One of the things that would be helpful if you do a Top Ten list is to explain the criteria you used for ranking the tractors the way you did. Was it because of its utility, bang for the buck, number sold, horsepower or if it was revolutionary in design, etc.
So thank you for watching the top 10 videos or all our videos I highly appreciate that the ranking for the top 10 videos are voted on by the subscribers of the channel so before I do a top 10 video I run several poles on the community page here on RU-vid I let you guys pick the tractors by what you guys think most of you have had experience actually running these tractors in the field so I believe that your opinion is probably the best now sometimes tractors win that I think shouldn't even made it on the list lol and sometimes tractors get excluded from the list that I think should probably have been on but it's totally up to you guys in the voting process to pick the tractors that you think should be on the list and where they should be placed
@@CrazyDEquipment Thank you for the response. I’m relatively new to the channel so I was not familiar with the process for the Top Ten. Have you done a Top Ten for combines and I just have not seen it? I grew up in the Oklahoma Panhandle in the fifties and sixties so I know about many of these tractors. Brings back a lot of memories. I enjoy your videos.
@@slundgr no I haven't done a top 10 combine video it is on the list I'm just trying to find a source for information on combines unfortunately we don't have anything out there like tractor data or other such sites when it comes to combines
@@CrazyDEquipment I have seen the same thing but thought I’d ask. My dad had an old Oliver drag type combine he pulled with his Oliver 99. I worked for a custom harvester that had Gleaner Baldwin C-II and then G models. I knew harvesters that had Massey Ferguson 92, 410, 510 combines. Some used John Deere 95 and 105 but not as many. Thank you
I sold for a family IHC dealership in the early 80s snd by that time we were into the 86 series and the 1086 was a best buy. We were located 12:20 in flatland eastern Saskatchewan where a basic farm was a minimum of 10 sections or 6400 acres. Deep Tillage Cultivators were generally 40 feet or more and the 1086 at 135 pto h.p. Pulled these like a dream. The IH 914 pull type combine was popular due to it's big capacity and 180 bu tank. Again the 1086 did the job in spades. The 1086 was a pulling champ. Remember a 1086 drawbar type with cab, air and radio was $26,000 Canadian full retail.
I myself being a John Deere man have aquired many "other" tractor's over the years, but my 3010 JD shits at home and my 700B and 530 case bring in the bacon haying season! They are AWESOME tractors!
You hit them all with the 4020, the Super M, the D 21, and the 850. Just thinking about those machines and my childhood sends tingles up my spine. Thank you.
i feel the 1066 and the 4020 are the tractors that everybody loves, because i know a few strict green guys that love the 66 series and i am a red guy but i think 4020s are legendary
Don't forget the 3020s much better turning radius because shorter with a turbo would keep up with a 4020 plowing with 4 bottom plow spent many years on one
My neighbor was a diehard 4020 man. He bought a 1066, and soon after he bought another one. He kept the 4020 but it didn't get used much after the 1066s were bought.
Thanks for another fine video.. I do like these type videos , but my favorites aside viewing the tractors for sale is all those fine trips out to the farm equipment auctions. . Thanks again to all the crew who made this possible
I have owned many tractors over the last 60 years. My super M is my all time best I had a 4020 for a long time it was a work horse. They all hold a special place in my memories. I can say that very few were true lemons. The worst was a Massey 1080 just couldn’t keep it out of the shop!!
Really enjoy your lists. They bring back a lot of memories. Popularity of tractors are based a lot on what one grew up around and the type of farming in that area. Also a good dealer had a lot to do with the numbers of certain brands sold.
Not so sure on the Case being No.1 but it’s a subjective subject. I never saw many Case tractors in the UK but there were plenty of JD 4020’s. I am biased as the 4020 was the first tractor I worked on when I left school and got an Apprenticeship at a John Deere dealership. Being a spotty, wet behind the ears kid they looked huge. Happy days.
Great video!!!!! IH Super M check, Ford 850 check, also Ford 4000 and owning a John Deere D that 502 cubic inch 2 cylender straight piped is like music!!!!!
Next time do this 10. John Deere 435 9. Massey Harris 44 8. Oliver OC-3 crawler 7. Oliver 60 6.John Deere R 5. Ford 871 select o speed 4. Case VAC 3. Ford 800 2. John Deere 430 1. John Deere 4255
#8 I would include the standard M through the Farmall 450 as they were basically the same tractor with upgrades. You could also almost include the H's and 350's as a team so to speak. Very stout tractors, with many of them still working.
If you want to check somting really cool, go and look up the Landini Testa Calda (hot head), was an itaila tractor, i think inter war period, with a massive single cilinder diesel two stroke engine, and to heat it up you actually have a brazier under the head!
If I had a top 10 list my number 1 would be the case International 385 utility tractor. It's kind of a personal reason since it was the first tractor I ever rode. But my second would definitely be a John Deere 4320
930 case was a good pick but what about a 1070 case. Sorry I'm a case guy. Dad was a case dealer from 1949 to 1968ish. We also used them on the farm. Had a VAC, DC, 930, and still use a 1070 today. There is no prettier sounding diesel engine than those big cases.
They turned sharper which is kinda silly considering you can use your brakes to turn sharp. It’s called a tricycle front but they tipped a lot easier than the regular wide fronts
The 4020 changed the game, the 1066 is the best of it's class.... either was deserving of the 1 spot. They couldn't give that Case away in most areas. Love the videos though.
How could the Ford 1000's series tractor not be in the list we've been running a 2000 for several years a 641 and the latest is a 5610 s All good tractors
Most lists skip it and put the weak 4020 on the list, a much weaker and fragile tractor, but the 806 was king of the hill back than. Most are still in use never touched. The 826, was better because of the German diesel but very hard to find. The M was the greatest tractor over all in my opinion. 80 years old and many still running have never been apart.
My father in-law bought his Oliver 1850 new and still uses it for various chores around the place. He's retired from farming but always has something to keep him and Ollie busy. A good friend of mine has a Super MD that he restored several years ago. I'm not even sure that the paint was dry before he put it back to work as his "garden tractor". His "garden" is over 2 acres and, what he doesn't eat, he gives away to people in need. He's also a retired farmer that can't sit still.
Absolutely the jd 730 diesel...farmal super m...jd 4020 however outperformed by the oliver 1755 in the field...all great tractors.but MM must have one in the top ten...they were the cadillacs and inovators of tractors...
Very entertaining. Only tractors that would have been on the list up in this part of the world would be the 4020 and 1066. The 930 ? Nope. Those 401 engines were nothing but trouble up here. Sleeve failures. Piston failures. Cooling systems that weren't up to the task after the first 1000 hours. 830s and 1030s were beloved, but the 930 just didn't cut it. Ford 850s and similar always 15 or 20 hp smaller in the field than on paper. ;-) Missing tractors on your list (not sure if this is a list of interesting tractors, or machines that were important to agriculture or something else), but where is the Model D? Or any of the other 2 cylinder variants. And no big tractors? Especially the more modern contributions that had an impact. Pick your favorites from the 200+ hp case 4-wheel rigid frames, plus any of the Steigers including those in other companies' colors, including Ford blue and now the red quadtracs. Anyhow, always neat to see a collection of old tractors like we grew up with, right?
I agree all the way with the Farmall M and the IH 1066 and nobody in the world should ever say the John Deere 4020 should not be on this list. The Oliver 1850 deserves on your list for more reasons than the Perkins engines and if the man there likes Perkins so much the 65 Massey I don't understand why the White 2-155 didn't make the list but still the Oliver super 88 diesel deserves to be on that list. I have no problem with the Allis D-21 on your list but felt like the WD-45 should be there too. There are also several other John Deeres that could be on that list but narrowing it down to 10 is a tough thing to do. Not a big fan at all of the David Brown.
Seriously you titled this top ten best tractors. Some certainly deserve a spot on a true top 10 list. Others? Find more than 9 guys on the planet who would buy a David Brown if they could afford anything else. You should change the title because this is really crazy d and Doc favorites. I watch all your videos, some for entertainment some out of boredom. Thanks for the laughs. Love you guys.
So I have to ask the question John what is with the dislike for for David BrownI've had a few come across the lot and I always thought they were pretty decentbut I've never had a lot of experience with them either so
David Browns never sold well around here. They were perceived as cheaply built (albeit they were lower priced) lightweight tractors with less thought to the operator than any of the other brands. When Case bought them, we all wondered why. At that time, the engines were below horrible. With only three main bearings, mechanics insisted you could almost smell the crankshafts bending. lol.
The 4020 is a pain in the butt, put a pto clutch in one and you would never put it in the top 10. They do sell off lots great and make wheel dealers money if nothing is broke. I would never own one as a tractor mechanic but they do make mechanics money, everything seems harder to fix on them. The 806 was way better, I like the 1066 pick, the 86 was how you screw up a 66. I like the case pick but never as number one.
My list in no special order: Case: VAC, 930D even though they we known for head gasket Issues Allis Chalmers D19D 185D 190XT Massey Ferguson: 1100 165D 135D Oliver 1955T Ford 5000D
I like the 135 Massey Ferguson one of the worlds most popular models and made in large numbers. I also liked the 1150 Massey Ferguson first row crop tractor with a V8 engine. They are a nice looking machine. Still bring good money used and look amazing restored.
Great stuff ! Tell your friend that I drove a Zanello 4wd articulated chassis with a Perkins V-8 (like a Massey Ferguson 4840) back in the 80's, the noise was awesome ! I put forward two tractors the Deutz A 85 built in Argentina, I spended half my youth in this tractor. Easy to maintain, air cooled diesel 6 had to be careful in sellecting the work speed to make sure the fan blew enough cooling air. Another interesting beast was the Lanz Buldog, in Argentina they called it Pampa... Fun and strange ! Cheers ! pesadosargentinos.blogspot.com/2014/02/deutz-85.html
