TRACTORS at Work: JOHN DEERE 4020

Big Tractor Power is out in the field with a 95 hp JOHN DEERE tractor working with a disk working to prepare a seed bed for corn planting.

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[Steelrailbearing]

Bundled up on a 4020 during spring tillage was an annual ritual. Even with a full Carhartt I remember being hunched over leaning into the wind trying to stay warm just like this guy. The 4010-4020 was revolutionary, they sold hundreds around me from two small JD dealers... Gramp was still using a Super MTA to chop corn when he bought a 4020. Needless to say it changed the entire operation overnight. Great Video.

[clintwilliams]

My opinion, the best JD ever built. Growing up we had a ‘71 4000 and a ‘69 4020. The 4020 shorted out and burned and a big new 4430 tried to replace it but the more versatile 4000 always out worked, out lasted the big tractor. My brother still owns his first tractor…a 72 powershift. Thanks for sharing this video. It brings back a lot of memories.

[waynedartez]

I grew up plowing until 2:00 in the morning after school in the rice fields of south Louisiana on a 69 4020 I was pulling a John Deere 11’7” twa disc. The video brought back memories. It looked like the middle sweep was missing on the disc in the video because it was leaving a strip down the middle. Those were some long, cold nights for us Southern boys in the early spring. No cab . Eventually got a radio. I recently bought a ‘69 4020 and am restoring it. I use it for plowing and pulling a 15’ batwing mower. Every time I’m on it I realize how grateful I feel to own such a piece of history like that

[TwoFarmBoys]

It never gets old watching a good ol 4020 still working. My grandmother always spoke highly of the one she owned back in the day. Thanks for the great video and God bless - Everett

[garykueker]

I bought a 1969 4020 back in 1990 for $10, 500. I later checked the serial number on it and it was built within a couple of weeks of when I was born. Needless to say I still have it and use around my farm. I love the way it matches up with my 1411 discbine.

[bamaman]

A real machine right there. This was the last tractor my grandad bought back in 1971. It replaced his 720 Poppin John. We used it long after his passing. It is all raw power and very stable wheel base. This is the machine I learned to drive on. Thanks for the video.

[shortytari]

We actually have a 69 4020 with a year a round cab on it. If I remember right it has close to 13000 hours on it. We still use it to pull a 7000 corn planter. We’ve had it for 30 years and done very little to it. It just keeps running. Has plenty of power for what we need and It’s so cheap on fuel we hate to replace it. It will be a sad day when we do.

[jackwillie]

Dad introduced me to a 4010 back in 1964, I nine plus years old, collage kid hired for spring cultivating didn't work out, pulled me out of school I think for 2 weeks.. long hrs and never got stuck...Morris Mn. 300 ft north of the airport

[RealJohnWayne]

Hey there Jason, I hope you're all well and good!

Now that's kicking it old school, 2 wheel drive, open station, bundled up in the Spring, exactly the way I was doing it as a boy growing up, using both the 20 and then 30 series tractors in the late 60's and 70's, the only difference being that I had a Roll Gard and Canopy, which was yellow painted steel at that time, with the Green Polyethylene Canopy with lights coming later on the 40 series.

I really enjoy your videos, and your drone work, which just keeps getting better! You're one of the few that shows not only the new equipment, which I love, but also some of the old equipment, such as this, that takes me back with fond memories, of a simpler time, as a boy growing up on the farm, a half Century ago.💕

I hope y'all have a good one!

"Nothing Runs Like A Deere" 🦌👍🇺🇸

[Jarhead]

I owned a 4020 and pulled a 12 ft chisel, you knew you were maxed out when it went to power hopping. One of the best tractors ever made.

[RickPerry]

The very first tractor I drove I was 10 years old in 1991 and it was a 1971 4020 with the hydraulic levers on the right hand side and it was a syncro shift…. Oh the memories thank you for this trip down memory lane for me… great video BTP

[bruceknapp]

Many great memories farming with the 4020. Back in the day it was used as one of the bigger tractors used in a mjor role. Today the 4020 is more of a support role tractor for those smaller jobs. Still so very much enjoyed when operating. I remember well when the 4000 series was introduced by John Deere, the "New Generation of Tractors" and they sure paved the way for what was to come after.

[klh]

Best tractor ever! Drove one many hours!🤠🇺🇸

[idontwantahandle]

That's how I spent most of my life growing up on a farm outside of Hopkinsville Ky. Up the field. Down the field. All day long. 14 hour days. After school and weekends. Spring break.

[tracypratt]

We had two 4020s they were a big tough tractor at the time. Both had power shift and had been turned up about 20 horses! The best tractor JD ever made in my opinion!!!

[snydedon]

We got a 4020 brand new in the late 60s, I think, huge jump in performance on the farm. Afterwards added a 4030, also new. The good ole days for sure.

[matthewkabanuk]

My grandma has a 1965 4020 Diesel (SN #101606) standard that my grandpa purchased new in '65 with the big Wheatland fenders, Power Shift transmission, and a 3-point hitch. He mounted one of those huge farmhand loaders on it, but traded it the early '90s for a 158 loader with grapple from a 5020. It still runs like new even though it has over 44, 000 hours and one engine overhaul done to it. Made many memories moving hay, feeding cows, running the grain vac, and other chores.

[marknewman]

You gotta love that older farm equipment, brings back a lot of good memories John Deere 4020 and the John Deere 4320 could do a lot of work back in the day Thanks for sharing .

[danw]

My 4020 does it all. Mowing and balling, plowing, fitting and planting, picking corn in the fall and hauling a tandem box spreader. Can handle a 750 notill drill or a 7000 6 row notill planter with ease.

[johnbennett]

hands down was one of the best tractors ever built