This is the kind of farming we used to do when I was growing up -- small tractors and small equipment, taking all day to work a field you could walk all the way around in less than 15 minutes. Two-bottom plows and 10-foot disks. Four-row corn planters and 2-row pickers. Eight-foot hay mowers and rakes, a crimper that never worked so we gave up on it, and a 2-twine small baler that you couldn't push past about 1 bale every 20 or 30 seconds. We had a grain drill that mostly worked, but the one year we planted oats the old combine barely lasted through the harvest. That JD 2020 looks a lot smaller with an adult sitting in the seat than it looked to me driving one as a young teen.
Worlds Okayest Farmer I really do applaud anyone who finds joy in doing it; much happiness to you. I did not, though -- when I left for college I never returned but for overnight visits. I really laughed at the thumbnail -- been there and done that!
Best part about farming is figuring it out. If it were me, I'd find another set of rears and rig em for duals on that thing and add some wheel weights to keep wheel slip down. I was told long ago, if you could grab a handful of plowed dirt and squeeze tightly, it should lightly crumble apart, then your ready for discing and planting. Otherwise its just a mess and hard on equipment. Open up that area you drove through, throw in any heavy rocks you can find, drop a cheap piece of culvert in there and back fill with gravel. Culverts can be found by anyone replacing them in their driveways, they would probably give it to you.
@@WorldsOkayestFarmer Were actually looking at getting into farming, well a hobbish farm. No milking because we all know about that and I don't feel like pulling over 1200 teats to get some wheres. Not worth it. Maybe some steers, some pigs and some chickens, possibly pastured. We both still want day jobs to boot and do the hobby thing after. Keeping it small, no more then 40 acres and make it sustain itself with old school equipment and old practices. Growing our equipment list as we speak, more experience on how something's work. Nothing big, nothing fancy and were trying to do it debt free because we feel this is where everyone's down fall is. I enjoy watching people try to figure it out. My only experience is from working on farms since I was a kid and off and on since then.
This was great to watch! I just got my first property, 10 acres. Comes with a nice 2020 and a bunch of attachments. Gonna be a learning experience for sure- but I can't wait to grow some crops. And I'm getting goats- BOOOYAAA!!!!!
This brings back memories of 'the stump field,' which was an outlying piece of turf on the powerline right-of-way. The causeway we used to connect it to the rest of the acreage washed out. After that, we had to go around on the road and cross three other peoples' property to get to the godforsaken sandpit. We eventually just gave up on trying to farm it at all. But it was always fun to take the old 4010 on a little road trip now and then, even if the route did include a trash dump and tractor-eating washouts.
My dad bought a new 2020 with a front end loader in 1967. I got pretty good on that thing loading feed and working the fields at 14-15. I bet that tractor's still running somewhere.
this reminds me of ME in my younger days 😁😁😁 Could be due to video optics, but it appears that the front of the disk is digging in too much, so an adjustment to level out the disk to lower the back of the disk to do more of the work, may help, and a couple of spacers on the hydraulic ram shaft to prevent the disk from cutting to deep, may also help the traction of the tractor's rear tires. A freshly plowed field should be disked shallow first, then deeper if needed, after the soil has settled. Just my opinion. I liked your disking video
Thanks this was when I was getting started. The leveling adjustment was stripped out so we were going with how it was. I didn’t have a lot of money to dump into good equipment. It was actually just going to be to put in food plots but turned into grain farming. I have a brand new cheaper disc now that is a lot better. That disc was a bit much for that tractor if conditions were not ideal.
I remember when my dad and uncle put me on my first tractor. They showed me the controls one time and said have at it because i kept asking to drive and work. Didn't take long to learn and before I knew it i was well experienced, until i had my first scary experience that brought me back down to earth,
Worlds Okayest Farmer On the back of our farm we have a small field on top of a hill that we used to use for extra tobacco. That morning was awful wet because of the dew. Well young me thought it would be a good idea to back down the hill to finish the last few strips with the disk. I backed down just fine. When I started forward the back tires was spinning until it caught grip and raised the front end higher than i wanted. After that day i had the utmost respect for equipment. I was 14 at the time. now I'm 23 and know better.
CypressRage I’m 13 now and that happened to me when I was 8 or 9 chisel plowing with a 4230 and a 3-point mounted chisel plow and the nose stood up pretty good.
2020 is a good tractor, they all have their limits. I would check for an exhaust leak, but it has good power. Look for a 4020, used to be plenty around and easy to repair.
That soil is so soft, we have a 3020 we use on the farm as an auger tractor and for spreading straw in the corrals with. My old rome disk could've really torn that soft field up
There is a 2020 with a loader for sale near me. It seemed too small when I first looked, but this video is inspiring me a bit. When old ford 600s are bringing nearly 3k it makes a 2020 for 5k seem like a bargain. Not that I have anything against ford 600s of course.
I think it would help if you leveled out your disk, the front seems to be cutting in up to the hub and the back is barely going in. There is a crank on the tongue to level it out.
I agree 100% problem is the crank is stripped. So I need to replace it. I don't know what model it is only paid like 400 for it might get a better one. Thanks
Ttl Keat it’s funny you say that because I have a little bigger tractors now and I still say the same thing as you. It is a lot of fun that’s why I do it not for the money that’s for sure!
Thanks, I checked it out, looks good, I just bought a used Hero 4 silver on a whim but super shaky ( no image stabilization ) without a gimbal, and no zoom. I didn't even consider a little camcorder, might have to try one where size isn't an issue, I guess they both have their place.
I am not criticizing but from my experience you should go at an angle from the direction you plowed the field. Makes for a more level field for planting. I am trying to give constructive advice.
@@WorldsOkayestFarmer Thats all that matters ,the john deere Got it done . to be honest my massey 65 , 4 cylinder perkins would have came up short on that field .
@@fishinginpa4716 You could do that field with an 8n just would take longer. One issue was my neighbor plowed it with a big 5 bottom that made huge furrows that that 2020 was getting stuck in so eventually I just put the 6100 on the disk and no problem. That was another video
The biggest problem is that the rear tires are not tall enough , they need to be , 34's , 36's , or use dual wheels and work the land at a slight angle of the furrow , thus allowing the tractor to stay on top of the furrow as opposed to sinking down in between the furrows to lose traction and get stuck .
This is the kind of farming we used to do when I was growing up -- small tractors and small equipment, taking all day to work a field you could walk all the way around in less than 15 minutes. Two-bottom plows and 10-foot disks. Four-row corn planters and 2-row pickers. Eight-foot hay mowers and rakes, a crimper that never worked so we gave up on it, and a 2-twine small baler that you couldn't push past about 1 bale every 20 or 30 seconds. We had a grain drill that mostly worked, but the one year we planted oats the old combine barely lasted through the harvest. That JD 2020 looks a lot smaller with an adult sitting in the seat than it looked to me driving one as a young teen.
It fun but time consuming
Worlds Okayest Farmer
I really do applaud anyone who finds joy in doing it; much happiness to you. I did not, though -- when I left for college I never returned but for overnight visits.
I really laughed at the thumbnail -- been there and done that!
+Pseudorandomly it started out as a food plot for deer lol
Best part about farming is figuring it out. If it were me, I'd find another set of rears and rig em for duals on that thing and add some wheel weights to keep wheel slip down. I was told long ago, if you could grab a handful of plowed dirt and squeeze tightly, it should lightly crumble apart, then your ready for discing and planting. Otherwise its just a mess and hard on equipment. Open up that area you drove through, throw in any heavy rocks you can find, drop a cheap piece of culvert in there and back fill with gravel. Culverts can be found by anyone replacing them in their driveways, they would probably give it to you.
I like your recommendations some of that is on the list! Thanks for watching and the advice
@@WorldsOkayestFarmer Were actually looking at getting into farming, well a hobbish farm. No milking because we all know about that and I don't feel like pulling over 1200 teats to get some wheres. Not worth it. Maybe some steers, some pigs and some chickens, possibly pastured. We both still want day jobs to boot and do the hobby thing after. Keeping it small, no more then 40 acres and make it sustain itself with old school equipment and old practices. Growing our equipment list as we speak, more experience on how something's work. Nothing big, nothing fancy and were trying to do it debt free because we feel this is where everyone's down fall is. I enjoy watching people try to figure it out. My only experience is from working on farms since I was a kid and off and on since then.
I would tile drain
Those tractors were always the best. I know the ladies love to drive them
This was great to watch! I just got my first property, 10 acres. Comes with a nice 2020 and a bunch of attachments. Gonna be a learning experience for sure- but I can't wait to grow some crops. And I'm getting goats- BOOOYAAA!!!!!
Hmatty J that’s great glad to hear I have a lot of maintenance videos on here for it! Thanks for watching I hope everything goes well for you
This brings back memories of 'the stump field,' which was an outlying piece of turf on the powerline right-of-way. The causeway we used to connect it to the rest of the acreage washed out. After that, we had to go around on the road and cross three other peoples' property to get to the godforsaken sandpit. We eventually just gave up on trying to farm it at all. But it was always fun to take the old 4010 on a little road trip now and then, even if the route did include a trash dump and tractor-eating washouts.
B Williams that’s sounds like you had some issues also lol
My dad bought a new 2020 with a front end loader in 1967. I got pretty good on that thing loading feed and working the fields at 14-15. I bet that tractor's still running somewhere.
Maybe this one! Its for sale currently
Nothing like the sound of the old John Deeres. We used to call them putt putt tractors when we were kids.
But the 2020 was not a "putt putt" tractor. Believe it was 4 cylinders. Not 2 like the putt putts.
this reminds me of ME in my younger days 😁😁😁 Could be due to video optics, but it appears that the front of the disk is digging in too much, so an adjustment to level out the disk to lower the back of the disk to do more of the work, may help, and a couple of spacers on the hydraulic ram shaft to prevent the disk from cutting to deep, may also help the traction of the tractor's rear tires. A freshly plowed field should be disked shallow first, then deeper if needed, after the soil has settled. Just my opinion. I liked your disking video
Thanks this was when I was getting started. The leveling adjustment was stripped out so we were going with how it was. I didn’t have a lot of money to dump into good equipment. It was actually just going to be to put in food plots but turned into grain farming. I have a brand new cheaper disc now that is a lot better. That disc was a bit much for that tractor if conditions were not ideal.
I remember when my dad and uncle put me on my first tractor. They showed me the controls one time and said have at it because i kept asking to drive and work. Didn't take long to learn and before I knew it i was well experienced, until i had my first scary experience that brought me back down to earth,
Oh yeah what happened to scare you?
Worlds Okayest Farmer On the back of our farm we have a small field on top of a hill that we used to use for extra tobacco. That morning was awful wet because of the dew. Well young me thought it would be a good idea to back down the hill to finish the last few strips with the disk. I backed down just fine. When I started forward the back tires was spinning until it caught grip and raised the front end higher than i wanted. After that day i had the utmost respect for equipment. I was 14 at the time. now I'm 23 and know better.
CypressRage oh really a little pucker factor! Thanks for sharing
CypressRage I’m 13 now and that happened to me when I was 8 or 9 chisel plowing with a 4230 and a 3-point mounted chisel plow and the nose stood up pretty good.
Great little disk needs to be Re-leveled
Yeah the threads on the leveling crank are shot and the front blades are beat. I hope to get a new one soon. Thank you
2020 is a good tractor, they all have their limits. I would check for an exhaust leak, but it has good power. Look for a 4020, used to be plenty around and easy to repair.
Yeah you are correct! It has a exhaust leak at the manifold.
Worked for Deere many years, take care.
Jon Deer Jones
Looks like good soil. I hope God gives you a good growing season☆☆☆
Tod Davis thank you
That soil is so soft, we have a 3020 we use on the farm as an auger tractor and for spreading straw in the corrals with. My old rome disk could've really torn that soft field up
3020 is a much nicer tractor. That 2020 was using everything it had and you had to be quick to raise the disc
8ft of disk is all that tractor needs. It might have 54 hp but I think it lacks in torque.
Yeah its a bit much for it but it does alright in ideal conditions. I'm hoping to get another larger tractor
There is a 2020 with a loader for sale near me. It seemed too small when I first looked, but this video is inspiring me a bit. When old ford 600s are bringing nearly 3k it makes a 2020 for 5k seem like a bargain. Not that I have anything against ford 600s of course.
jtoddjb yeah it's been a good tractor the loader we have is real nice it is just heavy on the front end being two wheel drive
I learned how to drive on a 2020. Probably 45 years ago.
Thats awesome they good tractors. As you can see we are still learning lol
I like to plow after Harvest in the fall and disc in spring so no lumps in the soil.
I would love to get on top of things like that but right now I am always playing catch up
I think it would help if you leveled out your disk, the front seems to be cutting in up to the hub and the back is barely going in. There is a crank on the tongue to level it out.
I agree 100% problem is the crank is stripped. So I need to replace it. I don't know what model it is only paid like 400 for it might get a better one. Thanks
A set of duals would probably help the ole tractor out in pulling that disc.
I know I would really like to find a set!
I bet Deere never made a set.
I bet dmi made a set
To fill in the mud pit before you got to the back field, you should throw all the rocks that come out of your fields and put gravel over top.
Thanks man we have been I have a pile of rocks to put in there also but I need to rent a skid steer
I have a old gas john Deere 2020 I'm having to put a new wireing harnesses on it and have the card rebuild on it
I cannot believe he made it through that.
I know it was good that he did
I would love doing work with a big tractor. Only tractors I drive is lawn tractors.
Ttl Keat it’s funny you say that because I have a little bigger tractors now and I still say the same thing as you. It is a lot of fun that’s why I do it not for the money that’s for sure!
@@WorldsOkayestFarmer I cut grass for a living the only tractor I drove was my papaws when I was 9 or so in kentucky.
yup at the end.been there. first time out. i forgot was sleeping.lol
That's cool, what kind of camera were you using? , pretty smooth footage following him on the 4 wheeler.
pcdubya it’s non expensive Panasonic I have a video on it! Have a good day
Thanks, I checked it out, looks good, I just bought a used Hero 4 silver on a whim but super shaky ( no image stabilization ) without a gimbal, and no zoom. I didn't even consider a little camcorder, might have to try one where size isn't an issue, I guess they both have their place.
pcdubya yes I use both they both have their place for sure everything needs to be kind of close with GoPro
Need cut those trees back wow let some sun into those wet areas and put some rock into the slew you have to go through to get to that field.
I agree working on it
You need to fix the exhaust manifold before burn a valve
Great video
Jan Kotze thank you
Lil too much disc :) Neat though.
How many hp?
54 hp
damn. I'm knew to your channel.
Thanks for watching
A 54 hp tractor introduced in 1965
generationll yes sir that is a 67 model still going strong. My dad would love your channel he loves trains. Thanks for watching
Is that an 8 or 10 ft. disc?
10ft
I have never ran a 2020 but i have ran a 2520
You guys if you are going to learn how to farm need to learn about drainage. Culverts and tile
Its in the works don't really have a lot of extra money farming cheap grain. Starting from scratch
I am not criticizing but from my experience you should go at an angle from the direction you plowed the field. Makes for a more level field for planting. I am trying to give constructive advice.
I like all good advice trying to improve
festus51 It helps going over some of the wet spots to your wheels are not going in between the furrows
that tractor don't have the kahunas to pull that disc
sepresley1 does it all the time sometimes you have to put the wheels down a bit
Must have had a 5 year old plow the field , that was a hard on my eyes.
got it done 😂
@@WorldsOkayestFarmer Thats all that matters ,the john deere Got it done . to be honest my massey 65 , 4 cylinder perkins would have came up short on that field .
@@fishinginpa4716 You could do that field with an 8n just would take longer. One issue was my neighbor plowed it with a big 5 bottom that made huge furrows that that 2020 was getting stuck in so eventually I just put the 6100 on the disk and no problem. That was another video
Thanks for sharing but it looks like a lot of disk for your little 2020.
Thomas Mccrea thanks for watching it does alright
The biggest problem is that the rear tires are not tall enough , they need to be , 34's , 36's , or use dual wheels and work the land at a slight angle of the furrow , thus allowing the tractor to stay on top of the furrow as opposed to sinking down in between the furrows to lose traction and get stuck .
You'd be surprised how much power that 2020 has. Had one for 10 years and it would hunker down.
still a little soft?
In places yeah
When you flat broke it, you are going to go down that far in the dirt when it is wet.
way too wet. but to each their own.
Seriously that 2020 is underpowered for those discs and a 4WD would have been better
Brett Hovey it works pretty well for the most part and I have a 4x4 also but we run both. Thanks for watching
Worlds Okayest Farmer that 2020 has plenty of power for a light disk even at 10 feet.
Brett Hovey it pulls it fine on dry ground I use the 6100 on it if wet
Where are those discs at? I only see one disc. And what purpose would a 4wd tractor do pulling that little disc?
Doodles For one thing,a four-wheel-drive heavy utility tractor would pull it quite a bit faster.
Just so everyone knows this is not how farming is done today or 50 years ago.
Doodles 😂