Should We Sell Them All And Buy 4020s 

OLF said years ago, "you can have too small a tractor for a big job, but you can't have too big a tractor for a small job" You are much safer with the bigger tractor.....!

As the old saying goes, you run what you got!! Happy spring planting with the (new) tractor 🚜. Thanks 😊.

Drove by your farm the other day on a convoy with the army.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts, ideas and videos. I think your correct about tractor size. I’ll never forget about OLF saying he’d rather have to much rather than to little because to little can kill you. Then shortly later I watched a video of a farmer in Sweden with a very small tractor and although he was excited about what he could get away with all I could think was I hope he doesn’t kill himself. Looked like he was riding a bucking bull. Was lifting so much with the front loader the back tires were hardly touching and if not for the all wheel drive he wouldn’t have been able to move. It was effectively a front wheel drive two wheeled tractor. Glad to see you being serious about not endangering your self with two kids in your life to raise. Wishing you and your family the best.

I can fully understand the excitement over this baby. And I'm sure that many arguments will ensue over who gets to use it, and for what jobs. But I'm so looking forward to seeing it this Spring, and throughout the year! Great video Travis!

Thanks for the video. Enjoyed the ride along

I say Comfortable and Safe would be the right way to go. Looks like a fun tractor to drive.

The 7920 looks like it is great road running tractor, thanks for the update

No such thing as too much tractor, especially in those hills. Love your videos Travis!

Het Travis, Never too much tractor. My Dad is 87 and he has said a M Farmall is all you need until we hooked a big flat bed of hay behind it and their was not enough weight to control it and after almost wrecking I finally talked him into a bigger tractor and a diesel. Hey Gift should be soon. Enjoy the new to yall tractor. Take Care, Take it Easy and Trust JESUS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good to hear you are loving the 7920!

Wow! That tractor really gives a nice smooth ride. And I love thar you are one of those typical farmers that waves at every car you meet on the road. I agree that you can never have too much tractor and the hills by your farms are crazy. Thanks for the video and update Travis!!

I got a semi trailer I haul 20 rolls of hay 5x6 bales pull with a JD 7510 with no duals and a JD 741 loader on.

Hi from oz Travis. Well you finally found the joys of ivt boxes. Brilliant. Don’t forget when using pto implements to change to pto setting. Ie tractor changes it’s forward speed to keep pto speed up. I have fendt 714 purchased new in 09. I run big square that weighs over 8 ton when baling. It’s got hydraulic brakes for road use (baler is heavier than tractor) and it stops as fast as a car if needed.

Good thing Dwight had the intuition to pull the trigger on it over the phone . 👍

Nice transmission I like the ivt and l like big tractors I’m in west Alabama and I got hills and hollars so plenty of HP is handy

Just want to say thanks for sharing again. I am still watching and enjoying your content. Happy subscriber 😊!.

Thanks for the ride along Travis that is one nice tractor glad you guys got it 👍

Pretty cool how that transmission works. I’m so use to pushing the clutch in a shifting.

Good to see ya Travis, glad y’all are happy with the new purchase, keep em comin bud🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Hi Travis Great video and glad that the new tractor is being put to use. See you next video

For jobs like that, the 7920 is the ideal tractor to have, especially in the area you work in😉👍

Can never have enough horsepower. And it's nice to have a big enough tractor to stop the load your pulling

more and more deere machines in your shed these days, I love it!:) And its great to see the 7920 in action of course.:)

Yep, I love my ‘77 Ford 4x4 but it feels like a workout after a hundred miles. That’s why it only gets a couple hundred miles per year and I drive my new truck the rest of the time. Power, comfort and less stress sure makes a big difference in your life.

Congratulations on the 7920. Very nice tractor.

In Canada were it's flatter they are putting alot of 4020s back into service but lots that has to do with government getting parts and not being locked out of working on your older 4020 tractor buy the newer computers from John deer ..

The little bit i used the ivt transmission I never did get very use to it, but I can see they sure have their advantages

As my father says 'you're better to be looking at it than looking for it'!

I’ve always wanted ivt too. Still tickled silly about Powershift though

We had a 4320 that was the big tractor and and a 190XT for the longest time if you needed something done that was big u took the 4320 if it was a light job 190XT or the 3020 we had a couple small tractors but spring and fall and winter the 190XT would be down when needed the most definitely larger tractor than needed is best

Nice tractor i understand everybody wants use it looking forword when you guys are out in the feild with it

Imagine how happy you'll be if you ever get a tractor with front and cab suspension. Best of luck with the new tractor.

It's better to extra HP and not need than to need HP and not have !

Never a bad thing to have more tractor than you need.

Thanks Travis!!!!!!!

Mighty stuff Travis, as we say over here, drive her on😉👌👍🙂

I haven't watched the video and the answer is "YES" or maybe the Iron Horse 40 series. The problem with the Iron Horse was the front wheel assist was hydraulic and it didn't like the oil getting hot.

Thx for sharing , greetings from Belgium

IVT is a sweet transmission! And in a 7920, you have a nearly perfect unit - pre "R", pre DEF, and still a solid machine!

Love the 4020 but would be cool to have a 6030 replace it....

79 will be the go to tractor and the 7600 will be next in line. The 7000 series are all Great chore go to tractors. Also you can never have to big of tractor as others stated. Safety first.

Thanks for the video.

Those new transmissions are nice, it's hard to train yourself to forget about the clutch.

Our JD 4020 was a great tractor for the size and power in my opinion.

Its easy for someone who is not paying the bills to think its inefficient to run more tractor than you need for any given job. The thing is you need that tractor for other jobs on the farm. In my opinion its more inefficient to purchase multiple tractors just so you have just the right amount of HP for the job you are doing. Big tractor can do a small job, Small tractor cant do a big job. Why pay for two when one can do it all.

A tractor set up very long they will ride good to drivers little bit I've been on some hills but nothing like u

I like the new tractor keep ur video’s coming please

Great to see the tractor out and about can't wait to see it in the field

This was a fun drive

I can hear you with the microphone when you’re not driving a tractor Love to watch you guys and I love your videos you and your brother It’s a little hard to understand you when you’re driving machinery with the microphone

Everyone should have a 4020. Back in the 70’s and 80’s, we had neighbors that weren’t even fans of John Deere , but they had 4020’s.

Like the video Travis and the tractor 7920 Jd

Your truck want pull 6 rolls of hay up hill ? Try pulling 15 rolls of hay with a one ton 5x6 baled with a JD 568 baler.

4020s ain't cheap either . Everything has gone sky high.

March and you have no snow! I'm 4 hours north of you and we have 2' on the ground!

thank you

Awesome 😎

40 series, can get 'er done.

Gonna look perfect in front of a JBM 36 foot bale king! What are hay prices doing that way?

Thames for the video

When do we get to see that tool box in the pickup

Sell them all go with 6030 and 7520s

In a perfect world, you wouldn't use that tractor, you would have a smaller one with IVT for those tasks. It isn't a perfect world with unlimited funds to buy a piece of machinery for every situation. You use what you have and as you have said numerous times, it's better to have too much hp than not enough.

Thanks for taking us for a ride in your new toy

You should sell all the JD and buy New Holland or Case...buddy of mine in Australia has saved over $1.6million U.S. in maintenance and down time since he got rid of his JD equipment in the last 6 months...he bought all Case and New Holland to replace the JD...

No way in H.... on the 4020s for me, Not willing to give up the cab comfort of these new machines! This time of year as the snow disappeared; remember spreading manure with open station tractors and getting hit in the back of the head with a frozen turd- hurts like Hell! I have no problem paying for rear windows when they break; at least it was not the back of my head and having to have stiches. Bob

The assumption is, based on the short video you posted today, that you got your wings clipped.

Now it just needs a loader in it

You guys should hook the 46 up to the vt and see if it will pull it that way if the 82 ever brakes down you know that the 46 could run it while the 82 is getting fixed.

I wonder how these new IVT transmissions compare to the old IH hydros.

I see that your 79 doesn't have a foot throttle, is that common in your area ? Here in South Africa all our tractors have a foot throttle.

I'd rather have too much machine and not need it than have not enough machine and need it!!!!!

Sell them all and buy1066's.

Can’t buy a tractor to match everything perfectly you use what you have available

I know you guys talked about hauling hay up with the semi and the flat deck, is that too much of a pain to get in the valley?

Couldn’t understand your talk in the tractor. Sorry. Otherwise good.

I found the sound over powered your speach

You do not need to talk the whole time to make a good quality video . Seeing different aspects of framing , fixing , feeding , the family dog , two or three of family members working together on something . What's for dinner , road trip s . I have try to watch the third time without fast forwarding .

Definitely better than a 4020.

26 mph is that the fastest tractor y’all have?

Sorry, but 4020's should be retired. They are not safe enough for most jobs are farms. I've personally seen 3 people killed on 4020's. 2 crushed by bales falling on them and 1 the pto engaged unexpectedly.