What Tractor would you want /get?

Grant boyIN1985 · Mar 22, 2012

I'm looking for a tractor to chisel plow with in the fall. Heres a list of models I'm considering in the red corner either 1466, 1066, 1206, 1256 and in the green corner a 4320, 4520, 4620, or 4630. I like the 1960's and 1970's model red and green equipment. I'm not trying to make a living with this stuff this is just a hobby working my family's ground in the fall. I'm not trying to start a color war just seeing what everyone else would get and why. Not interested in any newer models or equipment.

Thanks

Allan in NE · Mar 22, 2012

Three or four years ago, I passed up and fairly nice 1486.

They wanted 12K for it and I'm still kickin' myself for walking away. :>(

Allan

Anonymous-0 · Mar 22, 2012

All of those are good. My advice would be to drive and check out whatever you buy and don't buy the first or the lowest priced one you find. There are good tractors out there and also money pits. Good Luck and keep us posted.

rrlund · Mar 22, 2012

Since a White 2-135 isn't on the list,how about one other green one that you don't have listed? If I was lookig for a Deere that vintage,I'd take a 4430 over a 4630.

806man · Mar 22, 2012

If choosing from your list I would go with the 1066 in red or the 4630 in green. If it were me, I would probably look more for a 1086 IH or update to a 4440 Green machine. Lots of improvements made to both especially in the Red cabs. Just my opinion and your mileage may vary. Happy Trails ....

VicS · Mar 22, 2012

Of those you listed, a 4630 hands down, Ask if it has the 4 pinion gears. most all of them have been changed. Most of America can't be wrong JD probably out sold IHC 2 to one. Only trouble with a 4630 is just a 1000 pto. Remember if you forget and push the throttle up and pull the torque back going down a hill in road gear it costs $5000 in a IHC. Vic

DeltaRed · Mar 22, 2012

Get one with a 540 pto.That way the tractor will have a use after the 'spring farming'season is over.A 1256 would be a good one.I have one,Love it.

David G · Mar 22, 2012

I would ask Tim S on the JD models, he works on them for a living. I have heard that the 20 series give trouble and the 40-50 series have fixed a lot of issues. My neighbor has a 1066, 1466 1566 and I think a 1468 all good tractors.

oldtanker · Mar 22, 2012

(quoted from post at 16:06:00 03/22/12) Of those you listed, a 4630 hands down, Ask if it has the 4 pinion gears. most all of them have been changed. Most of America can't be wrong JD probably out sold IHC 2 to one. Only trouble with a 4630 is just a 1000 pto. Remember if you forget and push the throttle up and pull the torque back going down a hill in road gear it costs $5000 in a IHC. Vic

My question is why anyone would pull the TA back going downhill??? Only person I can see doing that would be a kid playing games.

Rick

ss55 · Mar 22, 2012

Open station or cab tractor? 20 hours a year or 200 hours a year? Do you need 540 PTO?

donjr · Mar 22, 2012

Look for a 4440 JD. Tough machine to beat. 540/1000 rpm pto, good lugging power, easy to handle, comfortable, great parts support. I have a 4240, an unturbo'ed 4440, and I kick myself for not going to a 4440, but the 4240 is just about as much tractor in most cases and I love it.

showcrop · Mar 22, 2012

Even though you are not looking to make a living, think about what fuel is going to cost you and go with a Ford 9000 or 9600. They are in the vintage that you are looking at.

flying belgian · Mar 22, 2012

I would choose the 4320. I ran one when I worked for a neighbor in the early 70s. Just a nice handy all around tractor. Back then they were the main tillage tractor on a lot of farms. Now they don't even want them as a chore tractor.

IHC Red · Mar 22, 2012

I agree, 4440s are awesome.

JMS/.MN · Mar 22, 2012

Any of them would work fine as long as you match the chisel to the power available. Personally, I wouldn"t buy any IH due to their history of transmission and differential problems. I"d never buy a JD with synchro transmission. Synchro as a nimble chore tractor? Yeah, right! I"ve had 5 Power Shifts since 1973....nothing to get 8-11 thousand hours out of them....first eng, trans, diff. Two years ago I sold an all original 4430 with over 11 thousand hours on it- used a pint of engine oil every 100 hours, ever since I bought it in 1980. Someone mentioned the 4440.
Early JD best ever tractor was the 4020, by many standards. Then, the 4440, most popular. Next, 47xx series, and some say that was the best ever.....better than the later ones.

olliekid · Mar 22, 2012

would you like a cab or not? if you do, i would recommend the 4630 or a 4430. they are pretty tough tractors. at work if you wanted to pull anything though, you had to give it basically full throttle. nothing wrong with that, just a little different.

Just based on looks I love the Farmall 1206. One of the sharpest looking tractors ever made and they are pretty collectable. If you are buying a tractor simply as a toy, I would choose it.

If you want a toy, and a tractor that can do some serious work, I would go for the 1066. Just be careful lots of them were really turned up. Neighbor had his at over 160 HP and you could hear him when he pulled their big disk and then see the big cloud of smoke a quarter mile down the road.

Anonymous-0 · Mar 23, 2012

I owned a 1066. Sold it and bought a 4440. Best move I've ever made! 1066 is a good tractor. 4440 is a GREAT tractor. I know you didn't mention 4440's specifically, but you really should consider them.

Anonymous-0 · Mar 23, 2012

Chiseling reasonably deep and with 10/11 shanks takes a bunch of power. Unless someone turned up the fuel pump a bunch, would forget a 4320, 4520 and 1206. Might consider a 1066 or 1256. The real short list would be the 1466, 4620 and 4630. If wanting a nice cab the 4630 would easily win. For rugged and cheap it is tough to do better than a 4620.

tomstractorsandtoys1 · Mar 23, 2012

We like our 4620 but if we were buying again it would be a 4630 with cab.The 1000 pto is no problem because our forage harvester is 1000 and what other pto work do you do with a big tractor.The cab would be nice for sping tillage and would be great for a big square baler.If we found a nice factoy cab with ac we would put it on our 4620.

VicS · Mar 23, 2012

My neighbor to the South did it twice slowing down
coming down hill to the Highway. The second torque
was a super torque that would last forever. The
tractor was a 1086, that he bought new. The same
tractor resides just north of me now and the
current owner has put one more torque in it. He has
a 966 that has had the torque lever took off. One
reason they went broke.

Grant boyIN1985 · Mar 28, 2012

Thanks for the suggestions. The pto isn't an issue I have one or two that I could use for that type of work. The only reason I would lean away from a cab model is I probably wouldn't keep the air going if it quit working. So if it had a cab windows would definitley have to open. Thanks for everything again

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