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John Deere 5020

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Don McCullough

05-15-2008 16:08:37




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Thinking about buying an old John Deere 5020. A guy can't have too many toys. We had a 4020 but I always wanted a 5020.

I hear they were/are too heavy for their horsepower but know lots of guys soup them up to about 160 hp. Is that good or bad? Cause rear-end problems with too much power?

Appreciate opinions on this tractor.

Just be a "play-toy" for me but when one of our old maple trees fall down I'll have the tree puller.

Don

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buickanddeere

05-16-2008 10:30:49




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 Re: John Deere 5020 in reply to Don McCullough, 05-15-2008 16:08:37  
may want to look for a 6030. Similar price to a 5020 and the factory did the entire soupup job for you.



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rednekelmo

05-16-2008 05:16:43




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 Re: John Deere 5020 in reply to Don McCullough, 05-15-2008 16:08:37  
Kinze had the 5050 he put an 855 cummins in a 5020 if I rember correctly,so if it will take that HP and torque I don't think you could get enough power from the factory motor to hurt it



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sd pete

05-15-2008 20:31:56




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 Re: John Deere 5020 in reply to Don McCullough, 05-15-2008 16:08:37  
check out craigslist a 5020 is listed in the south dakota listing



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mini-me

05-15-2008 19:37:45




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 Re: John Deere 5020 in reply to Don McCullough, 05-15-2008 16:08:37  
I had 2 neighbors back in the 70's that turboed them and turned pump to 160-175 hp and one pulled 8 bottom plow and the other a 7 bottom plow . They worked that way for years and years and never had any problems of any kind. The one was sold on retiement auction a few years ago and the other is still used as a loader tractor now. They love it when picking up 3 large squares of hay because of it's weight on the backend. They sound neat with the turbo and straight pipes.

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Oldoaky-2

05-15-2008 16:16:44




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 Re: John Deere 5020 in reply to Don McCullough, 05-15-2008 16:08:37  
I dont think you will have tranny problems, that was one of the tractors the you could put a detroit conversion kit into. Dont know what they sell for anymore..I have one that I want $4000. for..junk price is high right now, not saying it will junk out for that, but for parts and such you could sell whats left for junk.



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Jon Hagen

05-15-2008 21:20:27




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 Re: John Deere 5020 in reply to Oldoaky-2, 05-15-2008 16:16:44  
The last version of the 5020, the 6030, was cranked up to atleast 200 pto HP and had no driveline problems. Hot, noisy, crude, but a brute for raw HP and had enough weight to put er to the ground.



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