Poppy Johnny
Member
Not sure if this goes in this part of the forum or in tractor talk but I feel it's a worthy discussion to be had, moderators if I got it wrong, please forgive my ignorance.
Now for starters don't think for a moment I am dissing the 4020 it's an awesome tractor and ushered in a new age for the Deere company.
That being said I often feel off put when people seem to place it on a pedestal especially in most cases far over the other tractors that came before it especially the two cylinders, I mean sure objectively it is a better tractor, but we can't really use that metric alone otherwise any modern tractor is automatically better by default.
I mean if you want to argue from the standpoint of setting a standard or being innovative isn't something like the model 'D'
also just as innovative for it's time? And on that note isn't the 4010 the arguably the one that set the innovation bar not the 4020?
I also think a big part of it being placed on a pedestal over so many other fine tractors is the simple fact that most of the people who would use forums like ours or restore tractors can remember 4020's as they first came out while most of the older models have faded from that personal connection.
Your thoughts? :wink:
Now for starters don't think for a moment I am dissing the 4020 it's an awesome tractor and ushered in a new age for the Deere company.
That being said I often feel off put when people seem to place it on a pedestal especially in most cases far over the other tractors that came before it especially the two cylinders, I mean sure objectively it is a better tractor, but we can't really use that metric alone otherwise any modern tractor is automatically better by default.
I mean if you want to argue from the standpoint of setting a standard or being innovative isn't something like the model 'D'
also just as innovative for it's time? And on that note isn't the 4010 the arguably the one that set the innovation bar not the 4020?
I also think a big part of it being placed on a pedestal over so many other fine tractors is the simple fact that most of the people who would use forums like ours or restore tractors can remember 4020's as they first came out while most of the older models have faded from that personal connection.
Your thoughts? :wink: