ShadetreeRet

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I am not too knowledgeable about various series but wasn't the 1010 the smaller of the "10" series John Deere's?
I just saw one advertised for sale in the October edition of NC's Ag news. Doesn't say what year, just says, JD1010 w/front and rear cultivator. fert. dist. Good paint, runs good. $7800.00. Sounds a little steep to me, specially since there is another one in the same paper for $3500.00.
 
I have bougt and sold many tractors over the years including JD 1010's. They were good little tractors and still usefull but not very high priced. Most sell for under $3000.
 
I've got a 1020,that one was the good one,not the 1010. I'd sell that one to you with a Freeman hydraulic bucket loader for $3500.
 
1020 was pretty sad too ..deer would had been better off stikin with the 430 early style 2 popper ..until they really got their act together for the small tractors..,seems to me that the engineers musta worked separate from the big jd guys and did not share ideas while desighnin,, when they declared job complete,,they moved on and went on to phux up GENERAL MOTORS ...
 
Lets get it right.....the 1010 and 1020 have only the paint colour and rubber tires as common items. 1020 is a very handy,productive tractor. A 1010 is nice to look at.
 

$ 7800....For aJD1010!Seller can't be serious.
Even $3500 is way too high.
If I was to buy one(HIGHLY unlikely)$1200 maybe $1300 absolute tops.
 
I think you're confusing the 1020 with the 2010. I've beat the living bajebus out of that thing over the last 30 years doing loader work and if I haven't destroyed that one,nobody ever will. They got it right with the 1020 and 2020.
 
There seems to be a lot of dyslexic people who can"t tell a 2010 and a 1020 apart.
A gas 1010 is reasonably useable and typically reliable for a 50+ old machine
 
Run do not walk away form the 1010 and the 2010. Both where JDs problem child and hard to work on and even harder to find parts for. I have one sitting here and just the new sleeve assembly if you can even find one is over $500 and that is just the sleeves
 
A diesel 1010RS sold for $18000 at polks auction and one sold later for $15000.
 
I think the 1010 was built from late 1960 to about 1964. It may have been based on the M-40-420-430 tractor line combined with a 4 cyl engine used in JD combines. That engine had an unusual "decked sleeve" design.

The 1010 was available in utility and rowcrop models. The 1010 and 2010 rowcrop were replaced by the larger 2510 tractor (55hp?). The utilies were replaced by the 1020 (38HP?) and 2020 (55HP?) tractors, that new utilty design was used for nearly 20 years.

If you need a front mount cultivator a JD M-430, JD B-530 or JD 2510 series would be better choices in my opinion.

If you need a utility tractor, JD 1020 - 2020, Ford 2000 - 4000, MF 35 - 165 series are all better choices.

Someone else can provide more accuate info or more detail.
 
1020 was and still is a great utilty sized tractor. What on earth are your comments based on? It has a rock-solid engine (gas or diesel) and came with standard power wet brakes. Name me another tractor that vintage that was durable and available with power steering, power wet brakes, hydraulic hi-low or reverser, 8 speed trans, independent PTO, diff lock, closed-center hydraulics, etc.

I've got a gas 300 (basically a 1020 painted yellow) and a 300B diesel with a loader and backhoe.
 
J.

Did you mean 2010 instead of 1020? The 1010 and 2010 were built from 1960 to 1964 and they were not the greatest. They were replaced by the much bettert 1020 - 2020 design.

Yes, Waterloo and Dubuque were were seperate design groups. They may have even been in different divisions of the company.

A neighbor had an early 2010. He had many problems with it and didn't have much good to say about it. When the 2020 came out the dealer hauled a new 2020 and loader to his farm and asked him to try it for a few days. He like it and traded his 2010 for the 2020. After that he used that 2020 more than his JD 70. A number of neighbors bought 2020's after that, including dad. They were happy with them also.

The closed center hydraulics and wet brake systems can make new generation JD transmissions and hydraulics more expensive to repair today than other contemporary tractors, but they have run for 40 to 50 years without requireing much maintenace beyond transmission oil and filter changes and bleeding the brakes.

A hydraulic reverser or high-low shift may have been more troublesome than the std. 8 speed shuttle-shift transmission.
 
Dubuque wheeled 1010s were not anywhere near the tractors as the 1020s that followed. That being said, they lasted well enough. Just never had great aftermarket parts support like the 20 series did and does. So yeah, a sleeve deck can be very expensive but how many of them are you going to buy? Note that the diesels were nowhere near as bad as some people claim. The 1010 and 2010 diesels were the first Deere's to have rotary/distributor injection pumps and were a little crude by later standards. Held up fine for many owners when used right and taken care of.

I've got a 1960 1010 crawler and love it. Finding parts and never been any more of a problem then for anything else I've got. In some ways it's better built then the 350 crawler that followed it. 1010 was a great little crawler but I wouldn't call the 1010 wheel tractor "great." It used a odd mix of parts and has a lousy brake system. If I wanted a 10 series wheel tractor - it would be a 2510. MUCH better tractor then a 1010 and partially Waterloo.
 
Thanks for all the comments, gentlemen. I have never heard anyone brag about a 1010, but I have heard a few choice words about them! I'm afraid that this person is gonna have a hard time unloading that one!
 

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