I'm with you on this one. I had a 1959 430S with the front and rear weights, second owner...1790 hrs and was a happy camper the day that POS went down the road! I believe that is the most uncomfortable machine I ever operated....no damned wonder they didn't make very many of the 330/430's. The 1010 isn't anything but a 430 with a 4 cylinder engine and it's a POS too! Uncomfortable, ungainly, noisy, and UGLY.
Boys, the asbestos suit is on...flame away. I have owned more JD's than any other color and my 2005 tractor is a JD. But I have never ever understood all the hype over a 330/430. You ever wonder why so few were made? NOBODY was buying them! Get on one and drive it for 15 minutes...they steer like an ox cart. That incessant POP-POP-POP-POP would drive a wooden Indian nuts! Deere had some useful machines back then...but the 330-430's weren't amongst their better ones. I've got a neighbor that collects old Deere's and they all look nice and he made the same exclamation over his 330.."do you know how many of those they made!?" Brother's, had they been a popular machine in their time, Mother Deere would have gladly cranked them out by the tens of thousands. But they weren't. The guys with red paint had a better set up and they did crank them out by the tens of thousands and yes, that is why they sell for $1200-$1800. But for using...they're worth 5x what a similar Deere is.
I'm glad the 330 was saved from the scrap man. Paint it up and park it!
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