Re: what is so great about the john deere 4020

Posted by davpal on April 01, 2006 at 18:31:39 from (216.93.94.254):

In Reply to: Re: what is so great about the john deere 4020 posted by Mike M on April 01, 2006 at 17:34:01:

I used a couple of 4010 John Deeres for years and they were really nice machines. Lots of power, built heavy, nice working 3 point, power steering was silky smooth, fit and finish was great and I even got used to those wierd shifters and even liked that after a while. These were both diesels and both eventually ended up with turbo's which made a great difference in the power department. Now whats to like about a 8n ford, lets see, can buy one for $2000 dollars or under everywhere, parts are everywhere, oem and aftermarket. Sleeve and pistons for about $150 bucks, 3 point equipment everywhere, radiators for $100 dollars, will pull a one or two bottom plow for gardens, 6 foot disks, 6 foot scraper blade for snow, chains for tires for Around $100 bucks, brush hogs work good with them, run on sides of hills and ditches very stable, have virtually no loss of value no matter how long you own them, (like money in a cd at the bank). Are very good on gas, pull very good for their size, my 9n pulled 205% on a stone boat last year at our local pull, no problems with overheating, easy to get on and off, easy to haul on a car hauling trailer, nice for moving trailer or parking gravity boxes with the front bumper installed, and 65 years later they are still running fine. In the fourties they were considered a 80 acre farm tractor believe it or not ( I wouldn't want to have to do it) so they are just about all a hobby farmer would need. If you go to the dealers now and buy something equivilant you would spend a lot of cash and any brand would depreciate more than the cost of the 8n in the first year you own it. My friend works at a jd dealer and he say they still recieve almost as many calls for people looking for 8n stuff as they do the jd stuff. It makes him mad because he doesn't like the 8n either. I guess it is what you said, "to each his own" Later.

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