My favorite to drive was the 4430 because of the A/C and cab, my favorite to work on was the 4640 because of the amount of room offered, but I have to say the 4020 was my all around favorite. It was just wonderful.
My all time favorite John Deere was our 5400 Forage Harvester. Three row head and a couple of extensions to fill semi trucks. I loved riding with gramps as he overfilled the trucks. 😂 Only used the wagons to open up the corn fields really. We also had an old Farmhand forage harvester (fitted with a John Deere three row head) and a LOUD Detroit diesel. It was used for corn chopping only (it really was awesome too)... those two and 4 - 6 semi trucks (mostly tri-axle trailers - but the six axles would be out there some too - those were all from East Mfg) and the Steiger Panther PTA back at the farm pushing up and packing silage. Occasionally when it was really muddy the two Steigers would be hooked to the trailers via dollys and dumped on the pad using a truck next to the tractor. That was amazing. In its day it was quite an operation. Cherished memories... one's I wish I was able to provide for my kids. 😢
My dad bought a new 2020 John Derre and an 8ft disc in 1969. That's what I learned to drive on. Been in love with the 20 and 30 series tractors ever since. Thank for sharing.
That 6030 and the 7520 with a couple of those 8/16 plows featured in the video would get top billing in my book . You can always tell a great farmer by the color of his Green tractors with Yellow wheels !!!!!
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I worked for a local farmer during the summer months in the early 80s and he had a 6030 and a 4840 ! Then in 84 the 6030 got traded for a 4850 and that’s my favorite JD !
Thank You for adding this video. I spent many hours in the cab of the 5400 silage cutter with my Dad. It was a great memories that I will always treasure.
I farmed in Minnesota and had a 6030 John Deere I just loved that tractor, had retirement farm sale in 2003 where it sold have been sorry ever since. I since had collected 33 antique tractors I sold them in 2019. I still known the 6030 was my favorite tractor, Best tractor ever made.
Great video. Most of us have saw the advancements in tractors but it was nice to see the old original JD chopper. My have they’ve grown over the past 50 years
Honestly what people might not realize how great that these tractors and chopper would be great for a small dairy farm especially with same engine among tractors and chopper
1972 and 1972 nice connection. Only way to get it done is to get it done. Almost 2,000 videos. THAT'S A LOT OF WORK. Thanks for the videos and thanks for the work. Ready for another 1972, ,,, here's to a great 2021 BTP season. Be safe out there.
Great video! The farmer who used to farm the field behind my house had a 6030 with cab and 38" spaced duals. Very loud tractor you could hear it coming from a couple miles away.
My favorite John Deere tractor is the 4450. I just like them. Here’s why. My cousin worked on a very large dairy farm here in Maine before he started his own farm. His boss bought a low hour used 4450 out of Canada. The first person to run it was my cousin. As his job was running and fixing equipment. He topped off the fuel tank and hooked up to the 6 bottom plow and headed out for a day of plowing. Once he dropped the plow and started he immediately knew something was up with this tractor. He just kept giving it another gear and another and another and the rpm just stayed. Rolling coal and plowing in 12th gear like it was nothing. He knew it must of been cranked up pretty good. Then he really knew at 11:30 when he was already out of fuel when he filled it at 6 am 😂. He yelled to his boss on the radio and said “I need the fuel truck”. His boss said “WHAT!!!you just fueled up at 6”. Lol. Well they took it to the local Deere dealer at the time (Hammond-Tilton) in Fairfield Maine and hooked it to the dyno which was rated for 300hp. Well the 4450 buried it like nothing. Everybody was shocked to find it had been cranked up for pulling (like fair pulling lol) it had some aftermarket goodies as well lol. So knowing what would happen if they didn’t (driveline failures) they turned it down to around 175hp and called it good lol. Sorry for the long story lol. But that’s why the 4450 has always stuck out in my mind. I hope you don’t mind such a long comment. I love this channel!!! And I especially love the heavy tillage videos of all brands of tractors. Take care. (Pete Skowhegan, Maine).
bigtractorpower glad you liked the little story. It’s too bad you live so far away. We got some pretty tough conditions up here in Maine for tractors!!! But I really enjoy your videos. I was so shocked when I saw what happened at renner stock farms loosing a barn to fire. I’m just glad no persons were hurt and also glad no tractors were in that barn. 😢
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If you want a tractor under 80 horsepower, you can’t beat a 3020 diesel. The handiest larger frame tractor John Deere built back in the day. We also have a ‘71 4320 and she is hay making machine.
Our 5400 is semi retired now. We only use it to open corn fields. Replaced it with a FP240. My favorite tractors are probably our 4430 (it will never leave our farm) and our 8300. I do like our 4020 a lot also.
Yes, the 240 has more capacity and the kernel processor and metal detector are definite upgrades. Our 5400 needed some work and we got into the 240 for about the same with the upgrades. The 8300 handles it well.
I like the old John Deere equipment. I am just amazed how you can get all of the information, and video's for all of this great pieces of equipment. Keep your awesome video's coming.
Thank you for watching. I have collected tractor sales literature since the 1970s so I have a good library of original specs. The big challenge is finding these 50 year old machines in good condition and working in the field.
My Dad sold a 6030 to a customer while working for Carlyle and Anderson JD in Hamilton VA. Not many big tractors like that in Northern VA in those days. It was a beast. No cab and now I know why adding 10K to a 28K tractor!
I like the 8630 myself, we used one for about 14 or 15 years until it broke a crankshaft. It was only afterwards that somebody told us that you have to keep the hydraulic coupler tight otherwise it will send vibration back through the crankshaft 🤔
Video # 1,972 hehe, I see it :) I love it when people restore old machinery to make them look like they did all that time ago when it was new. The JD 7520 articulated is one of my favourite tractors.
Dad worked for a man that bought a 5000,new in 75, had a 4 row stalker head,handles 4 rows of corn with ease, pulling a Richardson dump wagon good times
Back in the mid 90's, I was a young mechanic at a John Deere dealer and replaced the engine in a 7520. Replaced with a remanufactured engine due to extensive damage from piston failure that broke the cylinder liner and twisted a connecting rod. Not a job for the faint at heart, splitting these beasts is a chore!
I wouldn’t say simpler when buttons today were levers. Everything done by hand then is automated now. Hardly no one even knows what it’s like to STEER a tractor these days. So no, they definitely were the opposite of simpler.
Big tractor power always the best in knowledge and class video, it just doesnt get any better. Thanks for your hard work and dedication to bring us the best ! As a Ford guy in my blood there's nothing wrong with the older Deere.
there is a 7520 Deere at the local race track (grand forks ND) it is used to "farm the track* basically pulls a pto powered clod buster to re finish the dirt track. has the same belt squeal even. good retirement job for it.
Favorite piece of John Deere machinery? Either the 10-speed bikes or snowmobiles. OK, so I'm a town kid and never own any John Deere larger than an Ertl.
My favorite tractor or combine made from John Deere is probably the John Deere 6600 my grandpa had one and he was still farming but that's kind of my dream combine
@@bigtractorpower I had a 7700 turbo for several years it is still being used , still runs good . Sadly I must confess that I did like the New Holland that I had before the 7700 , but it burned up in a fire ,it was a good running 1500
I was there 1972 John P Halpin and sons Henrietta NY. We ran those units on our farming operation bought from the dealership. We did not have a 6030 but did have a 7520 and 7020.
@@bigtractorpower I think Halpin's only ordered one 7520 and it ended up on our farm. Big singles 30.5 32. Definitely cab and air. I was around 19-20 when I operated it. 4 wheel drives only way to work large acreage. We were 4000 acres in the 70s many different crops. Today's farms all corn and soybeans easy.
@@williamhalpin6713 4,000 is allot to cover with just row crop tractors. What crops were you raising? I am guessing kidney beans and sweet corn might have been in the mix.
@@bigtractorpower green peas 450 ac, snap beans, sweet corn, dry shelled corn, soft white wheat, red table beets, dry hay, cattle, oats, pasture, trucking, and of machinery dealership in Henrietta and one in Hall NY. Hall dealership 1968-73 .on some years spinach for Birdseye plant in Fulton NY
@@williamhalpin6713 great crops. Very WNY. Oats are crop you hardly see any more but it seemed like every farm had oats and wheat. Often wheat following the oats in rotation. I did not know about the Hall Store.
I wanted 1 so bad 6030 , 7520 Pure Hp. I had a 1963 5010 list price about $10,000 m I still have the 1963 2010 that my da replacer the R with in 1975 , Still runs good
It would be great to film a 5200. I have been filming for RU-vid videos for 10 years. This was the first 5400 I have found. Hopefully a 5200 turns up sometime.
@@bigtractorpower if you ever come to germany I will arrange a visit or in the fall/autumn a field demonstration. I would be proud to help out! Bud to much distance I guess 😞. I personally love that JD 5200❤️, 3 row unit, no hfwd(I was allowed to drive : wat a great, great fun!!! , and a mega friendly owner!! ) helps a lot in this crazy world to stay.
The plow was set correctly. The ground was hard packed. I like seeing actual plowing and like less the plow days type plowing. My favorite JD and only was a B! We are were are are IH only since grandfathers 10-20 but I loved my B. Hand start. No thrills.
FYI on the 6030 you could also get a 619 cid engine which made it available with two different I found this in don Macmillan’s book John Deere tractors and equipment 1960 to 1990
This is false Deere never built any 619 6030 tractors from the factory. The 2 different engines deal is really a little misleading too as the 141hp option offered in 1973 those tractors were really built out of left over 5020 parts and just given 6030 serial numbers. They contain none of the upgraded features that were used on the 6030
Big Tractor Power, my dad and uncle bought a 1986 John Deere 2950 brand new. They used it on their farm and for planting pine trees for a long time. Last I saw it had about 15,000 hours on it. It was a good tractor. I grew up riding on it and using it. Have you heard of John Deere making a self propelled peanut harvester? I had read an article on it a while back. I do like the cotton baler pickers that John Deere makes, which is the CP690 which has become really popular in the Southeast.
When I filmed the 5400 this past September I thought it would be neat to feature the three new machines that were introduced together using the 531 engine. I knew the 1,972 video would post in the winter when there was no new field action to share so I decided it was a good match.
On the 7520, what does the small horizontal connecting piece between the exhaust and air intake/cleaner do? Is it exhaust gas recirculation? I've seen something similar on Oliver 2655 (an s-shaped tube) and wasn't sure of its purpose.
LOTS of difference between a 6030 and a 4840. The 6030 had more torque and horsepower potential than the 4840. 200 was nothing for a 6030 on the dyno. The 4840 didn't like more than that. The 4840 had the SoundGuard cab and power shift transmission, 2 things farmers begged for in the 6030. They should have used the 531 in the 4840. What a tractor that could have been!
Why no 2030?Thats in the brochure to.Is that Steve Johnston's 6030?In 1972 my father worked for John Deere dealership in Greenwich,New York.In 1972 this same dealer sold a brand new 5400 pfh to Roy Everetts of Schuylerville,NY I remember
Great history. Thank you for watching. Unfortunately I have not had a chance to film a 2030 or I would have included it. These three machines are interesting to me because they all use the same engine.
