Re: 100 Hp tractors from the late sixtys???

Posted by Lyle from Sask on June 02, 2002 at 08:33:09 from (216.13.228.102):

In Reply to: 100 Hp tractors from the late sixtys??? posted by Guywhowants100hptractor on May 29, 2002 at 16:18:58:

Hi, I just wanted to tell you a bit about life with 4020's... My dad farmed 800 acres with two 4020's when I was a kid. One was a syncromesh 1964, and the other was a 1965 power shift.

The powershift had the injector pump opened up at the dealer and probably put out about 115 or 120 horse...

It would pull 24 ft of discers with full boxes of seed and fertilizer. Mind you we had fluid in both the main rears and duals, and we used 3rd gear and ran the engine right up to the redline. I'm assuming others have had the fun of running a JD with the button on the throttle out so that you can rev it past the std limit.

The 4020 is a great loader tractor with the power shift transmission, I used to move large banks of snow, and could roll up to the bank in 4th or 5th gear, and then power back away from the bank in 4th reverse, all without using a clutch.

Now in balance, while the 4020's took all the hours of work around our place, and were generally very dependable... The hydraulic systems seemed to be problematic, especially the control unit up under the dash.

From an ergonomics point of view, I'd certainly be looking at a 4030, 4040, or 4230 over the 4020, as they had the new style cab with the hydraulics and shifter on the console to the right of the drivers seat.

You have to understand that the 4020 at full throttle was a very noisy tractor, so hearing protection is a must, but it also was a very versatile design, being large enough to do field work (cultivating, discing, plowing), and small enough to do light duty work such as haying, swathing, harrowing, loader work etc..

The final note on the 4020, it likes it's fuel, I remember burning 1 or 1.5 tanks of fuel a day when working it hard.. probably 5 to 8 gallons an hour or more ...

I think that the cab's on the 70 series case, or the 66 or 86 series IH tractor's were more comfortable...

good luck.

Lyle.

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