Re: 806, 966, 4020 comparisons

Posted by jdemaris on January 05, 2007 at 10:40:37 from (69.67.230.38):

In Reply to: 806, 966, 4020 comparisons posted by Tom3 on January 05, 2007 at 08:27:05:

When I was working for a Deere dealer, we had an IH dealer nearby. They were our biggest competitor. At that time 4020s were often a farm's main tractor - unless they were IH people. I'd heard the 856 most often - being compared to Deere's 4020. At the local county fair - they both were favorities for home-grown, off the farm pullers. Mid-70s the IH place went out of business. My boss hired their top mechanic and also bought some used IH tractor inventory. It was kind of funny at first - the new IH mechanic kind of had a attitude about Deere stuff - just as we did with anything that wasn't Deere green or yellow. Ended up, he was one of best mechanics I've ever met - and he also came to repect - actually like the Deeres. Not more than IH, but close enough. He said one day - somewhat reluctantly that the 4020 was at least an equal to the 856. High praise coming from him.
My only complaint with working on the IHs was the small learning curve - after years of Deere experience. We bought and sold quite a few used IHs, but most got worked on by our resident IH man. I will say this though. I worked on many 4020s we rebuilt and then ran on the dyno for a full day - light load, med. load, full load, etc. Also did the same with 856s. The 856s under the same tests/dyno runs used less fuel than the 4020s. Not a tremendous amount, certainly enough to notice. Now, out in the field? I don't know.

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