Low hour 3020

df · Nov 4, 2017

Looking at a 1969 3020D synchro, WFE. New rubber, excellent sheet metal. 1160 verified org hrs. Although it has been repainted What?s it worth.

NY 986 · Nov 4, 2017

The sky is the limit here. Somebody recently posted about a nice 1972 3020 that sold for around 17,500 dollars. If the hours are verifiable probably above 20,000 dollars then it is a matter of how bad a couple of deep pockets want it.

coonie minnie · Nov 4, 2017

I'd question the hours... why would you repaint a tractor with only 1160 hours???

NY 986 · Nov 4, 2017

I've seen some low hour tractors that never spent any time inside. Poor paint, bad seat cushions, and cracked rubber. I think sometimes it used to be worse where I am in the Northeast being downwind of major factories. Anything that has had to sit outside historically here has had paint weather at an accelerated rate in my mind. Just my opinion.

Mike(NEOhio) · Nov 4, 2017

Sloppy clutch/brake pedals, loose 3-point, drawbar wear, etc. would indicate more hours than the meter says. Use your judgement. Can you post a picture?

Tx Jim · Nov 5, 2017

Ditto to check wear areas as tach cables were known to break.

larryanderson · Nov 5, 2017

Hard to find one with that low of hours.I did find a 4320 a couple years ago with 1900 hors and there was a 4430 there with 1500 hours there also not for sale and bought a 4040 with 863 actual hours.Price is tougher as I saw an H farmall with no tach and low hours bring $40K at Mecums.The repaint does hurt the value on low houred ones.My friend has a 60 JD with 641 hours bought new with picker and hadn't moved for at least 40+ years just sitting in shed.There was a 4960 with low hours that was on the internet a few years ago and it showed it after complete renovation.The 72 s bring a little more.I looked at a 4320 yesterday 2040 verifiable hours but I thought due to wear points probably 12K of course just politely passed.Saw a 1000+ hour repainted 1456 sell on Big Iron a couple weeks ago for $21K asked why one would paint 1000 hour tractor and owner said to make it like new which the are only new once.

D- · Nov 5, 2017

Hard to believe those hours. A 69 should have a
green and red stripe instead of white on the tach.
As others suggested check wear points.
Even if the hours are correct the paint should be
excellent to bring outrageous prices.

coonie minnie · Nov 5, 2017

Yes, you are correct.... and a white needle...

fdt860 · Nov 6, 2017

(quoted from post at 16:43:53 11/04/17) Sloppy clutch/brake pedals, loose 3-point, drawbar wear, etc. would indicate more hours than the meter says. Use your judgement. Can you post a picture?

I have a 69 4020 that had a rough life. The tach cable broke at 9000 hours few decades ago. Now it is in the 15K hours. It was a loader tractor, so the 3pt has little wear.

Even the pedals are not sloppy at all for 15K hours. It was still a fairly tight tractor. Worse thing was a fried wire harness, but tractor was also 35 years old when I got it. The pedal had some wear on the threads and that a sure sign of hours, but clutch pedals was never rode as our dad told never to do. Our 3040 with 15000 hours as well as much more pedal wear and clutch pedal is super sloppy, like 1 inch of play on the pin. 4020 must have been made of superior quality materials compare to any other tractors.

All I want to say is that those tractors don't wear much. If both were well maintained and not ride by cowboys that broke everything they touched, it must be very hard to verify a 1160 hours tractors vs a 7000-8000 hours one, so I don't see why you would spent much money in a repainted tractor.

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