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Posted by jdemaris on March 28, 2004 at 19:41:31 from (209.23.28.5):
In Reply to: Re: MOST DURABLE TRACTOR 3010??? posted by jb on March 28, 2004 at 17:06:52:
2520, 3020, and 4020 were damn good tractors. I was a Deere mechanic most of my life and I can't say I ever came across any tractor that made the 30,000 hour mark with no tear downs - in fact - I've never seen one make it to 20,000 - without an engine job. Well cared for though, they were good for 10-15,000 (in my experience, anyway). As far as starting goes, I've seen 3020 and 4020 diesels that would start at zero F. with no help, and I've seen others that wouldn' start at 45 degrees F. without ether or a block heater. In fact, we had some brand new ones like that. So, they're not all the same. That sort of inconsistency persisted up through the 40 series of Deeres, but when the 50s came out, things got much better. My neighbor bought two 4020s, brand new, both at the same time from the same dealer back around 1970. He loved one, and hated the other. Finally got pissed and trading the bad 4020 off for an Allis-Deutz. He still has the good one. On the subject of fuel economy, that Deere series was pretty good when rated by horsepower hours per gallon - but not as quite as good as the 720D. In fact, two of most fuel efficient tractors ever made, at least when Nebraska testing was being done, was the Deere 720D and the Deere 1650 - the latter actually being Japanese as I recall (Yanmar?).
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