JD 2010

Before I leave today,just would like to post a question,kind of related to rr lunds post yesterday.My dad bought a JD 2010 new,it was the worst tractor he ever had, Was wondering how many on the site here had one ,or knew someone that had one,and if anyone had good or bad luck with them,See you all later,

I have posted this before,but here it is this picture was taken around 1969 or so

if he bought it the first year it came out it looks like it got a lot of use,...

Looks like it ran enough to wear down the tires.
Neighbor bought one just like that for light occasional use around the farm. He kind of likes it! When I go pick up his corn at harvest time he runs the auger with it. Seems to run pretty good!
Another neighbor bought a tricycle one brand new. 36" tires I think? Though he is long gone, the 2010 is the only one of his machines still there at home. I remember stories about when it was not very old, the hydraulics quit, they found something full of filings. I remember also stopping to see him when cultivating(or whatever) and how much that thing smoked when idled(gas)
Thankfully Dad waited for the 2510 to trade off his 50. Got one of the first ones in the spring of 1966. I think many uninformed people thought the 2510 was a warmed over 2010.

We had a 2010 crawler, didn't have any trouble with it til one of the partners replaced a hose and didn't put any antifreeze back in it. Sold it for parts.

My wife's grandfather used one to farm near Vleats, KS. Her Dad bought it when his parents retired and moved to town. He used it for his "hobby" farm until he passed. The tractor sat in the barn unused for about 20 years and about three years ago, my Dad helped me get it running again. I don't really "use" it, but occasionally I start it up and drive it around. I'll hook up the trailer and give my nieces and nephews a ride once in a while. I've not read anything particularly good about them. From what I've read, parts are expensive and they are quite difficult to work on. Apparently, "If you got a bad one, you couldn't fix it, and if you got a good one, you couldn't break it." For me, its just nice to keep something of my wife's family farm tradition up and running. Most of the men from her side of the family have already passed on. I like to think it means something to someone to keep that history alive, even if I am the only someone. There is a JD B sitting in the same barn that I haven't had time to get running yet, but it is on the list! 1963 JD 2010 w/narrow front. [/img]

My brother bought a used diesel about 1990. He traded dads Cockshutt 30 and I think about $1500 for it. He bought it knowing it needed an engine job, and had checked for parts availability, the local Deere dealer said there was no problem. He drove it for awhile and loved how it worked, except that it smoked and the engine was weak. When he went to tear it down, he found out that the cylinder sleeve set was almost impossible to find and would cost more than what he paid for the tractor, also the mechanics there told him that the engine had about a 1200 hour life expectancy.
He put it back together with just a new gasket set, took it to an auction and sold it. Then he went out and bought a Ford 3000.

As I stated yesterday probably the worst tractor made by anyone. Underpowered for rating (45hp I think) and not fun to run. Gave Deere a black eye for sure.

Actually the first tractor I ever sat on, not sure the year, but it was before the ford dealership, we had a JD 2010, wide front, with a yellow front end loader on it and somewhere there are some partial photos of it. Along with the 2010, was a JD manure spreader, with the auger/teeth type beater.

We used to have 2 huge hay barns, one was a drive thru, with a huge mow on one side, cow stanchions and parlor on the other, with a heavy timber framed floor, tongue and groove wood floor above, for more storage. On the back side the hill I live on now starts to slope up and one of the hired hands while spreading manure on the hillside/field, ended up with the tractor on the 2nd floor, not sure about the details, all I recall is where the hole was and the bottom of that hole was the 2nd floor. It makes no sense as to how the heck that is even possible, I did not see the tractor and spreader hanging, my father had somehow gotten it out. I will have to ask him about that again.

Same time period, I climbed on that tractor, got it into neutral, believe it was a console shift, with the maze thing as I recall, rolled it to a little raised area near the driveway and it stopped went about 20 feet, not good, parents were not very cognizant of being parents, I am truly lucky and thankful to be here given things like this and similar that happened when I was that age, I hate to say it, but I think they were complete idiots then, well I know it to be honest, reflecting back, but certainly carry no chip, just that pre-school kids should not be on JD 2010's fooling with the levers LOL !!!!!

Front end loader protected the 2010, was no damage to it, not sure why he got rid of it, I believe it was gas not diesel, could be wrong though.

Years later, when the horses were gone and the place had no activity, neighbor dairy farmer who had planted the fields for years, had cut back and stopped for a few years wanted to plant the fields again, our '64 4000 ford S-O-S, a friend of dads changed the trans fluid, put the wrong type back in, that was the end of my favorite tractor and to get the fields ready, I had to cut with a narrow 2010 and a rotary, over 50 acres.

One memory was the round rock that the mower blade whacked out from under the deck and went up the back side of the tractor, I could feel the air, it went over the hedgerow, into a long abandoned field of marginal ground. It would have been like getting hit with a cannon ball on the back of the head. It was a bush hog brand mower, not sure what the deal was, no safety chains, plates hanging, that tractor was really scary on side hills, though not too extreme, just enough, and my darned father never once taught me about rolling over and any of that, I distinctly remember the exact place and I just dropped a bunch of trees there, where I first experienced the "pucker" factor on that borrowed JD 2010. I did not like the tractor because it was just too high, and really not suited for some areas on this land, I do recall both this one and the other one ran fine and appeared to be reliable. Was just after that rock went flying, I went and got our mower, which had guards, I've done an awful lot of cutting with a rotary and have hit rocks before, even sheared both shoulder bolts off and dropped both blades, but I never saw a rock fly like that one did, another reason I am thankful and or lucky nothing ever happened, I was fine with running tractors but lacked experience I had wished my dad was not so pre occupied with so many other things in those days, you just did not get the good information and or shared experience, many parents were just the same, lot of us kids had to figure it out on our own or run risks we were not all the much aware of.

Funny you posted this, lot of old memories, last one I will share was a ride on ours to the power lines and up to a crest of a steep hill overlooking a brush/marsh/grass area that some kids set on fire, I rode up on dads lap and we watched the firemen from that hill, that was a good memory actually on the old 2010.

I'm not going to brag on a 2010 for sure, but I had a gasser utility a few years ago that had spent it's life on my FIL's Hog Farm. You want to talk about abuse. It had a loader on it that was probably worth more than the tractor. When my FIL decided he was done with it (the hog farm had several other tractors), he said I could have it. He took the loader off. I found a JD 36 loader that had tilt bucket and installed it. I used it without fail for another 10 years and although I never pulled eqt with it, I mucked pens, loaded eqt, hauled hay, rotary mowed and a host of other things with never any problems. The tractor was one of the good ones of the 2010's for sure. Bob

The other side of that coin however, my neighbor who is a junker, has one that runs with a loader that he is trying to sell me for $400.00. The hyd pump is weak is really all that is wrong with it. Loader is welded up and not too pretty. I am sure this tractor has been used up too. I have thought about getting it, but can't make myself want to have another one! lol!

They sell good on farm auctions, and a local dealer just sold one for 5000,so i guess someone likes them.

My uncle had one and had lots of problems.I am not an expert,but there appear to be 3 problems from the factory. One thing is they would loose hydrolics all at once and the dealer evan told my uncle it happened to them all,yet once fixed correctly they would run a long time.

Not doubting you,but that's high for a 2010. I sent some pictures of my 1020 (newer better tractor) to Worthington Salvage to see what they'd give me for it for a parts donor. They offered me $750. I figured I'd have to put a lot of time and money in to it before I'd dare ask $4000 for it with the loader included. Would probably have to take $3500 to get rid of it.

Well here is the one I grew up on. Dad bought it as a demo from the dealer back in about 62. That thing was tuff as nails, I was the primary operator until I left home from high school, 1969. After that my younger brother in the photo took over until he was through high school. Only trouble I recall was Dad had a hard time keeping clutches in it....I wonder why, lol. They have a bad reputation, but this one did hold up well into the 70's and finally ended up with a loader on it.
Peeler IV "have flag will drag" said the model car stickers I had on it at the time, lol.

My Grandad bought a brand new one in 64. I have it now. It's been a really good tractor. Few things here and there but all in all I think we got our moneys worth. LOL

That tractor has the brackets for a 82 john deere snowplow.We have one on a 3020.

My Dad went to the local Deere dealer to buy a new 2510 and the owner was busy so he walked back into the shop to ask the mechanic about 2510's.He was told to stay away from them as they were a no good half breed.He bought a woreout 4010 instead.In 1972 he bought a new 2520 and really liked it.We have had two dozen or more 2510's over the years and they were good tractors.

I believe I experienced that, while heading down the road to the old mobil station to fuel up, rotary dropped to the pavement, cant even recall what I did, owner whom had a long time auto repair business must have had it repaired, the sudden drop and ensuing noise, some traffic behind me, recall it may have done that in the field too. Appeared to be as reliable as any other tractor I ran, but it was not here in use year after year so who knows how it really went.

One of my good friends Dad had a JD 2010 diesel..It wasnt a real great tractor..Not very many 1010 or 2010 JD"s were sold in my area so they are pretty scarce..The HS I went to in the 1960"s had a 1010 with turf tires that was used for lawn care..

Here's our 2010 Dad bought in 1970. We have had very minor problems with it, roll pins in pto linkage like to break but other than that been a good tractor. It's done a little bit of everything for work from plowing to raking hay, ran the feed wagon for 10 years up til 3 years ago.

Larry, I worked on a dairy farm in Stroudsburg as a teenager, and for a number of years, the biggest tractor was a 2010. I don't remember any problems with it cept the 8 speed shifter would sometimes jam in betwixt gears. The farmer also had a Red M and a David Brown. I think it was a 1200.

the 2010 was my first tractor. it gets used every week for loader and blade work. it has had a few bugs but not and more than any other 50 year old machine. I like it's size an maneuverability and it was far cheaper than a comparable 2510 or 2020. I do think it is underpowered for it's weight. It generates about the same HP as my Ford 960 but weights a ton more. It is not very good on gas either. It's parts do not seem any more expensive than for my 3010 any quality parts these days are expensive. The 2010 has a poor reputation no doubt. I suspect this is in part due to engineering and workmanship but also what people expected a JD tractor of that price to do for them in respect to JD's of the same class that came before and after.

-paul

growing up we had a 2010 on the farm i forget what yr it was but pretty sure it was a late model it was a gasser rowcrop narrow front end. somehow ours was pretty good baring a few minor issues and 1 overhaul in the 20yrs we owned it dad just traded it in about 2 yrs ago. we used it for pretty much everything ran a old kba disk,planter,mower,rake,tedder,baler,spreader, hay crusher b4 we got a haybine, heck we even ran an old jd 1 row corn chopper with it on 1000rpm you just had to take it slow if the corn grew well that yr. so i guess they all werent that bad.

My best friends Dad had two of them He bought new. Diesel high crops all they ever did was pull sprayers. I don't know what was wrong with them but I remember him saying that he hoped they fired every person that had anything to do with designing them.
Ron

Dad bought a 2010 diesel ser# 63019 in 1965. Paid $5136 for it.The problems we experienced were mostly related to the hydraulic pump, glow plugs and that darned 3 foot long PTO handle. The pump would eat itself, the glow plugs needed constant replacing and the PTO handle engaged with such a forceful snap that it would break off in your hand. Ours broke at least 3 times, having to go back to the dealer each time for replacing the snapped-off stub shaft. We traded it for a 2640 in 1976. The dealer allowed $2566 in trade. Seems most of the lemons were the diesel models. A neighbor still has his 2010 gas tractor and it has to have 8000 hours on it. I would think all the lemons are now junked, so the ones still running must be the good ones.

(quoted from post at 17:42:47 02/20/13) They sell good on farm auctions, and a local dealer just sold one for 5000,so i guess someone likes them.

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It's got that green and yellow paint, they likes that paint! Never did see it myself.