Finally a video (anywhere) about a tractor I've actually used. My dad was in the dairy business with my grandpa and uncle (his inlaws). In HS and summers during college i got more than a few hours pulling a 336 baler w/ kicker using a 2520 gas, sometimes with the 48 loader still attached. Initially, i wasn't used to sitting up so high, since i learned to drive on a '77 2440 and a '81 2640. But I always thought New Generation tractors were cool. We had a second 2520 w/ narrow front for planting.
@LocustMotorWorks corn: 4 rows on 38", model 7200, before that not sure but it was JD and had the old metal seed boxes. Grain: JD grain drill with a yellow lid, early 80s? Not sure of model. I think it was 9' wide?
I grew up on a 2510 diesel powershift my grandfather bought new very early one purchased in September of 1965 new so it’s a 66 he sold it years ago in 1989 i ran across a very nice 1969 2520 diesel syncro with 6300 hours im second owner I have now I loved both tractors there very handy for small jobs
My father bought a new 2510 gas narrow front in ‘66 and traded it sometime in the ‘80s. He always regretted parting with it so, eventually he bought a ‘71 2520 diesel synchro. I inherited this tractor in ‘96 after my father’s death. I have it to this day and would rather drive it than almost anything they’re building now. It works great with the 148 loader that I put on it and the custom bush hogging I do. It handles and rides phenomenally. My only complaint would be that the naturally aspirated little 219 could use a little more lugging ability.
I have a 1970 2520 diesel . It has the factory wide front and a Cozy cab on it. The tractor is a syncro range. It has 4000 hours on it. These tractors did not fill much of a niche. They were made in the era of the muscle tractor. They were too small to be a big tractor and too big to be a small tractor. This 2520 has been on my farm since bought at a farm sale in 1979 and will remain here with me until I am gone. I will not be parting with it.
We have a 72 2520 gas that my grandfather bought used it only had 200 hrs obit that was our big tractor back then I still have it but only gets used for hay tedding an planting small grains good video
We used to have a 2520 and it was a great tractor overall but you would get pushed around upon the hill baling hay with a 337 and kicker wagon. The only reason why was because that day dad was mowing hay with the 4040 and didn't want to get out of the air conditioning in the cab. Great memories for sure.
I grew up with a 1968 2510 gas with a148 loader as a main tractor , for nearly 30 years. It could go in places, muddy other tractor blogged down because it well balanced, I took it to tractor pulls and it did well. We love that tractor.
We still have my cousin's 2510 gas. The engine has been rebuilt, and is an extremely pleasurable and smooth running tractor to use. A few years ago, I removed the points, installed electronic ignition, and put a new wire from the start button to the solenoid. Now, it starts up reliably and easily. It's a great tractor if you don't need to make it snort. We used it a lot with a JD side mount sickle bar, and a JD crimper behind. If I had a disc mower in place of a cutterbar, I'd use that instead of a haybine.
My dad ran a 2510. Gasoline. Two problems he had were the wet cylinder engine's o rings were not engineered right and it leaked coolant into the crankcase, alot. second was the shaft that ran through the bottom of the transmission that was part of the draft control if you put any stress on it at all the seals would go out and drain the hydraulic fluid out. Other 5han those two things ( which I'm sure could have been remedied) it was a good tractor. My dad was proud of it, a big step up from the 600 ford he used before.
A 2510 is on my step father's farm row crop narrow front end used for planting cultivating and hay chores gas motor synchro transmission it was a pleasure to operate
We have a 2510 narrow front. It’s a great hay tractor and good to feed round bales in the winter. The engine has great torque it really hangs in at 1500 rpm.
We own a Diesel PS 2510 never really knew how rare a tractor we had until we went to an auction about 15 years ago and saw what they brought and started to do a little research
When I was a child, A very famous horse farm that was next door to the farm where I lived had a narrow front Roll-A-Matic John Deere 2520 gasoline engine tractor with the “Orchard Exhaust” rather than the standard exhaust that was used for mostly mowing with a C80 Woods mower in the days before the “Batwing” mowers became the normal rage. I can remember that tractor plowing with a John Deere 3 bottom plow for the ground that was to be used for the tobacco crop. The disc harrows were made by John Deere but I can’t remember specifically what size they were because it’s been way too many years ago. Seems like they also used that tractor with a one row tobacco setter before the two row setters were introduced. As I remember, The 2520 was traded for a John Deere 2640 wide front diesel with a loader because they wanted to upgrade from the C80 Woods mower to a Woods Batwing mower that the 2640 would handle much better not to mention all of the advantages of having a loader. This farm also had 2 1020 John Deere gasoline tractors with the John Deere mid mount sickle mowers. These tractors also had the “Orchard Style” exhaust in which all of the tractors were ordered with that type of exhaust because of the many trees. I always liked the 2520 because it always seemed so smooth in the way that it operated. Thanks for your great video and bringing back such great memories for me.
Awesome story and im glad you enjoyed the video! Cool hearing about the tabaco farming as I haven't been around it at all being from the Midwest. Thank you for watching, have a good one!
I grew up running my dad's 2510 it was a gas but he converted it to diesel before I was old enough to remember she has an insane amount of hours but is still the perfect size
I just bought a 1969 2520 diesel sychro tractor with under 2300 hours on it! Has a loader on it (I think it is not a JD). Bought it to run a 7-foot brush cutter to keep the non-farm parts cleaned up.
My grandfather had a 2520 standard gas with a loader on it. It was his yard/chore tractor. Seemed like it had enough carb trouble through its life but it had good hydraulics and handled a lot of round bales.
Oddly enough, the best selling JD is the 2240, if I remember it correctly. Even with the gazillion A's, 4020's, and 4440's, the little one sold the most. A 48 loader would mount on it, and it had factory MFWD. Might be an idea for a video.
@@LocustMotorWorksthe citrus trees are looking pretty rough right now thanks to HLB Virus (citrus greening). But we have some new products going on them to help fight the virus! Let me know if ya do make a 2555 video!! I will get you some walk around footage of ours and send to ya!
I like the way that the new generation series tractors look with the narrow front. Do you know if they offered the rollomatic front end as an option or did that end with the two cylinders? Thanks for another video, looking forward to the next!
My grandpa had a 2520 gas w/ narrow front and duals. It pulled our planters. We used it until after the year 2000, when my uncle moved on to a 4000 diesel. (I was out of the game due to college and my dad selling the cows.
Anything after the 50 series was junk. A computerized dash that's hard to read and a wiring system that's a real problem and a joke. Even the alternators were foreign junk. Ask me, I still have a 55 series.
@@scottrayhons2537 never had problems with our 4555 and 4955 other than our employees messing up clutches. great tractors, if anything the 50 series was the worst of the soundgards, they have very robust electronics that look very tacky
Until he makes a specific video, maybe this will scratch that itch a little. Here is from my archives ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rdGB1JLE8Co.html
They have the same design flaws as the others the shaft that 3 point rides on leaks oil and the hydraulic pump u have to remove the front end to repair no other company screwed up that bad believe it was intentional for parts sales
