I have 2 4020's as well. Bought first 15 years ago and at an auction 3 years ago I found its brother, one serial number apart. The second one is narrow front. Love these machines
Just to re-affirm, the JD 4020 is my all time favorite tractor, and I've run lots of models. Versatile, comfortable, power beyond it's size , and just plain old good looking!
I love these videos! My all-time favorite tractor is the 4020 Powershift. I used it working on the farm as a kid. The shifting, steering and brakes were like driving a car - smooth as butter.
My Uncle-in-Law, his dad and uncle ran a cafeteria for the workers and cashed a lot of their paychecks for them. He said many times they would send him to the bank with close to $10,000 and more sometimes! He said it scared him later on when he got to thinking just how little his life would have been worth if the wrong people found out what was in the paper sack... lol
My dad was in the group of you g engineers that Merlin Hansen had working to develop the New Generation tractors. Most of those design engineers grew up on farms in Illinois, Montana, Iowa, Colorado and Oklahoma. Their practical knowledge of farming what was needed are the reason why these tractors revolutionized agriculture
As a proud owner of a 3020 powershift tell him thanks if he is still with us. I was actually out shredding pastures with it last night. With proper maintenance and care I hope to pass it down to my kids some day. They designed a hell of a tractor
my dad bought a 1961 3010 diesel row crop to replace his 630 row crop , as well a 1964 John Deere 4020 standard , wheatland. Still have both of them. 2 of my favorite tractors on the farm !!
I've used a 3010 gas with synchro range, 3020 diesel with synchro range, but the 1967 JD 4020 Diesel with power shift transmission was a tractor I loved the most. The 3010 had a narrow front and we used a mounted John Deere corn picker on it, but that's when I was real young and my job was riding in the wagon when we had a sheller on the mounted picker.
After growing up on the two cylinder Deere's, starting out on the model"H", moving up to a "B", and right up to a "51 A" that had been modified with aluminum pistons and a water pump. Dad updated upwards by trading the "B" in for a 3010 diesel. The 3010 and the "A" had almost identical abilities. But all the wonderful conveniences of the 3010 made it so much easier to use. The "A" had mountings for the #227 picker and the #45 loader. But with the 3010, we had a capable tractor ready to go if the "A" was tied up with a large attachment mounted.
Learned on a 1020…was maybe 11 or 12…drove 3020s and 4020s all before 15 years of age…local beef farm..all the neighborhood kids worked there at one time….but not all was trusted to run their equipment, loved it !!
I am a city kid who had a chance to spend a few weeks on my cousins farm each summer. They had just bought a new 3010 that they were very proud of and that I thoughtwas very cool and impressive looking. Not sure why but that tractor was easy and even fun for this city slicker to operate. I have very fond memories of those days
The best designed tractor for that era. Easy cold starting, and made heads turn. Great handling and performance and very little repairs and easy too service. The best...!!!
I own 2 3020s one gas other diesel, but the world's greatest 100hp tractor is my 4020 diesel w/synchro shift. Built to last 3 generations of family farmers.
As I was growing up on our farm in Missouri we had a John Deere tractor in most of the series. We had an A, B, 60, 530, 730, 2010, 3020, 4020, and 4240. When I was 13 my brother and I restored a 1944 B and I learned to plow with that tractor. My favorite was our 3020 diesel PowerShift - what a sweet tractor. After my dad died we sold the farm and all the tractors sold for the same price or more than they cost new. John Deere tractors really hold their resale value.
JD 4020, 4320, 4620, 6030. IH 806, 1206, 856, 1026, 1256, 1456. Best generation of tractors ever built. Still revelent, still getting it done today. Iconic/Beautiful/Timeless. Highly sought after by collectors.
My Dad and I used to help a family friend of ours on his Central New york Dairy farm and out friend was a religious green man... He had a 520,2520,3010,3020,4000,4020,4430 and 4240..
And I believe I know where the 4000 still is... Another local fellow bought it at our friends auction and as far as I know he still uses it in his haying operation..
Had a Mod A and 3010 Ran neighbor's 730 and 4020 once in awhile. Mostly we we Allis Chalmers from WCs Wds, D17, 185 up to a 210 and 7080. The good ole days. Didnt matter what tractor you used it was farming!
From a service standpoint, the 4020 was the best tractor ever built. From an operator's standpoint, the 4020 was the best tractor ever built. I've operated and worked on a variety of tractors over the years, and I still maintain that opinion...
Still live in Waterloo, my Dads started working for Deere's in the mid 70s untill he retired in 2010. He was a software engineer. He was pretty involved with the 8000 & 9000 series development on the 90s.
I was looking at a John Deere 3010 once at an auction. When I went to get off the tractor the same PTO lever caught the back of my Carhartt coat. The front of the coat ripped open backwards destroying the zipper. However, the top didn't let go and I was hanging there for a little bit by the back of my coat.🤠
We had a 4020 PS a 1969 model, bought it around 1976, ran it till 1981 & traded for a 1975 4430. Liked the 4430 better. Now run a 4640, 4960, 8100 & 9400T
I owned a 3010 synchromesh, 4020 synchromesh, 4020 Power shift, 4430 Quad Range, 4430 Power shift, and an 8630 Quad Range. My favorite was the 4430 Power Shift. Sound Guard Cab, Heat and AC, Stereo, easy to change gears. Wish I still had it.
I find this info interesting. In 1955 I drove a small 4 cylinder high rpm John Deere. It had full time PTO and a wide stance. I always remembered it as a 410, but at my age anything is possible.
We ran Ford 6000 tractors when is was growing up. Later we got a 7000 and an 8600. All were good tractors then just keep the maintance up they will all run forever
We had two 4020's when I was in high school. We move on to many models after the 4020's. We had to overhaul both 4020's at lower engine hours than our 4450 or 4240 or several of the other Deere tractors we had. I wouldn't say the 4020 needed an overhaul early, just didn't last as long as the 40 or 50 series engines.
Going to tech college for heavy-duty mechanic, one instructor at Hutterite colony. Cleaning pens (cattle manure) with 4020 with loader, backed really faster than ever. They went over to look at tractor gear shifter, cut out metal, have eight speeds forward and eight speeds in reverse!
If I could pick one tractor to have it would probably be a 4320.Great HP per weight, fuel economy, dependability and usuability. The 20 series were a great model run. A 730 diesel would probably be my choice for a 2 cylinder.
I agree, we had a 4320 and a 4020 and the 4020 was great for utility work, such as cultivating and pulling wagons or a sprayer but the 4320 was much more suited for field work. Better power, better weight, only weak spot on ours was the PTO clutch-didn't seem to last as long but we used it for running a silage chopper so it got a lot of use.
I have operated JD 3010's and International 706 and 806. I always had difficulty shifting the International into gear. The John Deere was a breeze. In my opinion the John Deere was the best. In more resent years my brother and I owned a 3010 to lift trusses, dig holes for post, and raise trusses for our post barn building business
When my dad returned to farming in 1963, he purchased a 1010, 3020, 4010 and 4020. We eventually added a 2010 row crop and two 4520s and got rid of the 3020 and 4010.
I have run A, 3010,4010,4020,2020, 2030,40 & 50 series, even a 4960. And the new stuff, too. But my favorite is 7800/7810. Big cab, convenient controls wether PS or PQ transmission, and start almost with a wave of my hand on the key even when it's cold. The "R" models don't like cold weather, or the computers don't.
I'm not a farmer but I did just acquire a 1967 JD 4020 powershift, I bought the tractor to maintain my open fields to stop the the brush and trees from encroaching. I'm nearing full retirement and hope to bring the tractor back to respectable condition ( It lived it's full life in Aroostook County Me. working the potato fields so it didn't get the love it will from me) before I get done my dirtwork business. It's going to be my hobby tractor after that time. I do plan on doing some outside work with the tractor but mainly just maintain my own fields. It's a great tractor to drive and operate, I hope to keep it around until I pass on.
I have run 90s case/belarus/white/6300deere tractors and also 3020/4020 deere tractors I'm always amazed at how far ahead the 70s deeres were in usability compared to all these other brands I've run that are 20+years newer, let alone the 6300, john deere just always seemed to be way ahead of the competition,
Growing up in Iowa and my parents in Dyersville Iowa my favorite tractor was the 4440 then the 60 then 8640. Just badasses all around. But so is EVERYTHING John Deere makes. Nothing runs like a Deere.
The 2840 was a mishmash of US and Euro parts. SOLID tractors, and I still run em. It may be sacrilege to say, but I like em better than 4020. I know, it's heresy, but I like them. 😮
@@MorganOtt-ne1qjWe had one, 2840 is a great tractor. If you're going to ride a tractor all day, choose the 4020; but for chores or a morning/afternoon I'd take the 2840.
@@davidkottman3440 possible, I knew 3 different farmers that had them, and all 3 hated them, I've only operated the one and found it a horrible tractor, was my friends dairy farm, and it was just a chore tractor. If the engine wasn't a problem, the transmission was, I could never understand why they kept it, or kept repairing it. The others got rid of theirs, one was traded on a 2755, not a very comfortable tractor in my opinion, but he says it's given them good service
4020 Just got through baling (round bales) Saturday in about 95 degree heat tractor did absolutely fantastic and would trade it for a new tractor for any reason
My dad had a 4010 propane version when I was a kid which remained until I sold the farm in 1997. We also had a couple of 4020s that soon got replaced by a 4430 and later a 4450. That 4010 ran for many years, although it didn't have that much power being propane.
7:29 the seat on John Deere's remained directly above the rear axle until they copied the smoother riding IH tractor with the new 7000 series cab, note the IH in your video at 8:17 has the seat set forward of the back axle, the JD seat sits directly above the rear axle
John Deere blew IHC out of the water with the New Generation of tractors. The red tractors tried to keep up but they lacked the creature comforts that JD engineered into its new line. The simple one lever shifting pattern and synchronized shifting made loader work easy with them. Also, the throttle position lever was a far cry better than the International’s and the hydraulics and brakes were light years ahead of the competition. The 1969 model year upgrades to side pedestal hydraulic controls cemented JD’s leadership in the tractor market.
I can't imagine how they managed to keep hundreds or thousands of employees from leaking rumors about a new tractor, no matter how dire the threats were.
in 1950 when the decision to radically make over the John Deere tractor line was made, JD was a weak second in the market place to International - Farmall. Deere made a great decision for its future, IH failed in its. IH appointed as corporate head their very successful head of Truck sales and he diverted IH's attention to that area. He had little past experience with tractor development, especially how long it took to bring a new product to market. The result is that when IH brought its new idea tractors to market lead by the 560, they did it with too little field time development under their belts. IH went from a company with a history of excellent products to one with a halo tractor with a weak rear end the ultimately resulted in a total recall to be repaired and update. In the heart of that fiasco, Deere rolled out the New Generation and jumped into the sales lead in tractors. They've never given up the lead since.
Deere also has the fiasco of Wakisha engine damn near killing Oliver when they went on strike, Oliver had enough orders due to their successful over direct under power shift to rock the market. Then Wakisha engine went on strike, Oliver had already traded in the tractors and resold many so they were gone, IH was at capacity and could not produce much more and that left Deere to fill the gap, the rest is history. My neighbor ended up with two 4320's and never looked back.
4010, 3010, damn good tractors, we had both, replaced two Massey-harris, wow what an upgrade. But the 1010 and 2010, well ok improved but wow. The 1010 was a Dubuque with the upright 2 cylinder replaced with a four and new sheet metal, and then there's the 2010, We had one nice handling but it had to have been engineered by some one hired from Massey Ferguson.
I would have A power shift 4020 with a loder and frunt wheel usist, I did operate a 4020 power shift but it was 2wd and it doesn't have a loder but Howe cares it's a classic American tractor
Farming with two completely rebuilt over hauled John Deere’s almost back to factory new a 4020 and 4320 turbo. They are a better tractor than what u can go down and buy new at a dealership
The 4020 was a great and still is a great tractor. Also had a 806 international which would pull more but the John Deere 4020 had the power shift transmission which was better and the power steering was better.
My grandpa had a farmall 706 with a gas engine and loader and that'd probably be what I'd pick but other than that it'd be a john deere 4020. I've ran both tractors and I loved the 4020 but my grandpa was a red man and I'm the same way. I've got a farmall h that me and him restored together
Dad had a new 2010 diesel, the engine kept droping rings. He then bought a new gas 3010 and it was junk. He wished he had stayed with the old generation. I love old JD's and am a JD collector, but unfortuately dad had two lemons. I understand that the 2010 diesel had sand left in them from the casting and the 3010 carburation was very poor.
we had a ih806....when i left farm..i worked on a farm with a 4020...i thought the 806 seem like a bigger tractor..but i could understand why so many bought the 4020...they were nice...if i had to buy one..i quess i would go with the 806
John Deere got head and shoulders above competition, it's to bad they are losing that battle today due to many different reasons. I still drive the green and yellow
@@LocustMotorWorks my dad first turned me loose on a 1965 4020 Power Shift one evening in the fall of 1975 when I was ten years old. I was pulling a five-bottom semi-mounted plow with sixteen inch points in a field west of the house. He was running a 3020 with a mounted four-bottom plow. We worked into the night to finish up the field. The 4020 had an aftermarket turbocharger kit with straight chrome stack. I will never forget the sound or the sight of flame shooting six inches out of the top of the stack. A couple of years later, I started working for my uncle for $3 per hour running a 1972 4620. I pulled a 6-18 plow with that among many other utensils (22 ft. disk, 30 ft. field cultivator, anhydrous applicator, etc.). I also occasionally ran his 1978 8630. All before the age of sixteen... I operated all kinds of other equipment for other local farmers that were friends of my dad, hustling to make money through middle school and high school. Allis Chalmers, Deutz, Ford, International, and others. The Deere machines were far superior in every way. One day in 1978, my uncle got in an argument with a rep from the local Massey Ferguson dealer. The rep was bragging up their brand new 1155 V-8 powered tractor that they had on their lot. Next thing you know, the dealer trucks his new 1155 out to the farm for a demonstration. One of the fields we cultivated had been part of a fisheries years ago and was composed of hard, black clay muck. We had to plow it in the fall and let it rest over the winter to be able to break it up enough to plant in the spring. They hooked the 1155 to the 6-18 Deere plow that we used with the 4620 and headed out to the muck field. The dealer selected the range he wanted and dropped into an existing furrow and promptly killed the engine. After several tries, he ended up in it's lowest range and finally struggled through one pass. He climbed off and said, "There ain't any tractor can pull a plow through that ground." Laughter ensued. My uncle brought the 4620 out and hooked up to the plow. He selected fourth gear (normally, I plowed in fifth, sometimes sixth, but this was really hard pulling ground) and dropped into the furrow and lowered the plow and rolled on the power. The Deere settled in with light smoke rolling and ripped through a full pass at 4.5 mph. The Massey dealer stood there dumbfounded. He never said another word and loaded his tractor and headed back to town.
@@CheeseMiser I didn't say anything about how many were sold. I said the 4020 was the best tractor ever built -- and it was. Demonstrably so. The Ford 8N was a Mickey Mouse piece of junk that was cheap. The 8N is not even in the same universe as the 4020. I've operated both. I've operated many different tractors from multiple different manufacturers. The 4020 is hands-down the best of all of them. A close second was the John Deere 4620. Your comment belies your ignorance of the subject. I wouldn't trade my 4020 for a hundred 8Ns. 🙄
@@RJ1999x the 4010 had more modern hyd system, power trains made to last three pinion designs synchronized transmission load and depth this wasn’t something available on IH for many years. Remember the 560 farm all wasn’t meant to compete with 4010 it was meant to beat a 730
@@classic89deerefever80 The John Deere hydraulic system was a highly complicated unreliable hydraulic system, which they finally abandoned, and the draft control was horrible in comparison to an Allis Chalmers traction booster system, until electronics came into effect the draft control much like others of that era, was almost useless
@@RJ1999x well when a xt190 had the same rear end as wd45 the 4010 was a much stronger machine,didn't produce metal like a xt190. The hydraulic system of a 4010 was and still is compatible with modern equipment today,allis and farmall stuck with a open center system too long. the systems you speak of ran from 1960-1994 so it couldn't have been very difficult to work with. After allis sold to deutz the conversation ends there is no blood line. #solidstablestilljohndeere
The question is, why did John Deere stay with the 2 cylinder tractor for so long ? Other tractor manufacturers had moved on to 4 and 6 cylinder on-line long ago.
We have 2 4020's and a 3020. It's crazy how they are comfortable to operate and still relevant yet today.
Very true! Thank you for watching
I have 2 4020's as well. Bought first 15 years ago and at an auction 3 years ago I found its brother, one serial number apart. The second one is narrow front. Love these machines
@@CheeseMiser Cheesy fits you...
@@CheeseMisermaybe not a 806 or 706 but 1206 possibly 4020 still better
Just to re-affirm, the JD 4020 is my all time favorite tractor, and I've run lots of models. Versatile, comfortable, power beyond it's size , and just plain old good looking!
Yes it is! Thank you for watching👍🏻
I love these videos! My all-time favorite tractor is the 4020 Powershift. I used it working on the farm as a kid. The shifting, steering and brakes were like driving a car - smooth as butter.
How would that compare to a hydrostatic transmission?
Great information about the Waterloo grocery store, I never knew that story.
Thank you for watching!👍🏻
Knew several of the guys who were in the engineering and development of Deere tractors!
My Uncle-in-Law, his dad and uncle ran a cafeteria for the workers and cashed a lot of their paychecks for them. He said many times they would send him to the bank with close to $10,000 and more sometimes! He said it scared him later on when he got to thinking just how little his life would have been worth if the wrong people found out what was in the paper sack... lol
@@atomicwedgie8176 hey that's a super cool story! Thank you for sharing and tuning into watch the video👍
@@glennspreeman1634 Awesome! I bet they have some cool stories to tell. Thank you for watching.
Thank you Guys!!!!! Keep doing the Lord's work!!!!!! Love the videos
Thank you for watching!👍🏻im glad you enjoy the videos
Was always curious what the story was behind Deere going from the two-cylinders to the new generation tractors. Thanks for another video!
I was told they were near bankrupt by the late 50s early 60s until they came out with the new generation tractors.
My dad was in the group of you g engineers that Merlin Hansen had working to develop the New Generation tractors. Most of those design engineers grew up on farms in Illinois, Montana, Iowa, Colorado and Oklahoma. Their practical knowledge of farming what was needed are the reason why these tractors revolutionized agriculture
That’s awesome! Thank you for watching👍🏻
As a proud owner of a 3020 powershift tell him thanks if he is still with us. I was actually out shredding pastures with it last night. With proper maintenance and care I hope to pass it down to my kids some day. They designed a hell of a tractor
Isn't it funny how engineers that understand what they are designing, and allowed to developed it, do such a great job!
my dad bought a 1961 3010 diesel row crop to replace his 630 row crop , as well a 1964 John Deere 4020 standard , wheatland. Still have both of them. 2 of my favorite tractors on the farm !!
Wonderful video. We have 15 John deere tractors here on our family farm. 17 if you want to count garden tractors. 3 4020s, 2 4440s, my favorite
Sounds like you got a pretty impressive line up👍🏻thank you for watching!
@@LocustMotorWorks we do mostly 1982 and older. Keep up the awesome work
I've used a 3010 gas with synchro range, 3020 diesel with synchro range, but the 1967 JD 4020 Diesel with power shift transmission was a tractor I loved the most. The 3010 had a narrow front and we used a mounted John Deere corn picker on it, but that's when I was real young and my job was riding in the wagon when we had a sheller on the mounted picker.
After growing up on the two cylinder Deere's, starting out on the model"H", moving up to a "B", and right up to a "51 A" that had been modified with aluminum pistons and a water pump. Dad updated upwards by trading the "B" in for a 3010 diesel. The 3010 and the "A" had almost identical abilities. But all the wonderful conveniences of the 3010 made it so much easier to use. The "A" had mountings for the #227 picker and the #45 loader. But with the 3010, we had a capable tractor ready to go if the "A" was tied up with a large attachment mounted.
I had most of these models. The 4020 PS was the greatest tractor I ever had. .
Definitely one of the greatest tractors ever produced! Thank you for watching👍🏻
The series that put John Deere over the top..
I grew up on two cylinders, great tractors. The new generation tractors were leaders in the field. Nothing Runs Like A Deere
obviously you never heard about Oliver being ahead of John Deere in the 50s and 60s
@@Ihfarmer1066where are they today?
@@bluegrassman3040John Deere surviving isn't a testimony to product, it's a testimony to marketing a mediocre product, and easy financing
@@RJ1999x just like GM.
wait, so they moved the seat to the "front of the front axle"?
I used to operate a 4020 with loader and a 4320. Best series of tractors ever built by any manufacturer!!
Learned on a 1020…was maybe 11 or 12…drove 3020s and 4020s all before 15 years of age…local beef farm..all the neighborhood kids worked there at one time….but not all was trusted to run their equipment, loved it !!
Used to drive a 2130 back in the 70s. Absolutely loved it, and love it to this day. My favorite series..
I am a city kid who had a chance to spend a few weeks on my cousins farm each summer. They had just bought a new 3010 that they were very proud of and that I thoughtwas very cool and impressive looking. Not sure why but that tractor was easy and even fun for this city slicker to operate. I have very fond memories of those days
Definitely fun tractors to operate. Thanks for watching!👍🏻
Another great video! Keep up the good work locus motor works!
The best designed tractor for that era. Easy cold starting, and made heads turn. Great handling and performance and very little repairs and easy too service. The best...!!!
I own 2 3020s one gas other diesel, but the world's greatest 100hp tractor is my 4020 diesel w/synchro shift. Built to last 3 generations of family farmers.
I agree! They definitely have held up throughout 50+ years and can still get plenty of work done👍🏻 thank you for watching
How would those compare to a hydrostatic transmission?
As I was growing up on our farm in Missouri we had a John Deere tractor in most of the series. We had an A, B, 60, 530, 730, 2010, 3020, 4020, and 4240. When I was 13 my brother and I restored a 1944 B and I learned to plow with that tractor. My favorite was our 3020 diesel PowerShift - what a sweet tractor. After my dad died we sold the farm and all the tractors sold for the same price or more than they cost new. John Deere tractors really hold their resale value.
Yes they do! Thank you for watching👍🏻
my first tractor JD 2510 diesel , loved it , it never failed doing what i asked of it
2510s and 2520s are nice tractors! I’m planing to make a whole video about them. Thank you for watching👍🏻
JD 4020, 4320, 4620, 6030.
IH 806, 1206, 856, 1026, 1256, 1456.
Best generation of tractors ever built. Still revelent, still getting it done today. Iconic/Beautiful/Timeless. Highly sought after by collectors.
My Dad and I used to help a family friend of ours on his Central New york Dairy farm and out friend was a religious green man... He had a 520,2520,3010,3020,4000,4020,4430 and 4240..
My favorite of those John Deeres to drive was the 3020.. She had a Power Shift and Year Round Cab..
And I believe I know where the 4000 still is... Another local fellow bought it at our friends auction and as far as I know he still uses it in his haying operation..
Sounds like a nice lineup of tractors!!!👍🏻 we’ve got a older model 3020 and I enjoy running it. Thank you for watching
@@LocustMotorWorks IMO the 3020 is underrated.. the 4020 gets all the attention but I think the 3020 was actually nicer to drive than the 4020...
Had a Mod A and 3010 Ran neighbor's 730 and 4020 once in awhile. Mostly we we Allis Chalmers from WCs Wds, D17, 185 up to a 210 and 7080. The good ole days. Didnt matter what tractor you used it was farming!
But we all had fun fighting over which color tractor was best. Didn't we?
I was a Massy and Case man myself the only Deere I owned was a 720 LP. Loved that tractor
Our farm ran on the JD 4020, 4320, and 4440 with a very big boost from a Farmall M (loved that little red tractor)
From a service standpoint, the 4020 was the best tractor ever built. From an operator's standpoint, the 4020 was the best tractor ever built. I've operated and worked on a variety of tractors over the years, and I still maintain that opinion...
My dad bought a 3010 in, I think 1962. We also had a 520. Both were great tractors. I had a lot of time on both.
both awesome tractors! Thank you for watching
Love the video
Still live in Waterloo, my Dads started working for Deere's in the mid 70s untill he retired in 2010. He was a software engineer. He was pretty involved with the 8000 & 9000 series development on the 90s.
Hey that’s awesome! Those where some very fine machines👍🏻thank you for watching
I was looking at a John Deere 3010 once at an auction. When I went to get off the tractor the same PTO lever caught the back of my Carhartt coat. The front of the coat ripped open backwards destroying the zipper. However, the top didn't let go and I was hanging there for a little bit by the back of my coat.🤠
Lot's of people had the same problem as you. Design flaw. They should have taken all the rest of the tractor mfg ideas 😅😅😅😅😂😂
I would buy a 3020, I still have one and use it , for me, the simplicity of the gear shift and design is what makes this tractor a very good machine.
They are awesome tractors! Your right about simplicity and they truly hold up today. Thank you for watching
The 4020 and 4440 are Tractor Legends!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Living in waterloo as a kid i remember playing on these tractors on railroad cars parked on a siding two blocks from my house
We had a 4020 PS a 1969 model, bought it around 1976, ran it till 1981 & traded for a 1975 4430. Liked the 4430 better. Now run a 4640, 4960, 8100 & 9400T
We have a John Deere 4020 and I love it
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JD-4020 Hands Down, most All of my Kinfolk that are still own and operate at least one JD-4020!!!🤠👍🇺🇲
Very true! seems like they will never leave the farm
I owned a 3010 synchromesh, 4020 synchromesh, 4020 Power shift, 4430 Quad Range, 4430 Power shift, and an 8630 Quad Range. My favorite was the 4430 Power Shift. Sound Guard Cab, Heat and AC, Stereo, easy to change gears. Wish I still had it.
Before I was a teenager my Dad bought a 1966, 2510, the first John Deere on our farm.
I've operated a 1939 & 1942 Model As, a 1949 Model B, 4020, & I currently own a 5103. I've also worked with a farmall & IH tractors.
I find this info interesting. In 1955 I drove a small 4 cylinder high rpm John Deere. It had full time PTO and a wide stance. I always remembered it as a 410, but at my age anything is possible.
John Deere was forward thinking unlike many companies who kept old designs and were not able to keep up with progress.
John Deere innovated next to nothing, most of their "innovation" was stolen from other manufacturers
We ran Ford 6000 tractors when is was growing up. Later we got a 7000 and an 8600. All were good tractors then just keep the maintance up they will all run forever
We had two 4020's when I was in high school. We move on to many models after the 4020's. We had to overhaul both 4020's at lower engine hours than our 4450 or 4240 or several of the other Deere tractors we had. I wouldn't say the 4020 needed an overhaul early, just didn't last as long as the 40 or 50 series engines.
Going to tech college for heavy-duty mechanic, one instructor at Hutterite colony. Cleaning pens (cattle manure) with 4020 with loader, backed really faster than ever. They went over to look at tractor gear shifter, cut out metal, have eight speeds forward and eight speeds in reverse!
If I could pick one tractor to have it would probably be a 4320.Great HP per weight, fuel economy, dependability and usuability. The 20 series were a great model run. A 730 diesel would probably be my choice for a 2 cylinder.
730 has to be one of my favorite 2 cylinders as well. Thank you for watching
I agree, we had a 4320 and a 4020 and the 4020 was great for utility work, such as cultivating and pulling wagons or a sprayer but the 4320 was much more suited for field work. Better power, better weight, only weak spot on ours was the PTO clutch-didn't seem to last as long but we used it for running a silage chopper so it got a lot of use.
I have operated JD 3010's and International 706 and 806. I always had difficulty shifting the International into gear. The John Deere was a breeze. In my opinion the John Deere was the best. In more resent years my brother and I owned a 3010 to lift trusses, dig holes for post, and raise trusses for our post barn building business
When my dad returned to farming in 1963, he purchased a 1010, 3020, 4010 and 4020. We eventually added a 2010 row crop and two 4520s and got rid of the 3020 and 4010.
We have a 2510 and a 4000, and they are comfortable and have had no problems since we bought them
Id love to see something about the 40. My dad had one when I was a kid.
I have run A, 3010,4010,4020,2020, 2030,40 & 50 series, even a 4960. And the new stuff, too. But my favorite is 7800/7810. Big cab, convenient controls wether PS or PQ transmission, and start almost with a wave of my hand on the key even when it's cold. The "R" models don't like cold weather, or the computers don't.
They still are a work of art most user friendly equipment to date
I'm not a farmer but I did just acquire a 1967 JD 4020 powershift, I bought the tractor to maintain my open fields to stop the the brush and trees from encroaching. I'm nearing full retirement and hope to bring the tractor back to respectable condition ( It lived it's full life in Aroostook County Me. working the potato fields so it didn't get the love it will from me) before I get done my dirtwork business. It's going to be my hobby tractor after that time. I do plan on doing some outside work with the tractor but mainly just maintain my own fields. It's a great tractor to drive and operate, I hope to keep it around until I pass on.
I have run 90s case/belarus/white/6300deere tractors and also 3020/4020 deere tractors
I'm always amazed at how far ahead the 70s deeres were in usability compared to all these other brands I've run that are 20+years newer, let alone the 6300, john deere just always seemed to be way ahead of the competition,
we still run our 1968 4020, such a marvel
awesome to hear! Thanks for watching
Keeping the development secret had to be almost impossible!! I was 12 in 1960!
I was born in 1960, with a brand new 4010 on the farm.
Growing up in Iowa and my parents in Dyersville Iowa my favorite tractor was the 4440 then the 60 then 8640. Just badasses all around. But so is EVERYTHING John Deere makes. Nothing runs like a Deere.
I was raised on the 4010 and 4020s so I choose John deer I still have some of my John deer toys from the early 60s
Should do something on the John Deere 2840
The 2840 was a mishmash of US and Euro parts. SOLID tractors, and I still run em. It may be sacrilege to say, but I like em better than 4020. I know, it's heresy, but I like them. 😮
@@MorganOtt-ne1qjWe had one, 2840 is a great tractor. If you're going to ride a tractor all day, choose the 4020; but for chores or a morning/afternoon I'd take the 2840.
The 2840 was an awful tractor, with a gutless wonder of an engine, plagued with transmission problems
@@RJ1999x lol, maybe it depends on which one you get & what you expect from it.
@@davidkottman3440 possible, I knew 3 different farmers that had them, and all 3 hated them, I've only operated the one and found it a horrible tractor, was my friends dairy farm, and it was just a chore tractor. If the engine wasn't a problem, the transmission was, I could never understand why they kept it, or kept repairing it. The others got rid of theirs, one was traded on a 2755, not a very comfortable tractor in my opinion, but he says it's given them good service
4020 Just got through baling (round bales) Saturday in about 95 degree heat tractor did absolutely fantastic and would trade it for a new tractor for any reason
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Really good video I’m a John Deere all the way with a 72 2520 gas ,81 2940 ,84 2350 mfwd w/ 245 loader an a 87 4250 mfwd / cab an ps
Nice thank you for watching
I got 2 4020s love em like the newer ones also but the 4020 is hard to beat
It’s pretty ironic that I got one of the last 1959 730s ever made and my 65 3020 was the second year after the 20 series started
My dad had a 4010 propane version when I was a kid which remained until I sold the farm in 1997. We also had a couple of 4020s that soon got replaced by a 4430 and later a 4450. That 4010 ran for many years, although it didn't have that much power being propane.
The Farmall 806 and John Deere 4020 are both great tractors. If it were me, I'd have both, like my dad did with the Farmall H and John Deere B.
7:29 the seat on John Deere's remained directly above the rear axle until they copied the smoother riding IH tractor with the new 7000 series cab, note the IH in your video at 8:17 has the seat set forward of the back axle, the JD seat sits directly above the rear axle
Why no mention of the draft tractors of the line, the 5010 and 5020 ?
And John Deere has been dominant the row crop tractor market ever since
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John Deere blew IHC out of the water with the New Generation of tractors. The red tractors tried to keep up but they lacked the creature comforts that JD engineered into its new line. The simple one lever shifting pattern and synchronized shifting made loader work easy with them. Also, the throttle position lever was a far cry better than the International’s and the hydraulics and brakes were light years ahead of the competition. The 1969 model year upgrades to side pedestal hydraulic controls cemented JD’s leadership in the tractor market.
I couldn’t agree more with what you said👍🏻thank you for watching
I have a John Deere 3010 diesel, but wish it had the power shift over the synchro shift, but like it over the smaller tractor I grew up with.
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The new generation tractors was the first improvement since buying water loo boy in 1918
I can't imagine how they managed to keep hundreds or thousands of employees from leaking rumors about a new tractor, no matter how dire the threats were.
You couldn't do that today!
Four 4020's and a 3010 on our place.
Nice lineup of tractors!
in 1950 when the decision to radically make over the John Deere tractor line was made, JD was a weak second in the market place to International - Farmall. Deere made a great decision for its future, IH failed in its. IH appointed as corporate head their very successful head of Truck sales and he diverted IH's attention to that area. He had little past experience with tractor development, especially how long it took to bring a new product to market. The result is that when IH brought its new idea tractors to market lead by the 560, they did it with too little field time development under their belts. IH went from a company with a history of excellent products to one with a halo tractor with a weak rear end the ultimately resulted in a total recall to be repaired and update. In the heart of that fiasco, Deere rolled out the New Generation and jumped into the sales lead in tractors. They've never given up the lead since.
Deere also has the fiasco of Wakisha engine damn near killing Oliver when they went on strike, Oliver had enough orders due to their successful over direct under power shift to rock the market. Then Wakisha engine went on strike, Oliver had already traded in the tractors and resold many so they were gone, IH was at capacity and could not produce much more and that left Deere to fill the gap, the rest is history. My neighbor ended up with two 4320's and never looked back.
But those years did see some great trucks fielded by IHC! Those pickups were nearly indestructible. Rough riding and blase, but one tough truck.
4010, 3010, damn good tractors, we had both, replaced two Massey-harris, wow what an upgrade. But the 1010 and 2010, well ok improved but wow. The 1010 was a Dubuque with the upright 2 cylinder replaced with a four and new sheet metal, and then there's the 2010, We had one nice handling but it had to have been engineered by some one hired from Massey Ferguson.
The best damn John Deere tractor ever made by John Deere farm tractor it's the 4020 that's the one I would pick
I would have A power shift 4020 with a loder and frunt wheel usist, I did operate a 4020 power shift but it was 2wd and it doesn't have a loder but Howe cares it's a classic American tractor
Farming with two completely rebuilt over hauled John Deere’s almost back to factory new a 4020 and 4320 turbo. They are a better tractor than what u can go down and buy new at a dealership
The 4020 was a great and still is a great tractor. Also had a 806 international which would pull more but the John Deere 4020 had the power shift transmission which was better and the power steering was better.
You could say The New Generation and Generation II have almost as strong of a cult following of the 2 Cylinders....
green and gold all the way !!!!!!
Green All the way. We have had them All. Tractors, seeding, combines, sprayers, and even Snow mobiles
never heard anything abot a 2510? have had one on the farm for years
My grandpa had a farmall 706 with a gas engine and loader and that'd probably be what I'd pick but other than that it'd be a john deere 4020. I've ran both tractors and I loved the 4020 but my grandpa was a red man and I'm the same way. I've got a farmall h that me and him restored together
Dad had a new 2010 diesel, the engine kept droping rings. He then bought a new gas 3010 and it was junk. He wished he had stayed with the old generation. I love old JD's and am a JD collector, but unfortuately dad had two lemons. I understand that the 2010 diesel had sand left in them from the casting and the 3010 carburation was very poor.
That’s interesting about the sand left in for the casting. What are your favorite old generation tractors?
we had a ih806....when i left farm..i worked on a farm with a 4020...i thought the 806 seem like a bigger tractor..but i could understand why so many bought the 4020...they were nice...if i had to buy one..i quess i would go with the 806
I heard somewhere that they even painted them red when they were testing them in the field so nobody would know what was going on. 😺
I think your right! Thank you for watching👍🏻
John Deere got head and shoulders above competition, it's to bad they are losing that battle today due to many different reasons. I still drive the green and yellow
Without question that's going to be the John Deere 4020.
The 4020 is the best tractor ever built. I own a 1966 4020 today.
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@@LocustMotorWorks my dad first turned me loose on a 1965 4020 Power Shift one evening in the fall of 1975 when I was ten years old. I was pulling a five-bottom semi-mounted plow with sixteen inch points in a field west of the house. He was running a 3020 with a mounted four-bottom plow. We worked into the night to finish up the field.
The 4020 had an aftermarket turbocharger kit with straight chrome stack. I will never forget the sound or the sight of flame shooting six inches out of the top of the stack.
A couple of years later, I started working for my uncle for $3 per hour running a 1972 4620. I pulled a 6-18 plow with that among many other utensils (22 ft. disk, 30 ft. field cultivator, anhydrous applicator, etc.). I also occasionally ran his 1978 8630. All before the age of sixteen...
I operated all kinds of other equipment for other local farmers that were friends of my dad, hustling to make money through middle school and high school. Allis Chalmers, Deutz, Ford, International, and others. The Deere machines were far superior in every way.
One day in 1978, my uncle got in an argument with a rep from the local Massey Ferguson dealer. The rep was bragging up their brand new 1155 V-8 powered tractor that they had on their lot. Next thing you know, the dealer trucks his new 1155 out to the farm for a demonstration. One of the fields we cultivated had been part of a fisheries years ago and was composed of hard, black clay muck. We had to plow it in the fall and let it rest over the winter to be able to break it up enough to plant in the spring. They hooked the 1155 to the 6-18 Deere plow that we used with the 4620 and headed out to the muck field.
The dealer selected the range he wanted and dropped into an existing furrow and promptly killed the engine. After several tries, he ended up in it's lowest range and finally struggled through one pass. He climbed off and said, "There ain't any tractor can pull a plow through that ground." Laughter ensued. My uncle brought the 4620 out and hooked up to the plow. He selected fourth gear (normally, I plowed in fifth, sometimes sixth, but this was really hard pulling ground) and dropped into the furrow and lowered the plow and rolled on the power. The Deere settled in with light smoke rolling and ripped through a full pass at 4.5 mph. The Massey dealer stood there dumbfounded. He never said another word and loaded his tractor and headed back to town.
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@@CheeseMiser I didn't say anything about how many were sold. I said the 4020 was the best tractor ever built -- and it was. Demonstrably so. The Ford 8N was a Mickey Mouse piece of junk that was cheap. The 8N is not even in the same universe as the 4020. I've operated both. I've operated many different tractors from multiple different manufacturers. The 4020 is hands-down the best of all of them. A close second was the John Deere 4620. Your comment belies your ignorance of the subject. I wouldn't trade my 4020 for a hundred 8Ns. 🙄
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You didn't mention that the multispeed powershift transmission was a tractor game-changer.
It didn't come out til the 20 series. It was the final upgrade but the differences between the 4010 and the 830 were definitely much more drastic.
4020 John deer all the way
4010 diesel paved the way for modern farming #legendrollson
I agree!! #legendrollson thank you for watching👍🏻
How exactly?
@@RJ1999x the 4010 had more modern hyd system, power trains made to last three pinion designs synchronized transmission load and depth this wasn’t something available on IH for many years. Remember the 560 farm all wasn’t meant to compete with 4010 it was meant to beat a 730
@@classic89deerefever80 The John Deere hydraulic system was a highly complicated unreliable hydraulic system, which they finally abandoned, and the draft control was horrible in comparison to an Allis Chalmers traction booster system, until electronics came into effect the draft control much like others of that era, was almost useless
@@RJ1999x well when a xt190 had the same rear end as wd45 the 4010 was a much stronger machine,didn't produce metal like a xt190. The hydraulic system of a 4010 was and still is compatible with modern equipment today,allis and farmall stuck with a open center system too long. the systems you speak of ran from 1960-1994 so it couldn't have been very difficult to work with.
After allis sold to deutz the conversation ends there is no blood line. #solidstablestilljohndeere
I operate a John Deere 50
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John Deere without a doubt
The question is, why did John Deere stay with the 2 cylinder tractor for so long ? Other tractor manufacturers had moved on to 4 and 6 cylinder on-line long ago.
They couldn't decide which company they should copy
You completely left out the contribution of Lanz from Germany. You might want to find out about it, it will change your perspective.
I have a 4320 needs brakes and rock shaft
Nice! not to bad of a project as long as you got a fork lift and a decent shop👍