite was an old one longer. The rebuild was fantastic. It got me started rebuilding old Ford tractors. The first was a 7N, then did an 801 power Master. The chances of this turning over is very remote on their farm. It has one heck of a tire span
Where's the hill on their place to turn it over on? Fluid tires make it hard to do even if you want with the width. We used them on river bottoms and on the ridge hills off the bottoms.
We had three 4020 on our farm when I was growing up. I spent a lot of my teen years plowing and cultivating on a 4020. Great tractor, my brother still has one of them. No Auto steer, no cab, an umbrella if you were lucky! Great memories for me!
How about the fender radio to go with the umbrella?
was the exhaust vertical pipe right in your face irritating, seems like noise and fumes might get the best of all of us on that thing. What was your opinion of the design?
@@dabneyoffermein595 Have you noticed the position of nearly every tractors' exhaust?
Very seldom were you going directly in the wind, and even then the exhaust pressure pushed everything 5-8 feet above your head unless you were putting around a barn lot.
Living on a very large row crop, cattle, hay farm I doubt if I went 30 days a year without sitting on a tractor or powered equipment, don't even remember having fumes in my face.
@@Ray56z AH, ok, thanks , sounds like a non-issue. thanks again so much!!!
I love it Laura, a big build-up starting the tractor and nothing happens. You could have left that bit out, but no, Laura shows all the ups and downs.
Love to you all from Mike. ❤
I have 2 4020s. A good winter project is the brake valve rebuild. I did both of mine. Lots of dirt gets in there. The boots go bad and all the junk gets in. Its a royal pain. But its worth it.
"should be fine" famous last words.
I've never seen a 4020 Gas tractor. I picked up on it when I saw the spark plugs. I thought they were all diesels. You learn something every day.
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They were popular too. Mid '60s a lot hadn't switched to diesel equipment, still wanted everything gas.We had a couple gas to go with the several diesel, nearly identical in the work they did, just slightly more maintenance with gas due to plugs, points, less hours for the oil. As a boy then I was one of those that worked everything to it's limit. Something was said to be a 5 bottom, I had a 6-7 on it.
4020 gas is the reason I got an uncle to switch to Deere from Case, he was the odd one out in the family farming business. Always bragging his 930 or 1030 could outdo any Deere below one of the center swivels. Told him to pick a Deere he wanted to put the 930 against. He picked out the 4020 diesel and I told nah, I'd do it with the gas. He backed to his 6 bottom, told him to pull to the 8. It pulled it but it worked harder than it should be. I hooked and down the field I went, a 11 year old full of piss and vinegar just out did my 6'7" 300lb uncle, and he couldn't whup me for it.
I thought they were all diesel ad well noticed when she showed plugs lol
Made a propane version also
One of my best friends in high school used to have a gas. Did custom work to help pay for college
Pepper is very friendly
that 4020 is the sounds of my childhood
I'm 64 and remember my grandparents farm the farmer always used the 4020 for everything. Not only him but my uncle as well. Love the sound, would listen to that putt putt noise all day and many nights too.
Great job you two on the 4020 and the driveway. You know Grampa is looking down at the two of you and just smiling because he is so proud you.
My Brother works for Unverferth Mfg here in Ohio. He's in charge of Continuous Improvement. He's also an industrial welder.
I drove a 1966 4020 many many hours in my life. I kind of miss those days.
Open station tractors were the thing back in the day. I spent many hours on them. They were affordable and we could work on them ourselves. Even though that tractor is 60 yrs old its still going strong. My fav was the 6030.
I restored an old snapper riding mower and a real old simplicity garden tractor. Both now look and run like new. I find all kinds of chores to do with both machines that would have used muscle power before. It is really satisfying to bring old equipment back to life and make them part of the family. You did good!!!!!
Laura popped back up with those beautiful eyes 😍. What a lucky guy her husband is.
Her husband got her because he owns a farm, plain and simple.
@@nathanmccarthy5532 how ignorant are you? Try watching her videos instead of judging them. You might learn something.
Yes Laura , you don’t need all new equipment to farm , 40 year old equipment is what a lot of farmers are still using
I love stone driveways. I’m always working on mine to make it look good.
That sucker looks slicker than deer guts on a doorknob!
I like the little slap there. Check it out. 😂
Love Grant. Big ole Happy Dude. I love to see Gage grow as a farmer.
I learnt to plow on one of those - couldn't reach the pedals so had to stand and drive.... Our yard and trailer tractors were a mix of Fergesons and IHs.... Good memories - Thanks Laura....
At 626 I might suggest putting in a wood spacer to keep the battery case from rubbing thru on the bolts that protrude and possibly adding a clamp. All aside a great job for a new battery box & step!
I think the whole video should be about pepper... LoL... she so cool... I'd love to have a cat that affectionate.
My mother worked for John Deere in the 60's. She was a secretary for one of the bigwigs. Tractors like this is what I remember. I once received a toy tractor for Christmas.
So pleased to see Laura on the 4020 - BUT - I do think this tractor ought to be fitted with some sort of, (What we in England), call an "Anti Roll Bar" at least for Laura's Safety. All tractors can roll or 'Flip over' - quite often without warning and totally unexpectedly. - You touch the edge of a ditch, or a tyre bursts unexpectedly. They soon tip and you end up under the Tractor. They don't cost a fortune, but they will save your life.
I owned small to large backhoes and before I even put the key in the ignition I check that the rops is secure and put on my seatbelt. The saying goes, ,"shit happens when you least expect it!. Only takes a second to be safe.
@@jc-pj3nh I couldn't agree more, and it only takes a second of distraction to be either dead under it or at the least severely wounded beside it. I've even seen it happen once or twice at rallies, where they've been giving 'ploughing' demo's where the small plough has caught a hidden rock or similar - horrible sight all round..
It's nice to see an old 4020 getting some love. That cat is something else 😅
worked on my Uncles farm back in the 70's, drove the heck out of the 4020!
Grew up on a pig farm in Iowa and had a 4020; used for everything. Its corny, but nothing (still) runs like a Deere!
Awesome job on the 4020. Runs soooo much better. 🙂😊😀
Wonderful old 4020. You might want to reconsider replacing the oil bath air filter with a paper filter. The oil bath filter is a great piece to filter air into the engine.
Awesome! Glad y'all got that old 4020 and gave it some TLC. My dad still has the 3020 that my grandad bought back in the day.
Back in the 70's I worked for a Kansas wheat farmer during High School. He had a box scraper just like the one you have. I usually don't comment but consider adding some weight to the axel to help it from skipping around.
I love the older tractors.. I have a 1939 John deere B. I mostly use it for mowing hay. The older tractors are a lot more reliable than the newer ones.
I really hope you have it professionally painted, and all new stickers put back on it.
Like the tractor upgrades, but I have a couple comments from experience. The old 4020 wasn't very well lit for night work, so I added a bunch of bigger lights (I'd go to LED's if I was doing it again today). I replaced the stock 24v generator/voltage regulator with a 12 volt single wire 120 amp Delco (switched it all over to 12 volts) and it works great. I also used the side frame location for the battery, but because of the lighting draw and our cold winters, I went with a single suitcase battery (much larger). You need a thin (maybe 1/4") piece of plywood under that battery for 2 reasons... it keeps the spilled acid from eating your new mount, and it will prevent small stones from flying off the front wheels and puncturing the bottom of your battery.
My actual name is Bill Baxter (Frontier W.E.B. Singer). I just subscribed to your channel. I can't get over how much you and Farmer Grayce (Another Farm Podcast), look alike.
I have a 83 year old fellow who worked on those old tractors doing my 64 3020, clutch, supply hydraulic pump , plus a bunch of oil leaks. Shoud be up and running in a week .
The wife catches me with tears on my cheeks watching some of your videos. It is because that 4020 really hits me in the feels and she has now figured out why. It just comes up so often in the farm history of the Mid-West. That lame cab was still better than nothing though.
The 4020 was one of best tractors john deere ever made enjoy her ❤
Awesome that you got it all working! Box scraper needs some weight over the blade, maybe some railroad iron painted the same color? And the battery holder needs a proper hold down for the battery. 2 pieces of 1/4" all thread and a 1"x3/4" piece of solid wood could do it....👍👍
A nice birthday present/christmas for Grant would be battery quick connects.
LMAO!!!!!!!! Yup, for sure
And a battery cover...
I grew up on a farm in western Ky, and remember when the 4020s first came out. They were an affordable 'big tractor' for small farmers. They made a big impact on me as a kid.
I may not be a farmer but that is one heck of a seed tender.
My first big field job, when I was about 11 - 12 years old (in the mid-70s), was to mow one of our 100 acre fields with a JD 4020 and a 5 or 6 foot wide mower. It was a real sense of accomplishment. It seemed like I drove around that field for at least 2-1/2 days before I could see any progress. That was my training tractor, before moving up to the Caterpillar D4 and the Case 2670. I'm 59 now.
Your paddock (field) was as big as our dairy farm ☺
Nice job love to see old Iron running because jumping that starter in case in gear great videos now you need to plow 20acres with that to truly feel the power😊
I remember when our neighbor bought a brand new 4020 back in the 60s, we were just wow'ed to see something that powerful and big.
4020 a tractor I grew up with and planted a lot of corn with. Back when we had to drive a 100 acre field+
Love the older tractors
I have about 75 farm toys from that era. One of which is your tractor. My brother and I had to have a complete working farm with all the implements.
Ok Laura. Go get a 6-row John Deere model 7000 planter and you and Grant can plant together! Think of how much quicker you'll get done! 😀
I have a 1965 tractor .Massey Ferguson 180 with a 55 horse Perkins . A beast.
That "new" tractor is going to be a great addition to the farm. It is the perfect size to do those certain jobs that brings the intimacy back to farming that might be missed with the efficiency that is demanded to remain profitable. Besides it's very satisfying to work with the simplicity of these old mechines. This has got me back to getting my old Oliver back in order, God bless you and your family.
I remember when the John Deere 4020 was state of the art. God, I feel old.
Pepper was stalking Laura for some love!
Checked out this new piece looks great. Should be a real asset on the farm. Super features all-around. Hope you reap a plentiful harvest.
Brings back memories. I plowed a lot of acres with a 4020 Diesel and a 3 bottom plow growing up on a small farm in Idaho in the 60's.
Hola desde México!!! Mi padre compró un 4020 nuevo, aquí en México, en abril de 1968, un estupendo tractor!!! Aún lo conservamos, un tractor construido para durar, mi padre ya falleció.... creó que siempre estimo su JD 4020.
nice work guy and with Pepper she just wants as much love and pets as you can give her because she loves you guys
The old girl sounds sweet, tractor doesn't sound too bad either !! Seriously you have all done well bringing these old machines back to life. They deserve to work, not rot away in a corner somewhere. I bet it Grandpa is watching and well proud.
Cheers, Poth
Very cool. I farm with my parents. We currently have 3 4020s all diesel. Enjoy your new tractor
You film all year, so I always think of the first day of planting as being the start of a new season. Really looking forward to it.
Cool. Now you need an 8' patio umbrella for hot sunny days.
Hello Laura and Grant! Thank you for all your entertaining this old man in CT.
CT here as well. Westport.
CT here as well, Madison. Great restoration Grant & Laura! I am very impressed with all you two have and continue to accomplish!
I love how excited y'all are to use the old iron. Keep up the great content.
This is crazy GOOD! Reminds me so much of working on my girlfriends' Dads farm in the 70's. A major good early-teen memory.
Good job on the 4020. It looks and sounds great as does the graderbox.
Love the sound of the ol' 4020 engine, brings back memories of the one on my grandpa's farm that my dad bought when he retired, he and my brother still have it and even had the local high school do restoration on bunch of it as a shop class project!
Laura, as a lover of the green, I must correct something you said. The 4020 is a "he". It's a John Deere, not a Joan Deere. Love your videos. Keep them coming.
I learned to drive a 1965 4020 when I was 9 years old.
My father bought a new 4020 in 1965 for $7,500. It survived him and is still used today and is listed on the books with a value of $10,000.
Nothing like an old 4020, the work horse of many small farms. We had one and a 2510. Both were bullet proof.
Laura, you can slide that seat forward. It's easy!
Yes, I remember!
16:23 This is Pepper’s 😻way of saying, “Nothing but love ❤️ for you world 🌎!”
My dad had a John Deere 4010 that he used to pull a scraper with when he was in his late 10's - early 30's
I like that Ford truck nice fertilizer handler
Learned to drive on a Deere. Grandpa told me when I was 9 if I could start it I could drive it. Crank or flywheel start, pretty hard:) Next summer, at 10 years old, got her done:)
Great job on the box scraper Guys...really impressed how well it works..And always fun seeing pepper...You can see she loves the farm life😊
Nice work, sounds like it's running great!
So strange to see stuff on your REAL channel instead of all the jerks that STEAL your content! It's refreshing!
Thanks for inviting me along. It was fun! 🙃
Grant's Battery Fund ❤
Your 4020 sounds great. Puurs like a diesel.
I thank you for sharing your life with us. I always wanted to see how a farm work and for me being 70 years young I always been driving down Highway 70 see the dust in the distance and not see what you were doing now I know.
You probably need a new push button to start the tractor from the seat. All the current runs through the starter button contacts and burns them up eventually. It really needs a starter relay wired in to prevent this. Later 4020 had them!
I grew up cotton farming in the 90s. My favorite tractor -- even with the "newer" tractors we had was the 4020. It's great to see you guys bringing this machine back.
As a 1961 model, I would like to take exception with a 1965 model being Old! 😂😂😂
I am a62 model and own a 63 560 neither of us is old.
Two improvements I made to my ‘72 4320 were a RAParts Turbo III pre-cleaner and I found a retro kit to rebuild the remotes to Pioneer type hose fittings. All new seals and no more adapters.
Got to be the most satisfying jobs you showed trichromatic off the bat. Excellent narrative and I have a grey cat that perches up high. But currently am don’t have a farm set up. Want a super small 1. Some day.
Brought the tractor back to life. Cool. Thanks for sharing.
God bless you, Grant and family. I know it doesn't look as good but you need a roll bar for that tractor. 🙏✝️🇺🇸
I’m 59 and still chugging along. When I grow up I’m gonna have a tractor with a cab.
My uncle had a 3020 and some smaller Fords, Dad had an 8N and then a 1966 Ford 4000. This brings back a lotta memories of some good ol' tractors! Laura, Grant, Gage, and Pepper, keep working hard and having fun! 🚜 🐈⬛