We had 2 cabbed 4520s. That was an upgrade from our 4010 and 4020. In the 60's in Central Illinois, we were moving away from plowing to minimum tillage using a disk and chisel plow. These two tractors were real workhorses for us
A farmer that lived just a mile away from where I grew up had a 4520 with a 158 loader, man-o-man what a combination tractor and loader! He used that tractor for collecting round bales with a bale spear front and back, you could come off the field with 4 bales at a time and the tractor wouldn’t even mind!
I have had one for the last 30 years. It was a main tractor for me, along with a 4430. I had the 4520's engine overhauled a couple of years back. I don't use it for much now but I still have the 5 btm plow it used to pull , it might make a few "plow days" in my retirement.
Thank you for the video my friend when I was younger I worked on a family friends farm and I spent a lot of time in a 1969 4520 with a hiniker cab and I miss that tractor. Please keep up the excellent videos
great video...I've always wanted to know the history on the 4520 bc I could never figure out how the 4620 fit into the picture...now I know! I hope you do a video on the 4320 & 4620....also the 6030....I could never understand why they kept that around after having put out Gen 2 30 series SGB's.
Knew of a few 4520's around norther n Illinois. Had an uncle that had one around Macomb Il. Never thought of asking anyone if I could run one, I guess at the time was just too busy. Did have a fella that did have one that also ran my grandfather's 4320 say that it seemed the 4320 had more power for its size then the 4520. My grandfather had a 4320, and two 4020's, one a powershift and the other one was a synchro. My preference was always the 4020 powershift, was much handier around my grandfather's livestock farm. The 4320 worked well, went through three turbo's from I guess idling around doing spreading duty and sometimes running the Knight Big Auggie. I guess the 4320 seemed a little better for field work, If I had the chance to purchase today a new 1972 4020 powershift, or a new 1972 4320, I would choose the 4020 powershift every time. Good video, good information.
Love your videos Locust Motor Works, you know how to prepare and present your knowledge of John Deere Tractor’s, always nice seeing what you are going to talk about next!
The 4520 we have on our channel went through a little work a little altered. I tried to share the link to it but didn’t know if it made it in the comments
We have a 1969 4520 and we are in 🇬🇧 she was brought over from the USA about 2 years ago we take to local shows and on tractor runs to she gets a few people looking around her because not many in 🇬🇧 compared to the 4020.
I’ve got two models to suggest. One is the John Deere 2010 and the other is the John Deere 318. I’ve owned both and know the issues with the JD 2010 but would like to hear your thoughts on where Deere messed up. On the 318, I’ve just acquired one and am impressed thus far.
The 4520 had a few faults no inter cooler ,bad design cbc injector pump and air cleaner and to me seemed gutless for its size and weight the 4020 really punched above its weight i comparison considering it was only a 90hp tractor i think the 4620 rectified most or all the 4520 problems . R
4620 didn't solve any. I had a 4520 and my friend has a 4620, both gutless wonders. We used mine on a great plains drill billion cultipacker, and track eliminator, it had its hands full. Replaced the 4520 with a 190xt series 3, which played with the same load. Big clumsy and gutless.
