Tractor is still working perfectly after almost 60 years of use. That speaks volumes about how the farmer who owned it previously valued and cared for it!
I’ll drive the new one for a week,and you can drive the 4020. You can do a week in august,then we can come back in the snow and do some tillage. We can the do a comparison,if you’re still alive.
@@ralphllivrah9551 I managed a sod farm in N. Fla and spent a lotta hours outdoors on an old Ford tractor…So that would be no problem…I know what it takes… The question is which tractor is better…not more comfortable…
@ you spend 16 hrs a day,for months on them,and you’ll always say that r series is better. I remember the days on those cabless tractor. These new tractor last fine. The difference in lasting is easy. These little cabless tractors have an easy life. They aren’t hooked to a forty foot implement the entire life. They move hay bales and do lite work. There is a lot of difference between 5000hrs at max load,and puttering around with a bush hog,or moving hay bales.
The 4020 might not have all the bells and whistles, but there's something special about that iconic look and raw power. Sentimental farming at its best! ❤👨🌾
Laura, in teaching mode, being the boss, I was wondering why you were not driving the tractor with the cab, then you ended-up getting in the cab near the end. Time of the year to thank you for posting all the videos in 2024. Happy New Year to you all, love from Mike. ❤
Laura: a professional farmer with every fiber of her existence also Laura: wearing a white coat to check fluids on a 50y old tractor!😉🙃😊 Love your videos, always interesting cause of your contagious enthusiasm for farming and the interesting similarity and differences between farming in Nebraska and here in Germany! 🥰😁😁😉🙃 Best wishes!
Laura’s bubbly personality, positive work attitude, GLOWING SMILE and contacious love for the camera also helps her YT followers coming back for more. Grant and Gage are NOT BAD EITHER! I love Laura Farms!
On the 420, that sounds like a loose electrical connection issue. It also looks like the right connection might need to be repaired so it makes a proper connection. Hiya Pepper, great to see you, behind the ear scratches.... I would like to wish you all a very safe and happy New Years.
Laura, you are the best in front and behind the camera! Love your narration and channel content. Always entertaining, educational and FUN. Laura, you are Magical! Keep your joy coming in 2025.
Growing up farming with my dad we had both a 3020 and 4020, we used them mainly for baling hay. I claimed the 4020 as my tractor as it was a little longer and heavier than the 3020 and would not bounce as bad going over the corrugated fields we farmed. It too had a bucket on it, I think it was the same one as on yours. Loved that tractor, our lights actually worked, we baled mostly at night. Love the old tractor content, keep it coming.
When I was growing up on my grandfathers farm, I questioned him about getting the lights working on our tractors because they didn't. He said when it's getting dark it's time to call it a day and we'll start fresh at daylight tomorrow. We could do repairs at night but we didn't work in the fields.
Some of us old-timers refer to the 4020s as the new generation of farm tractors. The 1960s saw the horsepower race take off and enclosed cabs evolve. After WWII farm equipment evolved quickly as pull type equipment increased in size. Farmers tore out lots of fencing to make bigger fields. Self-propelled combines came on the scene and completely changed the task of harvesting. The changes from 1950 to 1965 were more drastic than from 1965 to today.
I'm sure cranking that steering wheel when trying to start your older tractor always helps. ;) When I was young, we did actually have to crank the smaller tractors to start them. Good for conditioning, but you can get a broken arm, or head, if not careful. Just so you know: The issue with the hydraulic pressure at the fitting @12:00 was from the pressure on the cylinder due to supporting the weight of the disks. An easy way to eliminate this issue is to add a TEE at each end of the cylinder and install a short hose from each tee to a valve. Open the valve after you hook up one of the lines to lower the disk and equalize the pressure on both lines - allowing you to easily hook up the other line. Just make sure you close the valve again so you can raise and lower the disks normally. The reason to open the valve after you hook up one of the lines is because of the difference in volume between the piston end and the shaft end of the cylinder. The other option is to set the disks down on blocks to keep them out of the dirt and remove the pressure from the cylinder with some compensation for the blocks sinking a bit during the off-season before disconnecting. Either one works. It's nice to have options. Oh, and a trailer jack or a block for your hitch to have it at the right height would also be handy - if you use the bocking option for your disks. The no-start issue @40:00 is a common one. Clean and re-tighten your battery connections. You had a good enough connection to pull in your start solenoid when jumping it, but not a good enough connection to drive your start motor. I've seen it a dozen times. This is more common in farm equipment than in autos due to vibration, rough terrain and environment, but I've seen it on both. I've also seen people drop good money into a new battery, starter and start solenoid when poor battery connections were the issue all along. Keep up the good work!
I do wonder how much knowledge is just taken for granted. Things like making sure there's not pressure in the cylinders when hooking up, or cleaning battery terminals when changing batteries are things that should be passed down the generations. It seems they were mainly taught how to use the equipment, not how to maintain & work on them.
Love your videos. Usually if moving battery cable helps with starting there are some hints.Cables themselves are loose, corrosion on cable to battery connection. The cable itself may be bad. Be very careful when you are in front of rear tires when trying to start that tractor is in neutral as it may start and run you over. Another sugestion that you put a battery dissconnect on positive lead of battery that way if there is any residual drain on battery the dissconnect will stop that. Again great videos.
It's a nice thing to see your videos still after all the farming is pretty much done for the year. I need a disc about that same as you have on the 4020 to do the area were I plant my garden the lot is to small to get the big 60 foot disc in there and it takes a long time with the garden tiller I am sure I will find one.
I don't know the mechanics behind it but have had to do the same thing with older tractors......just a bit less aggressively than Laura did it though.😂
Hello Laura, Grant and Gage. Always enjoy your videos. Something tells me that when you are on the old tractor you can feel your grandfather looking over your shoulder. Happy New Year to you guys. Love y’all ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Also to help with corrosion on the battery post and terminals, you can apply terminal lube, available at any parts store. Or you can use vaseline to cover the terminal and post to help control the corrosion. To clean the post and terminals there is a small battery brush that you can use and heavy corrosion removal you can use a bottle of coke cola, apply it and the corrosion will start falling away and then clean with a brush, tighten, and apply the battery lube. The lube should be checked every time you do your walk around and reapplied as needed.
Nice winter projects to fix both old tractors go threw them off so need when it sits and starts every time . Refresh the engine, etc. So no issues both tractors deserve that attention. 😊
Just a hint...when you are starting a diesel in the winter and the tractor does not have glow plugs, give the breather a little whiff of starting fluid and the tractor will start without so much strain on battery and starter. Love your show
Those old JD’s had an ether injector below the steering wheel. You just pushed the top of the can up into it. Very handy, and you could more easily avoid giving it too much.
wiggling the battery cable just made a better connection. If I remember right, you stated that you replaced the battery cables. With the battery did you clean the two terminals off really well? Any corrosion will cause an in issue with good contact. I don't know how old your battery is on the 4020 but we always changed ours out about every 3 years, course that was on a 3010 and 3020. One thing about the old tractors, a good battery always kept them starting well. If you are having an issue with the battery cable terminals being too loose for a good contact after tighting, you can either replace the terminals on the cables or fold or stick a penny and put it between the post and cable terminal and that will allow you to tighten the terminal down tighter.
Great video Laura bet your glad of the newer tractor having a cab so you can keep warm but do like the older tractor reminds me when I was younger driving tractors on my father's tractors ❤
The Air conditioning us soooo good in those old tractor. Ole GPS was me marking barb wire with seed sack and grandpa driving a lime....and he was proud how straight they were.
Laura, here's a tip, the 3020 and 4020 tractors as many other older tractors, you shut off the tractor then work the hydraulic lever back and forth to release the pressure in the hydraulic system and then hook up the implement and the rest will go smooth.
This was a great comparison. I’ve run lots of old tractors including this 4020 and on back to the old poppin Johnnies. But I have run lots of newer ones. I must say we’ve come a long way😅. We bought a JD Deere 6415 in 2006 and now it’s getting old, but still giving us good service. Cool video. Take care and have a good one. 👍❤️
I ran a 4020 for many years they are very good hard working tractor's and they are one of my favorite tractor's. You should be able to pull that disc in 5th gear maybe even 6th gear
Wiggling cables to start the motor usually means a loose connection, bad wire, a short (or a combination of them). Nice vlog, I enjoyed watching both them tractors comparing side by side.
Seemed to be discing slow, maybe in 3rd gear? Expected the 4020 could pull the disc in 4th gear or even 5th. Enjoyed the comparison of old and new. Thanks for taking the time and braving the cold for this one!
On those older JDs, sometimes you have to play with the gear shifter to make sure it's in Park, or they won't even begin to start..Move shifter to any gear, then lightly slam shifter into park..That a couple of times, & it should start 😊
The AR 370 has a big advantage over the old 420 in that you don't have nearly as much to worry about when it comes possibly getting bounced out of the seat and ending up under the wheels or even the discs as the tractor is moving. Many farmers have been seriously injured and some have even died this way. But! I'm so happy to see that you're okay and safe, and I hope that you had a great Christmas, and hopes for a wonderful new year!
Two questions from a city-slicker: 1) What is the long silver tarp-ish thing laying on the ground behind the tractors near the video's beginning? 2) Why do you twist the steering wheel back and forth when starting the older tractor? Oh, please hook up the lights on the older tractor. Another great video! 😀👍👍
The hydraulics can put drag (friction) on the engine making it more difficult for the starter to turn the engine over. Working the steering wheel back and forth helps decrease the pressure (friction) making it easier for the starter to turn the engine over, allowing the engine to start easier and faster.
Great video love seeing the old equipment beside the new. I love the classic equipment, but I love the new technology of the new equipment but if I were to pick a job for the 4020, it would be plowing or planting a full field of corn or soy beans.
28:18 OK at this point I’m thinking that climate control cabin with that heated chair. You need to have some fun with that versus the parka Eskimo boy on the other tractor. Lolol
Hello guys, Just watched the old vs new trator disking.. sounds like either the negative cable or positive battery cable clamps are corroded, (perhaps both) & need to be cleaned/tightened completely. After checking for corrosion/cleaning give both battery & cable terminals a good coating of dielectric grease. This will most likely solve the continuity issues. Thankyou for all the GREAT viseos!
Great job comparing the two set ups. If there is pressure on those old hydraulic cylinders the only way to relieve it is the way Grant did it. There goes the wardrobe!
I've got an old backhoe on a JD 300 tracktor. I had the starter rebuilt but it still doesn't engage all of the time. I think that there is a bit of a ridge on some places of the ring gear. I installed another solonoid, with the out put power doing directly to the startermotor. that is powered by a spring loaded push button. When the starter doesn't engage, I hit the second button, which makes the starter spin and the bendix is pulled in the ring gear. so far it works.
Happy New year , I grew up on a dairy farm in Vermont . My father quit farming in 1963 and one tractor we had was a JD 2010 which is micro spect compared to the fleet. that you. have . Always enjoy the videos that you produce Peace ..
The way to plow straight furrows or disk in a straight line is to pick a landmark in front of you. And drive straight towards it. Once you make you first pass, then be careful to stay in line with it on your second and subsequent passes. 😊🚜
This one’s for Grant. The top of the pistons are dished out and fill up with fuel which in turns ups the compression which helps start in cold weather. Once it starts it has to burn the fuel that was down in the piston. The new tractor has an intake heater. That’s why the old one smokes after starting.
When discs are stored outside over winter in the rain and snow they tend to get moisture in the hydraulics, once in there play degrade the fluid and that gets drawn up into your tractor system. Maybe change them out periodically but for me I figured the best thing was to have a jumper to go across both of them. That is two females to connect them together so there was no fitting sitting out in the open with moisture coming in. Before I was injured I was wanting to extend my hydraulic fittings at the tractor and Tube them out and put a t so I could place a bypass valve across those in bleed off pressure when I was parking in finding to disconnect my lines. Just a thought
Hi Laura, love the old tractor with all it eccentricities. Just a guess, but I bet that the battery has a loose internal pole, which is why wiggling to cable on the pole got it working again. Time to replace that battery. All the best for the new year.
Word of advice, turn the engine off when ever working on hydraulics. I have a small emax tractor, and I 4 in 1 bucket for it and some fork lift tynes, I quite regularly have to disconnect the hydraulics for the 4 in 1 bucket when I use the tynes to lift things.
On the old disc, if you use the transport lock you can release the pressure on the hydraulics before you disconnect the hoses, to make reattach easier. (If it has a transport lock of course)
Oh! No the gage, is there anything broken or stuck? I don't know, but when I see this, it sends chills down my spine.😭A happy and prosperous new year to you all.
If the Keystone Cops had a matriculation facility for upstart farmers, you adorable kids would be at the top of the class. Also, Grant is more than obvious ,at times, with his camera angles while filming the lovely Miss Laura and my wife suggested that a merch opportunity may be had by publishing a calender featuring the aforementioned Miss Laura and whomever else you deem photogenic. She definitely missed her calling as a successful model...all due respect. We love you guys and keep up the great work.❤🎉
Boa tarde Laura! Que tudo dê certo em sua vida! Que Deus te abençoe! Fica com Deus! Que tudo dê certo no seu Dia a Dia! Que você receba muitas bênçãos do Universo!!!
I had one that had a gearshift safety too The boys at the repair shop in Palmer disconnected it. Just a thought. I used to turn the power on and move the Gear shift to find the sweet spot. Lol
Old equipment should lower the disk to relive the pressure when parking. New ones can be done under pressure. I have replaced all the blades on several disks. We upgraded a couple from 18" blades to 22" blades. Lots of heavy work.
I just watched your dad's video and his car that was nicely decorated and lit and was wondering what you and Grant were going to do the top that because it looked like you put a lot of thought into it love your videos love the fact that you take the time to do the things you do it is something that I absolutely enjoy watching every time you put out a new posting I hope you and Grant have a very merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year profitable to 🤠🥰🤠
Great video, love the old John deere tractors, now you need to get an old John deere putt putt. Hope you all had a merry Christmas, happy new year and lots of love from pa ❤❤❤
I can't tell for sure but if that tractor has 2 batteries to help start (24 volt) then the loose terminal did not allow enough juice to make the starter engage. When you twisted the terminal, you made a good connection and allowed the full 24 volts thru to the starter.
Takes pressure from hydraulic pump and allows engine to turn over just a lil faster. Been running heavy equipment for 25 years. Sometimes that’s all it takes to get that lil bit to help get it started
Before there were hydraulics implements were raised and lowered by pull off a rope. Would be nice to demo an old piece of equipment which had the power lift. Thanks so much guys I enjoy your videos.
Tractor is still working perfectly after almost 60 years of use. That speaks volumes about how the farmer who owned it previously valued and cared for it!
Very little built today is built to last that long…
Absolutely he cared for his tractor very much!😅
I’ll drive the new one for a week,and you can drive the 4020. You can do a week in august,then we can come back in the snow and do some tillage. We can the do a comparison,if you’re still alive.
@@ralphllivrah9551 I managed a sod farm in N. Fla and spent a lotta hours outdoors on an old Ford tractor…So that would be no problem…I know what it takes… The question is which tractor is better…not
more comfortable…
@ you spend 16 hrs a day,for months on them,and you’ll always say that r series is better. I remember the days on those cabless tractor. These new tractor last fine. The difference in lasting is easy. These little cabless tractors have an easy life. They aren’t hooked to a forty foot implement the entire life. They move hay bales and do lite work. There is a lot of difference between 5000hrs at max load,and puttering around with a bush hog,or moving hay bales.
Make sure that all of the battery terminals are super clean and super tight, and that will do it !
Wow!!! Look how many people, me included, are so happy when you post something!!!!! 🙂
The 4020 might not have all the bells and whistles, but there's something special about that iconic look and raw power. Sentimental farming at its best! ❤👨🌾
Laura, in teaching mode, being the boss, I was wondering why you were not driving the tractor with the cab, then you ended-up getting in the cab near the end.
Time of the year to thank you for posting all the videos in 2024.
Happy New Year to you all, love from Mike. ❤
Laura: a professional farmer with every fiber of her existence
also Laura: wearing a white coat to check fluids on a 50y old tractor!😉🙃😊
Love your videos, always interesting cause of your contagious enthusiasm for farming and the interesting similarity and differences between farming in Nebraska and here in Germany! 🥰😁😁😉🙃
Best wishes!
she looks nice in jeans too
Laura’s bubbly personality, positive work attitude, GLOWING SMILE and contacious love for the camera also helps her YT followers coming back for more. Grant and Gage are NOT BAD EITHER! I love Laura Farms!
Women eat spaghetti wearing white and never get anything on them…Us guys…We get stains just looking at a plate of it 😝
You wasn't going fast enough
Clean and tighten all the battery connections and terminals !!
I like that when you take on a sponsor it is always for a product that suits your audience and channel. It shows integrity and strengthens your brand.
On the 420, that sounds like a loose electrical connection issue. It also looks like the right connection might need to be repaired so it makes a proper connection.
Hiya Pepper, great to see you, behind the ear scratches....
I would like to wish you all a very safe and happy New Years.
Laura, you are the best in front and behind the camera! Love your narration and channel content. Always entertaining, educational and FUN. Laura, you are Magical! Keep your joy coming in 2025.
Growing up farming with my dad we had both a 3020 and 4020, we used them mainly for baling hay. I claimed the 4020 as my tractor as it was a little longer and heavier than the 3020 and would not bounce as bad going over the corrugated fields we farmed. It too had a bucket on it, I think it was the same one as on yours. Loved that tractor, our lights actually worked, we baled mostly at night. Love the old tractor content, keep it coming.
When I was growing up on my grandfathers farm, I questioned him about getting the lights working on our tractors because they didn't. He said when it's getting dark it's time to call it a day and we'll start fresh at daylight tomorrow. We could do repairs at night but we didn't work in the fields.
Love watching the work both of you do on the farm! Continue your fantastic work 💪
Some of us old-timers refer to the 4020s as the new generation of farm tractors.
The 1960s saw the horsepower race take off and enclosed cabs evolve.
After WWII farm equipment evolved quickly as pull type equipment increased in size. Farmers tore out lots of fencing to make bigger fields. Self-propelled combines came on the scene and completely changed the task of harvesting.
The changes from 1950 to 1965 were more drastic than from 1965 to today.
I would prefer if we have private discu-ssion!!
I'm sure cranking that steering wheel when trying to start your older tractor always helps. ;)
When I was young, we did actually have to crank the smaller tractors to start them. Good for conditioning, but you can get a broken arm, or head, if not careful.
Just so you know: The issue with the hydraulic pressure at the fitting @12:00 was from the pressure on the cylinder due to supporting the weight of the disks. An easy way to eliminate this issue is to add a TEE at each end of the cylinder and install a short hose from each tee to a valve. Open the valve after you hook up one of the lines to lower the disk and equalize the pressure on both lines - allowing you to easily hook up the other line. Just make sure you close the valve again so you can raise and lower the disks normally. The reason to open the valve after you hook up one of the lines is because of the difference in volume between the piston end and the shaft end of the cylinder. The other option is to set the disks down on blocks to keep them out of the dirt and remove the pressure from the cylinder with some compensation for the blocks sinking a bit during the off-season before disconnecting. Either one works. It's nice to have options. Oh, and a trailer jack or a block for your hitch to have it at the right height would also be handy - if you use the bocking option for your disks.
The no-start issue @40:00 is a common one. Clean and re-tighten your battery connections. You had a good enough connection to pull in your start solenoid when jumping it, but not a good enough connection to drive your start motor. I've seen it a dozen times. This is more common in farm equipment than in autos due to vibration, rough terrain and environment, but I've seen it on both. I've also seen people drop good money into a new battery, starter and start solenoid when poor battery connections were the issue all along.
Keep up the good work!
I do wonder how much knowledge is just taken for granted. Things like making sure there's not pressure in the cylinders when hooking up, or cleaning battery terminals when changing batteries are things that should be passed down the generations.
It seems they were mainly taught how to use the equipment, not how to maintain & work on them.
Love you all you just made my day!
Hope y'all have a wonderful new year!
Happy New Year Laura! We ❤ you in Naples, Florida
Love watching your channel from urban England. My grandad was a farmer. Hope you all have a lovely new year.
A true queen, flawless in every way.
With a smile to die for!
dnt take life in ur hands ...
Love your videos. Usually if moving battery cable helps with starting there are some hints.Cables themselves are loose, corrosion on cable to battery connection. The cable itself may be bad. Be very careful when you are in front of rear tires when trying to start that tractor is in neutral as it may start and run you over. Another sugestion that you put a battery dissconnect on positive lead of battery that way if there is any residual drain on battery the dissconnect will stop that. Again great videos.
It is my belief that the 4020 was the closest the John Deere ever came to building a tractor is reliable, and simple as a Farmall m.
Have a happy and prosperous new year!
It's a nice thing to see your videos still after all the farming is pretty much done for the year. I need a disc about that same as you have on the 4020 to do the area were I plant my garden the lot is to small to get the big 60 foot disc in there and it takes a long time with the garden tiller I am sure I will find one.
Always enjoy your channel and content with you guys!! Way to go...go Green!! Learn Soo much...
Thanks for sharing!😊
? Umm... how does moving the steering wheel help to start the tractor?
It relieves pressure in the hydraulic system allowing the starter motor to crank more easily. I was wondering the something, I googled it
I don't know the mechanics behind it but have had to do the same thing with older tractors......just a bit less aggressively than Laura did it though.😂
Can't argue I had a truck had to be put in third gear and then put in neutral to start ??? Used it for years anything manual can be touchy🤔😳😁😁😁✌👍💛🙏
15 ft. Is 6 30 in rows and get it up to 5 or 6 mph it will do a lot better job
Look for clean shiny battery connection. If they look black they need cleaned black acts like insulator
Hello Laura, Grant and Gage. Always enjoy your videos. Something tells me that when you are on the old tractor you can feel your grandfather looking over your shoulder. Happy New Year to you guys. Love y’all ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Also to help with corrosion on the battery post and terminals, you can apply terminal lube, available at any parts store. Or you can use vaseline to cover the terminal and post to help control the corrosion. To clean the post and terminals there is a small battery brush that you can use and heavy corrosion removal you can use a bottle of coke cola, apply it and the corrosion will start falling away and then clean with a brush, tighten, and apply the battery lube. The lube should be checked every time you do your walk around and reapplied as needed.
When Gage and Laura are running side by side......That sky is pure beauty!!!!!!
I would prefer if we have private discu-ssion!
The sheer joy & excitement expressed is intoxicating. You seem to genuinely love what you are doing. Good for you
Happy New Year, from Germany, to both of you. 😎
I operate 300 hundred ton cat truck with massive duals. Love your tractors Laura
Happy Holidays to Laura Farms
Nice winter projects to fix both old tractors go threw them off so need when it sits and starts every time . Refresh the engine, etc. So no issues both tractors deserve that attention. 😊
I would prefer if we have private discu-ssion!
A straight forward and dependable experience,Laura farms thank you.
I could replay this forever, it’s captivating.
Laura is a NATURAL TEACHER and so cute
Just a hint...when you are starting a diesel in the winter and the tractor does not have glow plugs, give the breather a little whiff of starting fluid and the tractor will start without so much strain on battery and starter. Love your show
Those old JD’s had an ether injector below the steering wheel. You just pushed the top of the can up into it. Very handy, and you could more easily avoid giving it too much.
wiggling the battery cable just made a better connection. If I remember right, you stated that you replaced the battery cables. With the battery did you clean the two terminals off really well? Any corrosion will cause an in issue with good contact. I don't know how old your battery is on the 4020 but we always changed ours out about every 3 years, course that was on a 3010 and 3020. One thing about the old tractors, a good battery always kept them starting well. If you are having an issue with the battery cable terminals being too loose for a good contact after tighting, you can either replace the terminals on the cables or fold or stick a penny and put it between the post and cable terminal and that will allow you to tighten the terminal down tighter.
You three are fun to watch! Laura wants to be stronger than Gage! You go girl let her eat the dirt! Come on Laura speeder her up! She can handle it!
Hope you had a good Christmas and hope you have a great New Year
Great to see the old and the new. Happy 25 to you both.
Great video Laura bet your glad of the newer tractor having a cab so you can keep warm but do like the older tractor reminds me when I was younger driving tractors on my father's tractors ❤
My cat also bounces whenever she comes to me! Cute! 🐈🐈🐈🐈
That is one happy Pepper!
LOVE THE DUALS
The Air conditioning us soooo good in those old tractor. Ole GPS was me marking barb wire with seed sack and grandpa driving a lime....and he was proud how straight they were.
Laura, here's a tip, the 3020 and 4020 tractors as many other older tractors, you shut off the tractor then work the hydraulic lever back and forth to release the pressure in the hydraulic system and then hook up the implement and the rest will go smooth.
I would prefer if we have private discu-ssion!
'On top of the Globe'- look at that! You on that old tractor.
This was a great comparison. I’ve run lots of old tractors including this 4020 and on back to the old poppin Johnnies. But I have run lots of newer ones. I must say we’ve come a long way😅. We bought a JD Deere 6415 in 2006 and now it’s getting old, but still giving us good service. Cool video. Take care and have a good one. 👍❤️
I ran a 4020 for many years they are very good hard working tractor's and they are one of my favorite tractor's. You should be able to pull that disc in 5th gear maybe even 6th gear
Wiggling cables to start the motor usually means a loose connection, bad wire, a short (or a combination of them). Nice vlog, I enjoyed watching both them tractors comparing side by side.
I love the shot of the two tractors, old and new, working side by side at 33:01 with the sunset to the rear.
The 4020 will pull the disk faster than 1st gear in hope
I would prefer if we have private discu-ssion!
Seemed to be discing slow, maybe in 3rd gear? Expected the 4020 could pull the disc in 4th gear or even 5th. Enjoyed the comparison of old and new. Thanks for taking the time and braving the cold for this one!
Yes ,Laura the freshly turned dirt and diesel smoke are nice . Happy New Year yall .
I would prefer if we have private discu-ssion!
Grant is becoming quite a camera man. Keep up the great work Spielberg!
Clean the battery post really good and make sure they are really tight
That should work, it has worked form me in the past
Laura, Grant, Happy New Year to All. God Bless
On those older JDs, sometimes you have to play with the gear shifter to make sure it's in Park, or they won't even begin to start..Move shifter to any gear, then lightly slam shifter into park..That a couple of times, & it should start 😊
Happy New Year from the Netherlands
The AR 370 has a big advantage over the old 420 in that you don't have nearly as much to worry about when it comes possibly getting bounced out of the seat and ending up under the wheels or even the discs as the tractor is moving. Many farmers have been seriously injured and some have even died this way. But! I'm so happy to see that you're okay and safe, and I hope that you had a great Christmas, and hopes for a wonderful new year!
Two questions from a city-slicker: 1) What is the long silver tarp-ish thing laying on the ground behind the tractors near the video's beginning? 2) Why do you twist the steering wheel back and forth when starting the older tractor? Oh, please hook up the lights on the older tractor. Another great video! 😀👍👍
The hydraulics can put drag (friction) on the engine making it more difficult for the starter to turn the engine over. Working the steering wheel back and forth helps decrease the pressure (friction) making it easier for the starter to turn the engine over, allowing the engine to start easier and faster.
Great video love seeing the old equipment beside the new. I love the classic equipment, but I love the new technology of the new equipment but if I were to pick a job for the 4020, it would be plowing or planting a full field of corn or soy beans.
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28:18 OK at this point I’m thinking that climate control cabin with that heated chair. You need to have some fun with that versus the parka Eskimo boy on the other tractor. Lolol
Hello guys, Just watched the old vs new trator disking.. sounds like either the negative cable or positive battery cable clamps are corroded, (perhaps both) & need to be cleaned/tightened completely. After checking for corrosion/cleaning give both battery & cable terminals a good coating of dielectric grease. This will most likely solve the continuity issues. Thankyou for all the GREAT viseos!
Great job comparing the two set ups. If there is pressure on those old hydraulic cylinders the only way to relieve it is the way Grant did it. There goes the wardrobe!
I've got an old backhoe on a JD 300 tracktor. I had the starter rebuilt but it still doesn't engage all of the time. I think that there is a bit of a ridge on some places of the ring gear. I installed another solonoid, with the out put power doing directly to the startermotor. that is powered by a spring loaded push button. When the starter doesn't engage, I hit the second button, which makes the starter spin and the bendix is pulled in the ring gear. so far it works.
Happy New year , I grew up on a dairy farm in Vermont . My father quit farming in 1963 and one tractor we had was a JD 2010 which is micro spect compared to the fleet. that you. have . Always enjoy the videos that you produce Peace ..
The way to plow straight furrows or disk in a straight line is to pick a landmark in front of you. And drive straight towards it. Once you make you first pass, then be careful to stay in line with it on your second and subsequent passes. 😊🚜
This one’s for Grant. The top of the pistons are dished out and fill up with fuel which in turns ups the compression which helps start in cold weather. Once it starts it has to burn the fuel that was down in the piston. The new tractor has an intake heater. That’s why the old one smokes after starting.
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When discs are stored outside over winter in the rain and snow they tend to get moisture in the hydraulics, once in there play degrade the fluid and that gets drawn up into your tractor system. Maybe change them out periodically but for me I figured the best thing was to have a jumper to go across both of them. That is two females to connect them together so there was no fitting sitting out in the open with moisture coming in. Before I was injured I was wanting to extend my hydraulic fittings at the tractor and Tube them out and put a t so I could place a bypass valve across those in bleed off pressure when I was parking in finding to disconnect my lines. Just a thought
The 4020 mcv isn’t stopping the hydraulic pressure like all old tractors need to kill the engine to change the lines.
We love watching your podcasts. We appreciate you! Out kids want to be corn farmers now.
That's beautiful to see 2 deere's in the field
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Have a happy New Year guys. Cannot qait to see what the next will bring
Hi Laura, love the old tractor with all it eccentricities. Just a guess, but I bet that the battery has a loose internal pole, which is why wiggling to cable on the pole got it working again. Time to replace that battery. All the best for the new year.
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We had 61 today in Ohio!!!!!!!!!
Crazy weather!!!!!!!!!!!
Word of advice, turn the engine off when ever working on hydraulics.
I have a small emax tractor, and I 4 in 1 bucket for it and some fork lift tynes, I quite regularly have to disconnect the hydraulics for the 4 in 1 bucket when I use the tynes to lift things.
I love these videos and how they are coming out! Congratulations Lau Grand! I love your outfit Lau!
Laura and Grant hope you had a greet Christmas and wishing you a great new year .
On the old disc, if you use the transport lock you can release the pressure on the hydraulics before you disconnect the hoses, to make reattach easier. (If it has a transport lock of course)
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It's good to see that old tractor still kicking and another thing congratulations on getting to go to the record games that's going to be cool
Oh! No the gage, is there anything broken or stuck? I don't know, but when I see this, it sends chills down my spine.😭A happy and prosperous new year to you all.
I appreciate you and thank you for making content.
If the Keystone Cops had a matriculation facility for upstart farmers, you adorable kids would be at the top of the class. Also, Grant is more than obvious ,at times, with his camera angles while filming the lovely Miss Laura and my wife suggested that a merch opportunity may be had by publishing a calender featuring the aforementioned Miss Laura and whomever else you deem photogenic. She definitely missed her calling as a successful model...all due respect. We love you guys and keep up the great work.❤🎉
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you both.
Boa tarde Laura! Que tudo dê certo em sua vida! Que Deus te abençoe! Fica com Deus! Que tudo dê certo no seu Dia a Dia! Que você receba muitas bênçãos do Universo!!!
laura and grant are awesome. Love the great example you two are showing others with your hard work. GOD bless you guys
I had one that had a gearshift safety too The boys at the repair shop in Palmer disconnected it. Just a thought. I used to turn the power on and move the Gear shift to find the sweet spot. Lol
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I have a 1936 jonh deere model unstyled A and still does work
Old equipment should lower the disk to relive the pressure when parking. New ones can be done under pressure. I have replaced all the blades on several disks. We upgraded a couple from 18" blades to 22" blades. Lots of heavy work.
I'm just amazed how you can keep all those musicians out of the shots.
4020 don’t like cold weather we almost always used a spray of either to start .
I just watched your dad's video and his car that was nicely decorated and lit and was wondering what you and Grant were going to do the top that because it looked like you put a lot of thought into it love your videos love the fact that you take the time to do the things you do it is something that I absolutely enjoy watching every time you put out a new posting I hope you and Grant have a very merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year profitable to 🤠🥰🤠
Hey laura great vidéo love the new old 4020 is a great tractor
Love the 4020!
Nice Job you guys!!! Maybe a short in one of the battery cables, or the battery terminal itself. Happy New Years!!! Can’t wait for 2025 content!!!!
Wishing the entire family a belated Merry Christmas and early Happy New Year!
Great video, love the old John deere tractors, now you need to get an old John deere putt putt. Hope you all had a merry Christmas, happy new year and lots of love from pa ❤❤❤
hi laura and grant, i wish you 2 a happy new year from sweden
I can't tell for sure but if that tractor has 2 batteries to help start (24 volt) then the loose terminal did not allow enough juice to make the starter engage. When you twisted the terminal, you made a good connection and allowed the full 24 volts thru to the starter.
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Why are you wiggling the steering wheel? It has nothing to do with cranking the tractor.
Takes pressure from hydraulic pump and allows engine to turn over just a lil faster. Been running heavy equipment for 25 years. Sometimes that’s all it takes to get that lil bit to help get it started
Before there were hydraulics implements were raised and lowered by pull off a rope. Would be nice to demo an old piece of equipment which had the power lift. Thanks so much guys I enjoy your videos.