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Posted by Jon H on February 11, 2004 at 20:36:47 from (69.26.17.6):
In Reply to: Re: Re: Just wondering why... posted by but as good??? on February 11, 2004 at 17:50:24:
What ever turns your crank. My tractors have to work for a living,I sometimes spend 18 hrs per day in them,not a parade queen or a collector toy in the bunch. A 4020 with the roll bar and no good AC in that tin box cab has to hold the record for the highest db level and the most heat ever experienced on a late 60's tractor. Compared to any model with soundguard body is absolutly no contest. Add to that the weird, battery destroying 24V floating ground electrics of the diesel,and the unreliable,fuel sucking,hard starting engine of the gas model. Add to that,the dry clutches that were usually full of oily gunk from that slow steering,leaky steering unit with the cracked/warped center casting. The 30-40-50 series were a tremendous improvment over the 10-20 series in productivity,reliability and operator comfort. I have operated and repaired those machines most of my life, I still own a 4020 and 4450 Deere. The idea that the 4020 was the best tractor of it's day are not true and the claim that they are the best tractor of all time is silly. They had slick styling,they were fairly easy to operate,and they had a powerfull but noisy and complicated CC hyd system,but certainly were not the best or most reliable at everything they did.
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