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IH 806 vs John Deere 4020

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Ok I know this going to start some smack talking but IH 806 Diesel T/A wide front vs John Deere 4020 Diesel wide front. Hooked drawbar to drawbar. What tractor would win in a pull off.
 
When the 4020 with power shift came out we tried out both the 806 diesel and the 4020 diesel with power shift as we were going to trade up and didn't know which would work for us.
The 806 seemed to have more brute power but the 4020 was a lot smoother and more comfortable to drive. The IH dealer about cried when we switched to JD as we had always bought IH before.
 
I think is the perfect way to round off the weekend.Not a better way than to go JD. vs. IH..there can be arguments made on this awfulbullshitin topic..enough to make a genuine jackasssicsunuvabichin hooker dance,having said all that kiss my royalass...
 
All that really matters is that there's an 1850 Oliver around to drag away the pieces after you break both of'em.
 
If that's how you measure which is best , you shouldn't be let to operate either ! Something tells me you never have and never will.
 
I have owned both. I liked different things about both. The JD 4020 was a little more nimble on handling than the IH 806. I liked the 4020 for general chores and baling. The IH 806 seemed to lug a little better and I liked the higher operating station for disking/harrowing.
The deciding factor around here was back in the 1980's all of the IH dealers around us here went broke. We still had two John Deere dealers within twenty miles. That made allot of the people here switch brands. When CIH came along some switched back but not too many.
 
Careful now. When you mention an 1850 Oliver,B-maniac will acuse you of never having owned or driven a tractor. :)
 
Neither one will win. they will just sit there and dig holes. Plus it is really hard on both tractors.
 
I think B-maniac's reply was directed to hillbillyrockstar, even tho he responded after your post on the 1850.
 
If the 806 has the drawbar on a fasthitch,you could do like the ag teacher told us he did with his JD MT one time. He had a neighbor who was always claiming that his Farmall H would pull the MT backwards. Keats said he finally shut him up. He had a power lift drawbar on the MT,so he backed up and hooked a short chain. When they started pulling,he raised the hitch,took the weight off the back of the H and put it on the MT and walked right away with it. Could do the same thing with the 806 fasthitch.
 
ive drove both a lot and id say a 806 has more lug. a 4020 handles like a smaller tractor than it really is. I know it can pull hard and all but driving one i get the feeling of driving a 70-80 hp tractor. Now, that said, the 4020 is my favorite non white/oliver to drive and i could stay on one all day listening to the 404 pure along.
 
I dont know what would win.When me and my cousin were about 12 we hooked a farmall 400 and a Jd 2510 up.Neither won of us won because grandad saw us and gave us both a good beating.Guess he was the one that won that day.We never hooked any tractors together again.
 
thats funny you say that because I work on a 950 head dairy farm and most likly have drove aleast the 806 because we have 4 806"s that are used to spread manure. But your rite Ive never drove the 4020 we don"t have many green ones on the farm
 
Good man. I don't even care if the 1850 is gas or diesel. Better keep the fuel caddy handy for the gasser though. Believe me, I know.
 
Good thinking PJH. You are correct. Actually back in the day when the 1800,s and then 1850,s came out , they were my favorites. I didn't even like JD,s. Since then I have grown up and have driven/used all three and I would take the 4020 / 1850 / 806 in that order. The Oliver and the IH both NEED the hi-lo where-as the 4020 does not.
 
When I attended NDSU in Fargo, ND,in 1969,the Ag. Engineering department took a D8 Cat for dead weight(brakes locked), pinned a pulley in its drawbar, strung a cable thru, and attached one end to an IH 1256, and the other to a JD 4520. Both tractors drug the Cat, and pulled against each other. Even tho the JD was rated at 6 more ponies than the IH, there was no winner. They pulled evenly, side-by-side.
 
Probably for the same reason a loader bucket works evenly with 2 cylinders even if there is more load on one side. Dave
 
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