I like everything about our 3020, except for its appetite for gasoline. This tractor is at my father's place. It is a thirsty tractor on light loads and heavy loads alike. I am not sure why it has gotten so bad since we moved to a Zenith carburetor from Robert's Carburetors. We had been told this was the only way to go on that tractor. It starts easy and runs great. I did some field work with it in the spring of 2016 and I burned 7 gallons of gasoline per hour on that job. The slow reverse can be a bit fast for a snowblower, particularly in heavy, wet snow. My father in law had a front mount snowblower, which really worked well with these tractors, but I do not know where to even start looking for one. I currently have an IH 86 Hydro on my yard tractor with a Westendorf front end loader. It is a dream to operate with the snowblower and handy on the loader. The diesel engine is just very cold blooded as it needs to be plugged in a minimum of 2 hours in the winter, and I like to plug in the transmission heater for at least overnight. You are looking at quite a bit of money for one of these tractors, though, and I suspect there are many to be found, but mostly "used up" by now. I had looked for 20 series Deere tractors for over 2 years, but was appalled at the price tag on "junk." I wanted a 3020 I am mostly a "green tractor" guy, and I do like my powershift transmissions, but for moving snow, this hydro is the "cat's meow!" I had a 656 IH with the gear drive transmission. It would have had a good reverse for the snowblower, but the tractor was pretty tired when I traded it for the hydro. A 656 or a 666 might be worthwhile looking at.
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Today's Featured Article - Listening to Your Tractor - by Curtis Von Fange. Years ago there was a TV show about a talking car. Unless you are from another planet, physically or otherwise, I don’t think our internal combustion buddies will talk and tell us their problems. But, on the other hand, there is a secret language that our mechanical companions readily do speak. It is an interesting form of communication that involves all the senses of the listener. In this series we are going to investigate and learn the basic rudimentary skills of understanding this lingo.
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