Re: OK it boils down to two tractors

Posted by Doug in IL on January 11, 2007 at 19:03:37 from (67.142.130.40):

In Reply to: OK it boils down to two tractors posted by Raleigh on January 11, 2007 at 16:02:24:

Raleigh I"ve been following your quest now for a while. Real estate is always said to be location, location, location. Used tractors are condition, condition, condition. Don"t get hung up on the model year thing. I have, and have had, them all, including the 4320. Other than the dash mounted hydraulic controls, there is not enough difference in them to amount to anything. And for some uses, I actually like the dash mounted controls better. Like operating a bale wagon. Remember, the earlier tractors are the ones that built the 4020"s reputation, there"s nothing wrong with them. Condition is what you need to worry about. Decide which transmission you want. Then, start looking for the best one you can find, forget what year. You need to look at these tractors in person. You need to drive them. Where is the best place to find them? Well, I suppose you could find one anywhere. In my opinion, look in the row crop cash grain areas. Upper half of Illiniois and Indiana. Southern Mn. Upper 1/3 of Mo. Try to stay away from heavy livestock areas, lots of loader use. Stay away from Southern tractors, usually tons of hours and not well shedded. Great Plains tractors can be ok, but they are usually not shedded either. Try to find as low houred tractor as you can. Yes, engines and transmissions can be rebuilt. But high hours also take the toll on everything else. Steering, hydraulics, brakes, final drives, axle bearings, cooling systems etc. You need to know how to evaluate a used tractor. Or find someone who does to accompany you. For example, do you know that you can glance at one of these syncro tractors and pretty much know how much clutch life is left? Shift linkage wear, pedal wear, steering wear, brakeing action, hydraulic response, pulley wear, hitch wear, all of these things and more can help you verify a low houred tractor. There are a lot of 4020"s out there. But, try to look at them in person!

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