Jason: Just wanted to say how much I appreciate you providing the stats, specs, and prices in your videos. Being an info geek, I enjoy this as it really puts things in perspective. Keep up the great work!
Absolutely love old school John Deere tractors. We have and still use our JD 4440, 4755. Mostly use them to run grain augers and small jobs around the farm. Our farm is 4th generation. Thanks Jason 👍.
Spent many hours in my youth plowing for wheat production. John Deere D steel seat. Distillate John Deere A. Gas John Deere 70. Diesel Oliver Cletrac. Diesel Our sun protection was a straw hat. Our ear protection was a cotton ball. Oft sun up to sun down to cover the fields on time. Trucked wheat to thirty miles distant grain silos with 1946 Chevrolet 1 1/2 ton non dumping box. Silo had a tilt deck to raise whole truck. Truck also doubled as a stock bed for horses and cattle. Wonderful memories all.
Got five 4230s out at Tamworth Australia 2 sound guards 3 open station we use them as utility tractors as well as 6 Versatiles all five series 835 to 945...Honest old Tractors
My oldest brother worked at the Waterloo works for 32 yrs running Hobbs machines cutting gears for various applications. Never saw a 4230 but quite a few 4430's !
My dad has a 4235 just like this (open station, no duals) It was His first tractor and It Is still my favorite tractor... The 4235 was only mexican model... Thanks BTP for uploading this video
@@bigtractorpower I would like to meet you Jason, I am your follower from Arandas Jalisco, México... We are dedicated to planting corn AND agave... Maybe on a tourist trip to the united states ... It would also be nice to be able to share photos AND videos of our machinery un the comments of your videos
Right at the beginning when your looking at the north south runway and hes coming at you, you can see us with the Wagner, 8020 and Mead 4020 driving north on the runway. lol Its weird seeing a 30 series without a sound guard cab. But honestly I thing they look better without it.
Lots of cool stuff roaming about the show 😁👍. Thank you for letting me know about the Wagner disking. It was hard to film this and have my back to the Wagner and 8020.
We bought a new 4230 in 1973. Traded in a 1967 4020 with 1850 hours. Dealer gave us $4000 for the 4020....Yup, should have kept that. The 4230 cab with air was really great but the tractor really wasn't all that great. It really didn't have anymore power than the 4020 but took half again more fuel. We pulled 4-18's with it and you couldn't get 5 hours without re-fueling. Cold blooded thing wouldn't start if it was below 55 degrees.
We had a 4630 when I was young. If I had a dollar for every hour I spent running that tractor, I'd probably be a rich man today. It was our main workhorse, and never let us down.
My family has been running a open station 4230 with the Quad Range transmission for 30+ years. Prior to us getting the tractor someone hap bought and installed a M&W turbo kit and boy it runs like a top.
Neighbor had a 4230 back when I was farming in the '70s-'80s. He put the MW Turbo kit on it too. Pushed 120-125 hp and was a beast. This one looks and sounds like it has the same kit! Great tractors, thanks for the memories!!
The farm my Dad worked on in Devon England bought one of these to replace it's 4020 on a an International precision chop forage harvester. It had SG and I think Quad Range? AC ( never heard of in the UK on a tractor ) and an 8 track stereo which no one had tapes for! It came with Firestone low angle rear tyres which were useless, especially on wet grass and the strangest looking single rib fronts which wore out in a couple of months! I think it cost around £7000 which would have bought you a very small farm at the time! But it was a lovely tractor and I would love the one in your great video!
@@bigtractorpower Jason, just to add a bit more - The farm had looked at a Ford 8600 with Hara cab to replace the 4020 but hated it due to the noise in the cab and replaced the 4230 with a MBtrac 1300T, don't know why they didn't stick with JD.
@@RJ1999x this is true. Different fuel system and no turbo. I've known people that claim the 4230 is a dog, and others that think they're great. Guess it just depends on what day of the week they were made. Or maybe what they were trying to do with them.
@@joemorse257 My experience with them are they are very much the dog, no turbo, Rosa master pump, and gutless. To say they were 100 HP tractor is really stretching the truth, in terms of work performed
We have a factory open station 4230 diesel we bought new used to be the corn planter and sprayer tractor for most of its life new it’s semi retired and just runs the bush hog and plows snow when needed during the winter
A neighboring friend and farmer bought a new 4230 open station, 4 post roll guard w/canopy back in the day, replacing a 4020. I was surprised to see this one had a new generation style two post roll guard/canopy, as I thought all 30 series had either the four post or the sound guard body. Maybe this was added later. Basically an updated 4020, it seemed like a good tractor.
John Deere introduced the 4 post ROPS fir the 30 series. Early on in production the canopy ROPS were still an option. The October 1972 30 series intro brochure shows a high crop 4230 with this canopy ROPS combination.
@@bigtractorpower Sure, that explains it. Also forgot to mention the significant difference in base price under $10k, and loaded at $20k plus. Wow, doubling the price with options! Wonder where they got that 😉. For reference, I had priced a new 4020 in ‘71, and this was about the time JD started putting ‘sticker prices’ on their tractors. I specifically remember seeing $10.3k list for a field ready, synchro-range open station (no roll guard) sitting on the dealer’s lot. At the time, I didn’t know about the 30 series coming. After they were released, you saw 4020s advertised for $7,295 in Indiana Prairie Farmer as they tried to sell them after the 30 series came out.
I wonder how long that hydraulic hose lasted rubbing on the back tire. 3:40. I like the sound of the straight pipe but I wouldn't want to hear it all day long.
My 1st job in 1980 at a market garden had a 4230 with no cab. Got to see it jumbo busting and thinking what an impressive tractor. Pukekohe area New Zealand.
Someone sent me a full scan of pages 1-39 of John Deere's Windrowed Grain and Sunflower Combines, Grain Windrowers brochure from March '88, and I can't find any prices in it. How are you getting the prices? Granted the scan I got is a completely different brochure, but it should have them considering JD shifted pricing to online in the 2000's.
The sales brochures do not have prices. I have a price book that covers tractors and their options from 1955 to 1995. It is very handy for making history videos.
Nice clean old tractor there. Pretty neat to se it in an open station variation. I noticed his outer duals were quite a bit shorter/smaller in diameter than the inners. I know guys use what they have on hand, but that is the biggest discrepancy I have seen in a set. Probably doesn't matter much in the field though
The tractor was just restored and the owner thought about plowing with at Rantoul. At the last minute he decided it would be more fun to disk and help work the fields after plowing so he added some extra duals he had on hand. He would like to match all the wheels and tires up in the future.
My dad has a 4430 that has the sound guard cab …. he uses it to bale hay and field work in south central Kansas he also has a 4240 that has a little over 10k hours he also did field work he’s retired it to loader tractor
Brother in law bought 75mdl for 7500 in 92 with 4pcs of equipment crazy to think that he sold it for same after one trip to the dealership 25yrs of reliable service
My partner in crime at work told me his dad didn’t buy a new 4430 back in the day because that cab would never make you any money. He settled for a Ford….an open station of course lol.
@@bigtractorpower Every dealer got the same identical tractor. Of course it had the Sound Gard cab, quad range transmission, 3 remotes,am-fm 8 track radio, short axles and a short upright air intake. People’s Implement in Earle, Ark was the biggest JD dealer in the US at that time so they got the first one off the assembly line.
I absolutely love the narrator's voice. I think he is a perfect fit for Bigtractorpower videos!
Jason: Just wanted to say how much I appreciate you providing the stats, specs, and prices in your videos. Being an info geek, I enjoy this as it really puts things in perspective. Keep up the great work!
It’s a fun way to look back at a tractors roll on the farm. Thank you for watching.
Absolutely love old school John Deere tractors. We have and still use our JD 4440, 4755. Mostly use them to run grain augers and small jobs around the farm. Our farm is 4th generation. Thanks Jason 👍.
Very cool Scott.
That disk is doing a really good job . Nice and level with no ridges
Such an awesome looking tractor. Love the canopy. It fits it well.
It is a cool look. 👍👍
I like any high horse power 2 post with canopy from the 70’s. Those yellow lids on the Deere’s are dang fancy and so was yellow reels.
The yellow top made those late 69s and early 70s Deere’s stand out. It would be best to see a yellow retro roof return.
good job .......I HAVE 4430 CAN YOU PLEASE PUT VIDEOS ABOUT
Spent many hours in my youth plowing for wheat production.
John Deere D steel seat. Distillate
John Deere A. Gas
John Deere 70. Diesel
Oliver Cletrac. Diesel
Our sun protection was a straw hat. Our ear protection was a cotton ball. Oft sun up to sun down to cover the fields on time.
Trucked wheat to thirty miles distant grain silos with 1946 Chevrolet 1 1/2 ton non dumping box.
Silo had a tilt deck to raise whole truck. Truck also doubled as a stock bed for horses and cattle.
Wonderful memories all.
Lo mejor que hay en tractor ese 4230 ya sabes
Got five 4230s out at Tamworth Australia 2 sound guards 3 open station we use them as utility tractors as well as 6 Versatiles all five series 835 to 945...Honest old Tractors
Very cool tractor line up.
My oldest brother worked at the Waterloo works for 32 yrs running Hobbs machines cutting gears for various applications. Never saw a 4230 but quite a few 4430's !
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The older deeres are nice looking machines👍😉 this tractor is in good shape😁👍
Great video👍👍
It is a stand out example of a 4230.
My dad has a 4235 just like this (open station, no duals) It was His first tractor and It Is still my favorite tractor... The 4235 was only mexican model... Thanks BTP for uploading this video
It is neat to know about the variations that exists around the world.
@@bigtractorpower I would like to meet you Jason, I am your follower from Arandas Jalisco, México... We are dedicated to planting corn AND agave... Maybe on a tourist trip to the united states ... It would also be nice to be able to share photos AND videos of our machinery un the comments of your videos
Almost seems like the sound guard cab and tractor style revolutionized farming. A big step forward. Great video!!
It definitely was. Before Sound Gard cabs on tractors were not very common. After Sound Gard it was uncommon to see open station machines.
I love the old tractor, we got a 4030 on my families farm and it's a great tractor,
We run a john deere 4230 on our farm as well. Very good tractor.
Very nice.
@@bigtractorpower thanks
Absolutely beautiful tractor
It is a stand out. One of the cooler tractors I spotted at this years show.
Right at the beginning when your looking at the north south runway and hes coming at you, you can see us with the Wagner, 8020 and Mead 4020 driving north on the runway. lol Its weird seeing a 30 series without a sound guard cab. But honestly I thing they look better without it.
Lots of cool stuff roaming about the show 😁👍. Thank you for letting me know about the Wagner disking. It was hard to film this and have my back to the Wagner and 8020.
We bought a new 4230 in 1973. Traded in a 1967 4020 with 1850 hours. Dealer gave us $4000 for the 4020....Yup, should have kept that.
The 4230 cab with air was really great but the tractor really wasn't all that great. It really didn't have anymore power than the 4020 but took half again more fuel. We pulled 4-18's with it and you couldn't get 5 hours without re-fueling. Cold blooded thing wouldn't start if it was below 55 degrees.
We had a 4630 when I was young. If I had a dollar for every hour I spent running that tractor, I'd probably be a rich man today. It was our main workhorse, and never let us down.
Great tractor.
Very nice looking 42 👍🏾 Busy barking away.
It is a stand out tractor. Thank you for watching.
@@bigtractorpower your welcome! Really enjoyed watch your videos!
Dad has one of these since '80. It has a full cab with great a/c and he put a banks turbo on it. It could pull a disk a bit bigger than that.
Very cool.
Nice tractor. Somebody's been playing under the hood.
That is one good looking tractor sounds great to
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The sound guard cab was a huge step up in operator comfort!
It sure was. It set a new industry standard.
My dad still has his 4230 he bought Used back in the 80s. Has been and still is a good tractor.
Very cool. What jobs does it do?
@@bigtractorpower right now it is just used for some loader work around the farm but when he started farming he farmed over 1000 acres with it
excellent, thanks for sharing!!!
It was a neat tractor to find to share here on RUclips.
My family has been running a open station 4230 with the Quad Range transmission for 30+ years. Prior to us getting the tractor someone hap bought and installed a M&W turbo kit and boy it runs like a top.
Sounds like one solid tractor.
Neighbor had a 4230 back when I was farming in the '70s-'80s. He put the MW Turbo kit on it too. Pushed 120-125 hp and was a beast. This one looks and sounds like it has the same kit! Great tractors, thanks for the memories!!
The farm my Dad worked on in Devon England bought one of these to replace it's 4020 on a an International precision chop forage harvester. It had SG and I think Quad Range? AC ( never heard of in the UK on a tractor ) and an 8 track stereo which no one had tapes for! It came with Firestone low angle rear tyres which were useless, especially on wet grass and the strangest looking single rib fronts which wore out in a couple of months! I think it cost around £7000 which would have bought you a very small farm at the time! But it was a lovely tractor and I would love the one in your great video!
Thank you for sharing this history. It is neat to know where these tractors landed in other parts of the world.
@@bigtractorpower Jason, just to add a bit more - The farm had looked at a Ford 8600 with Hara cab to replace the 4020 but hated it due to the noise in the cab and replaced the 4230 with a MBtrac 1300T, don't know why they didn't stick with JD.
Now that 4230 is a real row crop tractor. Great to see a JD Sound design with an open station
If you ever had or drove one, you wouldn't say that
@@RJ1999x I have 2 4430 open stations and I love them.
@@joemorse257 big difference between a 4430 and a 4230
@@RJ1999x this is true. Different fuel system and no turbo. I've known people that claim the 4230 is a dog, and others that think they're great. Guess it just depends on what day of the week they were made. Or maybe what they were trying to do with them.
@@joemorse257 My experience with them are they are very much the dog, no turbo, Rosa master pump, and gutless. To say they were 100 HP tractor is really stretching the truth, in terms of work performed
Nice!!💪🏼
We have a factory open station 4230 diesel we bought new used to be the corn planter and sprayer tractor for most of its life new it’s semi retired and just runs the bush hog and plows snow when needed during the winter
A neighboring friend and farmer bought a new 4230 open station, 4 post roll guard w/canopy back in the day, replacing a 4020. I was surprised to see this one had a new generation style two post roll guard/canopy, as I thought all 30 series had either the four post or the sound guard body. Maybe this was added later. Basically an updated 4020, it seemed like a good tractor.
John Deere introduced the 4 post ROPS fir the 30 series. Early on in production the canopy ROPS were still an option. The October 1972 30 series intro brochure shows a high crop 4230 with this canopy ROPS combination.
@@bigtractorpower Sure, that explains it. Also forgot to mention the significant difference in base price under $10k, and loaded at $20k plus. Wow, doubling the price with options! Wonder where they got that 😉.
For reference, I had priced a new 4020 in ‘71, and this was about the time JD started putting ‘sticker prices’ on their tractors. I specifically remember seeing $10.3k list for a field ready, synchro-range open station (no roll guard) sitting on the dealer’s lot. At the time, I didn’t know about the 30 series coming. After they were released, you saw 4020s advertised for $7,295 in Indiana Prairie Farmer as they tried to sell them after the 30 series came out.
I wonder how long that hydraulic hose lasted rubbing on the back tire. 3:40. I like the sound of the straight pipe but I wouldn't want to hear it all day long.
Dose he have a m&w turbo kit. I see the hood is setting higher than normal.
My 1st job in 1980 at a market garden had a 4230 with no cab. Got to see it jumbo busting and thinking what an impressive tractor. Pukekohe area New Zealand.
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I love the 4230 , I ran one with tricycle front end I loved it
Very cool. The 4230 was the last John Deere narrow front from the factory.
Awesome Video Buddy!!
Always looking for stand out John Deere tractors. 😁👍
Love the video
Thank you for watching.
I got a 4230 love it
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Got the turbo, manifolds, and some sheet metal off a 4430 on er
Nice👍
Thank you for watching.
Someone sent me a full scan of pages 1-39 of John Deere's Windrowed Grain and Sunflower Combines, Grain Windrowers brochure from March '88, and I can't find any prices in it. How are you getting the prices? Granted the scan I got is a completely different brochure, but it should have them considering JD shifted pricing to online in the 2000's.
The sales brochures do not have prices. I have a price book that covers tractors and their options from 1955 to 1995. It is very handy for making history videos.
@@bigtractorpower Thanks Jason. On that note, what was the original price and some options for a John Deere 8760?
Awesome 🚜
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Nice clean old tractor there. Pretty neat to se it in an open station variation. I noticed his outer duals were quite a bit shorter/smaller in diameter than the inners. I know guys use what they have on hand, but that is the biggest discrepancy I have seen in a set. Probably doesn't matter much in the field though
The tractor was just restored and the owner thought about plowing with at Rantoul. At the last minute he decided it would be more fun to disk and help work the fields after plowing so he added some extra duals he had on hand. He would like to match all the wheels and tires up in the future.
@@bigtractorpower It's definitely a sweet pld tractor!
We ran a 4230 with SG2 and HFWD here in the UK. Nice cab but a poor starter in cold weather.
Neat to hear about one in the UK.
I've always wondered why the roll guard never really caught on given their obvious safety benifets
It gets loud under the roof on the canopy. The Sound Gard cab really put the focus on the befits of an enclosed environment.
Hello! Easy job for this oldie...
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My dad has a 4430 that has the sound guard cab …. he uses it to bale hay and field work in south central Kansas he also has a 4240 that has a little over 10k hours he also did field work he’s retired it to loader tractor
Very cool. Nice line up.
Brother in law bought 75mdl for 7500 in 92 with 4pcs of equipment crazy to think that he sold it for same after one trip to the dealership 25yrs of reliable service
Very cool.
Ah yes back before they became expensive garbage
$20,000 was a good chunk of money in 1973.
$20,000 in 1973 is equal to $123,228 today. In other words the monster from Jekyll Island has debased the currency 516.1% from 1973-2021. End the Fed.
My partner in crime at work told me his dad didn’t buy a new 4430 back in the day because that cab would never make you any money. He settled for a Ford….an open station of course lol.
my grandpa also has that tractor but with a cab on it and it was built in 1974
Very nice.
I have a 4wd 4230 4 pole open staition snycrow trans
Very rare and cool combination.
John Deere was still making gasoline engine tractors then? Didn’t know that. Enjoyed the video Big Tractor Power.
A gasoline 4230 I would guess was the end of gasoline Deere tractors with so few sales of that option.
Love the old girl she looks great for her age.yes I talk about tractors as if they are female.
No. Tractors are boys
Eso es lo que se llama un caballo de batalla ese tractor
Can almost smell the freshly turned soil..!
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Thank you for watching.
Neighbor had one like this without the canopy. It was a pretty good horse.
Very nice.
The first 4230 off the assembly line belongs to Walter and Bruce Keller. I know this because I sold it to them.
Very nice. What features did it have?
@@bigtractorpower Every dealer got the same identical tractor. Of course it had the Sound Gard cab, quad range transmission, 3 remotes,am-fm 8 track radio, short axles and a short upright air intake. People’s Implement in Earle, Ark was the biggest JD dealer in the US at that time so they got the first one off the assembly line.
Looked like Zach from MN Millenial Farmer at first😂
It is my friend Reid at the controls. He just restored this tractor. He has been in the channel before with his Challenger 95E tractor.
looks like a 466 engine 🚜
Yes this 4230 has a replacement engine. It was rebuilt and restored this year.
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Blades about wore out
Plow day demonstration. They run what they can hook on too supplied by the club. Great chance to feature rare tractors.