Bought my first John Deere

Keith Molden · Nov 16, 2014

Went to an auction yesterday and bought a 2010 John Deere. There was a problem with 2nd and high gear (I think it was in the linkage). A guy that came late wanted to buy it from me, so I sold it to him. My grand son wasn't too happy about buying green, he prefers the Massys LOL. At any rate, I made a couple dollars off it $25.00 (not much) but we didn't have to go 60 miles back home to get the goose neck and go back to get it. Keith

Dick2 · Nov 16, 2014

Just be thankful that you escaped with a small profit - and saved yourself a lot of work, expense and aggravation.

John B. · Nov 16, 2014

I love the little JD 2010 tractors. Looks like they are a good utility tractor.

rrlund · Nov 16, 2014

lol Ya,if he had taken $25 less than he paid,he'd have ben way better off than bringing it home.

Bob Bancroft · Nov 16, 2014

Consider yourself very fortunate.

larry@stinescorner · Nov 16, 2014

I was thinking that too,,,the first tractor my dad ever junked,,,it sat in the back yard broken for awhile,he sold it,the shifter gave him problems too,among many other problems,I Was young,dont remember too much about it.

Tx Jim · Nov 16, 2014

Keith Molden
You're better off as if adjusting linkage didn't correct shifting problems trans repair is high $$$$$$ not to mention the 2010's should have be recalled by JD and MELTED.

Brendon Warren · Nov 16, 2014

Smart grandkid. I traded my 2010 for a 65 diesel. I don't miss it a bit.

Brown Swiss · Nov 16, 2014

The reply's are funny, I think the 2010 is one of the best JDs made. I like the shifting arrangement better, you can cut out the hydraulic pump for easier starting, better battery box than the 4020. I don't like the skinny 3et. We have a 2010, 2020, 3020 and 4020 and I like the 2010 better. Has had less problems, when the old guy bought it he thought the clutch was shot, but the company just never put in a strong one. He replaced it with an industrial clutch and no problems with it. All the other jds seem to want to leak hydraulic oil but not the 2010. Been a good little tractor.

sd pete · Nov 16, 2014

ITs good when you got rid of that thing.

Tx Jim · Nov 16, 2014

I'll bet the brakes work wonderful and the pto doesn't grind when you engage it either. I'm curious is your 2010 as gasoline or diesel powered unit?

JD Seller · Nov 16, 2014

Tom You must have the ONLY GOOD 2010 JD ever built!!!! LOL

You may not have had any trouble with yours but there where quite a few sold around here as guys liked the looks of a JD wide front utility tractor. They thought that they where buying a JD version of a MF 135 or Ford 661. Also they where built right here in Dubuque. The JD 2010 buyers soon found out they where very much mistaken. The JD 2010 was a total nightmare from day one. I know a dealer that had sold eight of them the first two years they where made. HE told me they had all eight in the shop at the same time more than once.

As for Keith Molden selling his for a $25 profit. With the shifting issue he may have got off lucky. He also might have passed up a good deal bigger profit. The guys collecting JD 10 series have driven the price of JD 2010s up quite a bit. Just a few years ago they would not bring much more than $2500-3500. Now they will routinely bring several thousand more. Just a parts machine will bring $2000 or more now. JD have obsoleted many of the parts on them. So the used parts demand is skyrocketing.

Northvale - PA · Nov 16, 2014

I have a 2010 gas. I also have a 4010 and 4020. Here is what I like about the 2010: it always starts no matter how cold. I use it to spray and tedd the hay fields. It is fairly light and has narrow tires. It leaks hydraulic from the front steering pivot gasket but so do the 4010 and 4020. The clutch grinds when I throw it in, so I assume the syncronizers (if it has them) need replacement. I have plowed, disked, mowed and baled hay with it, although that was in a pinch and before I bought the 4010. Compared to my IH 300U, the JD 2010 is far from being a mechanic's nightmare. One last thing, I have been to a tractor salvage yard and saw 3ea 2010 diesels with cracked blocks. I think THAT probably had alot to do with the bad reputation. I agree that if a 2010 was simply a miniature 4010, it would have been perfect. And most agree a 4020 is close to perfect. Otherwise, it is not horrible. It has it's abilities and place.

JD Seller · Nov 16, 2014

Wait until you have to work on any of the hydraulics on that JD 2010. Changing the pump in the belly is just loads of fun. LOL

The power steering is not the best either.

I am glad your happy with yours so that is one less I will ever have to fool with. LOL

I have two fellows that want me to work on theirs this winter. I am trying to be polite and still keep those machines out of my shop.

Robert Major · Nov 16, 2014

Hi
it's funny how that goes, we always seem to get the guy on here with good ones , I had the same thing on 1135 & 1155 Masseys , round here they were junk and nobody likes them, due to trans and hyd problems! Don't ever go say that on the Massey board!
Hey maybe Tom hauls that tractor with the only 03 Ford 6.0 diesel truck,thats any good to.
If he does his auction when the time comes is going to make some good money. Ford and Deere will be there buying these one off models for a fortune to go into their museums L.O.L.
Regards Robert

Brown Swiss · Nov 16, 2014

Gas, NF, you don't like dry brakes I take it. LOL The brakes work fine, but I don't hook a loaded 300 bushel wagon on and try to stop it. Always kept the pto and brakes adjusted. My 1850 has dry brakes also and they work great. Seems alot of people don't know how to keep things adjusted, I take for example the neighbors 656, it never has brakes that work, picking up a wrench for them is confusing. LOL

Mike (WA) · Nov 16, 2014

I put up hay with a guy about 20 years ago, and he had a 2010 on the mower. We'd flip a coin at the beginning of the day- loser had to mow with the 2010. You'd kind of stir the transmission selector lever around until you got it into a suitable gear without binding up the linkage, then never take it out of gear all day. Yeah, I know it was worn out, and yeah, we should have fixed it. But no time (both with full time jobs), and no money. You do what you gotta do.

Best 25 bucks you ever made (or lost, for that matter).

VicS · Nov 16, 2014

In 1958 my Dad bought a new 350 IH utility with a loader. It was a diesel. Terrible tractor, hot vibrated and the bolts would break in the bell housing. Traded it for a new 2010 diesel went down-hill if that were possible. Traded that for a 1962 Ford 801 diesel. With a Freeman loader. Now that was a good tractor. Neighbor still has it. You did good selling it. Vic

Tx Jim · Nov 17, 2014

(quoted from post at 13:40:29 11/16/14) Gas, NF, you don't like dry brakes I take it. LOL The brakes work fine, but I don't hook a loaded 300 bushel wagon on and try to stop it.

Well at least the gasoline engines were decent engines except for the cylinder liners being attached to a deck plate not to forget that the engine blocks have a LONG history of cracking between liner holes. I'm glad you like the 2010 brakes as they left a lot to be desired when the tractors rolled off the Dubuque assembly line.

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