pictures of my new tractor

Justin SE IOWA · Sep 14, 2012

I bought a 4010 today. It is a gasser. Tires are decent and tin is straight. I paid $5900 for it. 2 days ago alot of people on here said I would never find a tractor like this under 6k! Well I did and Im excited to use it tomorrow to mow hay! It will be a good tractor for me!

Royse · Sep 14, 2012

Congratulations Justin! Looks like a great machine and I hope it works out well for you!
To be fair though, the guys the other day were responding to your post about a 4020, not a 4010 Gas.
They are two VERY different tractors!

Old Iowa · Sep 14, 2012

We where talking about a diesel. I hope you have good luck with that JD 4010.

DeltaRed · Sep 14, 2012

Good for you!!!Looks like it will be a good tractor
for you.I just hope you have stock in an oil
company!

Anonymous-0 · Sep 14, 2012

Well I admit I was one of the nay sayers. That
looks like a nice tractor. Front end weights and
radio and the whole works.

oldtanker · Sep 14, 2012

Justin, everone told you that for diesel, 4020, 6K was lite and told you that gas and LP would be cheaper. You never said anything about a 4010 (cheaper yet) or gas. That size tractor in gas is a pig for heavy field work. I know a guy with a 3020 gas. That's 70 HP abouts.....he burns about 2X a day cutting and baling hay than I do with a 124 HP diesel. Not knocking your buy just a heads up on what to expect for a working tractor. I've run both a 560 IH diesel and gas. The gas plowing would burn a tank and a half a day while the diesel would plow 2 days on a tank. Just the nature of the beast.

I really hope you did not buy on a whim. I did, and AC 190 XT diesel. Biggest mistake besides marriage in my life!. And the wife was a better deal. I've kept her for almost 39 years....the 190 less than 2! I will never own another AC product in my life!

So don't wave your buy in our faces....you did not tell us the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

Rick

gene bender · Sep 15, 2012

Follow up on how the condition is after you use it ror a while.

S.Crum · Sep 15, 2012

I'd say you have a nice tractor there for the money. For what you said you are intending to use it for, you'll like it. We had a 1520, 2520, 3010, 2 4010s, a 4230 all diesels as the primary's on the farm. We went all diesel in the mid 70's except for a 1020 and 2 "G's". The 1020 was used for very light work and spreader duty during very cold weather (wasn't hard enough work to justify warming up a diesel). The G's were mostly a novelty at that point. The diesels handled all the heavier work as they were intended to do. If lighter work/toy duty is the primary duty you have intended for your 4010 gasser, then you did real good.

cannonball · Sep 15, 2012

Sure don't look like any 4020 I have every seen..

Nebraska Cowman · Sep 15, 2012

Congratulations. It does look like a pretty good
4010

mjbrown · Sep 15, 2012

What did the 4020 diesel sell for?

BANDITFARMER · Sep 15, 2012

Good lookin 4010, I had two just like that years ago. They were not bad on gas after I adjusted the carb alittle. The only thing I would advise you to do is keep an eye on the bolts that hold the PTO stub shaft on, They tended to work loose on the 2 4010s I had. Bandit

Bill(Wis) · Sep 15, 2012

There was a 4020 narrow front gasser for sale in Illinois for a long, long time that looked like a new tractor. I don't know what it sold for but they were asking $4995.

rufus80 · Sep 15, 2012

Your original post was about a diesel, not a gas. Also about a
4020 not a 4010. I hope you have good luck with it, even
under light to medium loads that size of gas tractor likes it's
fuel.

showcrop · Sep 15, 2012

I have known of two of those that according to the owners went into the weeds because of gas consumption, though they most likely had other problems. Hopefully you won't be working it long or hard and it works out for you.

ericlb · Sep 15, 2012

looks like you got a great deal, since i run 2 light duty gassers, after you use it for awhile id like to know what the fuel consumption on that one is, im guessing around 2 gal per hr of use in light to moderate conditions, but i may be wrong

Nathan (SD) · Sep 15, 2012

Must be a geography thing. I live in some of the JD greenest area of the country. The last 4010 gas I new of sold about 2 years ago maybe 3. It was a retired guys snow blowing tractor for about 12 years. Before that it lead a pretty easy life too. It brought $4000 and the salvage yard buyer bought it.

Rick Kr · Sep 15, 2012

Looks good. I too would be interested in fuel comsumption. All my working equipment is diesel. I use to have a Ford 2600 gas, at 540rpm on the PTO with a load, it was drinking 2.5 - 3 gallons an hour. 32hp or so.

Something tells me its gonna like its fuel. Let us know.

Rick

Anonymous-0 · Sep 15, 2012

Justin I think you purchased a good
tractor for the money. Yes it will use
more fuel than a diesel but you will make
up those costs whenever you have to
work on it. That's why big gassers were
popular in the 60s our family didn't go
diesel until 1978. By then you couldn't
buy a new 80 hp Gasser anymore. Run
89 octane in with some atf or marvel
mystery oil. It's important to keep the
valves lubricated running no lead gas.
Good luck with it.

Anonymous-0 · Sep 15, 2012

Plenty of Fords with diesels sitting in weeds too
with bad engines. A diesel without sleeves is a very
stupid idea.

oldtanker · Sep 15, 2012

(quoted from post at 07:21:25 09/15/12) Plenty of Fords with diesels sitting in weeds too
with bad engines. A diesel without sleeves is a very
stupid idea.

??? Why would you say that? You can always dry sleeve and sleeveless engine. Let me know where some of those Forda are setting. Shop here charges somewhere around 100 buck a hole.

Rick

rustyfarmall · Sep 15, 2012

My dad bought one of the very first new generation Deeres in the country. It was a 4010 gas. I spent many, many hours on that tractor and loved every minute of it. Gasoline consumption is not nearly as bad as some of these guys seem to think. Light duty work such as mowing and raking hay, that tractor would go for 2 days before needing the gas tank filled. Heavier work, such as plowing, disking, etc, would require topping off the tank in the morning before starting out for the day, and then again at noon when I came in for dinner, and then it was good to go until about 6:00 pm.

You have a very nice tractor there, and it will do everything you need it to do. As a plus, it will start easily in the winter with no worrys about the fuel gelling up.

The only downside is that the 4010 gassers had a tendency to foul spark plugs if you did a lot of light duty, piddly work with them, but I think the John Deere boys have found a cure for that by now, so just go out and enjoy that classic tractor.

oldtanker · Sep 15, 2012

(quoted from post at 09:34:58 09/15/12)
My dad bought one of the very first new generation Deeres in the country. It was a 4010 gas. I spent many, many hours on that tractor and loved every minute of it. Gasoline consumption is not nearly as bad as some of these guys seem to think. Light duty work such as mowing and raking hay, that tractor would go for 2 days before needing the gas tank filled. Heavier work, such as plowing, disking, etc, would require topping off the tank in the morning before starting out for the day, and then again at noon when I came in for dinner, and then it was good to go until about 6:00 pm.

You have a very nice tractor there, and it will do everything you need it to do. As a plus, it will start easily in the winter with no worrys about the fuel gelling up.

The only downside is that the 4010 gassers had a tendency to foul spark plugs if you did a lot of light duty, piddly work with them, but I think the John Deere boys have found a cure for that by now, so just go out and enjoy that classic tractor.

Rusty the Neb test says that thing burns about 6.1 GPH at PTO speed and 7.1 at max draw bar and the diesel is 4.9 and 5.9. At prices today it could actually be more efficient on the wallet but it still likes it's gas.

Now I'm thinking about a gas 504 Farmall...LOL

Rick

sixtyninegmc · Sep 15, 2012

I have one just like it, an excellent tractor. It certainly consumes a fair bit more fuel than my 4020 diesel at PTO speed, but on light work like the tedder or rake it is not bad at all, and it is a good loader tractor. If you d much in the way of large-scale farming, I see a diesel replacing it as your primary machine eventually, but it will work great in the meantime.

northvale-PA · Sep 15, 2012

yes. Drill holes thru the cap screw heads and snake stainless wire thru them. Then, never worry again.

Traditional Farmer · Sep 16, 2012

Thats just the down payment every John Deere I ever used was thirsty for fuel good tractors but expensive to run.

Ralph Bauer · Sep 16, 2012

Congrats, Justin. Keep up with the maintenance,and you will be fine. Do get an operators manual, best 30 bucks you ever spent, even if you know a lot about tractors.
Ralph in OK.
(4020-LP, 4320--D, 5010D,70L-P, F3000-G, TO30-G, ...)

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