1967 John Deere 4020

The one I'm looking at has a 580 Allied loader, 3 PTH, 5 Speed Syro, Cosy Cab. I have 10 acres most treed so I'd like to use this tractor to move dirt, push trees over (~10" diameter) and any other general work... Can this tractor handle that?

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2 things.

1. I used my loader to dig with and would up bending the shafts on my bucket cylinders. I would push the bucket all the way down, then push it into the ground till the front wheels were off the ground, and then back up. Don't do it.

2. I need a good source for after market or used parts for a 2120 which I think was built in Germany. Right now need steering parts. Help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Mark

Well the tractor sold for a bit more then I wanted to pay ($7500). I'm thinking an old construction loader/backhoe will serve me better.

Jim

I once hired a man with a little D4 Cat and he did exactly the same except he had a straight blade so he built a dirt ramp up to this huge tree with dirt and pushed the tree right out.I never would have believed it if I hadn't seen it myself.

Gerald J.

As for pushing trees, it won't. I tried that last winter with mine, I was able to break off 5 or 6" limbs, but hitting stuff bigger broke the bucket on the loader.

Loader buckets tend to be hard to control for digging. First the won't dig, so you tilt the bucket a bit more and it finds some slop in the cylinder and pivots and digs to China. I made a shorter bucket for mine but a back hoe is a whole lot handier for digging other than in dirt piles.

'67 SR 4020D go for 6 to 10K.

Gerald J.