Posted by JDseller on September 22, 2011 at 19:23:45 from (208.126.196.144):
The JD 4010 on the left was bought new in 1961 by my Grand Father. He kept the tractor until Dec. 1968. He Traded it in on the JD 4020 that is on the right. The two tractors where never on this farm at the same time. He drove the JD 4010 to town and drove the JD 4020 home.
It took me almost thirty years to find the JD 4010. I had the chance to buy it in 1979 but had just gotten out of the service and did not have the money then. It changed hands several times after that and ended up in North central Wisconsin. I found it just this last summer.
I had not used it for any thing yet until today. The silo at this farm is real hard to get a bigger tractor and wagon around to it. We often use a small tractor just to pull wagons up to the the blower. I was remembering how the narrow front JD 4010 work so well at doing this job. So I got it out and unloaded loads all day with it. Worked great. Wish Grand Dad was here to see it back.
It runs like a Swiss watch. The hour meter is only showing 5100 hours. It had 2900 when Grand Dad traded it in 1968. When I could have bought it the first time it only had 3600 hours on it. The guy I got it from had it since the early 1990s and he thinks the hour meter is the original. The hydraulics need some work on the various different valves and such but it is real tight other than that.
The reason Grand Dad traded is that he wanted a Power shift JD 4020. That JD 4020 is on its fourth hour meter. I have all of them. They add up to over 19,000 hours. The engine has been overhauled twice and the power shift once.
When he bought the JD 4010 he also got a 4-16 semi mount plow I still have that as well. Just thought you guys would like to see and read about these "Two brothers" LOL
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