JOHN DEERE 8960 Tractor Working on Fall Tillage 

How steep?

This was the first deere fwd that was worth owning

@@tysonfrank2105 8630 Kinzie conversion would be just as good, a Steiger would be better.

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@@tysonfrank2105 lol, steiger or Case in my book, or Massey Ferguson 4wds they had a 3sp powershift like the cases

@@kolewiebensohn I have several case tractors.. I really like the old ones

The Soundgard II 4wds are cool. My favorite is the 8770. I have always wanted to own a tractor and hoped maybe to own an Oliver 1755 or IH 706 some day. Then one day I ended up with a John Deere 8850 4wd 😁. The 4wds can be bought in many cases for much less than the FWA models. An 8960 in my home town sold for $30,000 last year. The 4955s are bringing $50-$60,000. Maybe an 8960 on single tires would work in Ireland? My 8850 gas row crop style dual tires. When I got I kinda thought bigger flotation duals would make it look extra tough. The first time I drive it on a two lane road the tires it had felt plenty big 😁

@@bigtractorpower yea. Sg2 JDS are my favourite. Somthing about the 8970 really just appeals to me. I've seen on Facebook the big 4wds do seem to be alot cheeper which surprised me. A 8960 would be cool to own just in a collection but it just wouldn't be practice whatsoever for me in actual use. Don't have a single job on our farms that would use over 150 horsepower. A 8960 would be super overkill and it probably wouldn't fit on our roads. Plus if I was to buy one they would be hard to find. But they are cool. But 4960s are my favourite tractor. I've seen some selling pretty cheep and I'd love to restore one. Plus 220 horsepower is pretty reasonable. In Ireland most tractors are around 150-200 horse. I've seen a few 300s tho. A 4960 would actually be pretty reasonable. Plus I just love how they look. It would be awesome to have one and my 3040. I think it would be a cool pair of big and little

They’re more popular than you think

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Thank you for watching.

👍👍. I just filmed an 8850. Stay tuned for that video.

@@bigtractorpower that must see, but i watch all of your great videos, thanks for sharing them 😀

Nice combo. Sorry to hear about the break down.

Yes, each piece of equipment has a HP/Foot rating. You need to consider multiple variables:field conditions vary from year to year, depth you’re tilling, type of tillage etc...you may be able to pull a larger piece of equipment one year, then the next year the conditions are poor and you struggle to get tillage done.

What does yours look like?

My oldest is a D145 with a 12 valve Cummins. Still working!

Yes. It has a 14L. I mention the engine in the specification portion of the video.

It cuts the ground up better that way

I was wondering the same thing. Is tilling at a slight angle to existing rows better than tilling at ninety degrees to the existing rows?

@@mechanicalmarvel3136 it works the ground up way better at an angle like that

Going at an angle helps level out the ground after tillage

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The company on Sim of its larger tractors over the years has outsource the engine Simply because they did not produce something themselves to offer the horsepower they were looking for

What model 4020 do you have? I just filmed a wheat land 4020 Sunday. Great tractors.

I have a 1969 rowcrop that has hydralic controls on the right side of the seat and air intake is in the leftside panel

The 8960 is a nice tractor.

Because it would take 1200hp to pull a 40’ version of that tool.

mikemerrill175 there’s only one, and no guarantee that it could do that

Because it’s running deep.

@Smush Smush it was very shocking

How??

That is unfortunate.

@@tysonfrank2105 there was a oil leak. And the oil touch a hot surface on tractor and it started flames

@@matthewtaliaferro4902 I'm sorry to hear that :( my 800 versatile caught the brakes on fire this year