[AT] JD 620

[R Fink Sr]

   Dean that is nice looking tractor. Good luck
   R Fink
   PA


   On 06/30/14, Dean Vinsonvinsonfarm.net> wrote:

   Okay, now this was just a heck of a nice evening. Sunny, not too humid,
   good conversation with some nice folks I had not previously met, and I
   ended
   up with another tractor and a bunch of stuff to go with it.
   [1]http://www.vinsonfarm.net/photos/620_left_20140630.jpg
   [2]http://www.vinsonfarm.net/photos/620_lf_20140630.jpg
   [3]http://www.vinsonfarm.net/photos/620_right_20140630.jpg
   [4]http://www.vinsonfarm.net/photos/620_rr_20140630.jpg
   [5]http://www.vinsonfarm.net/photos/620_lr_20140630.jpg
   The 620 is serial number 6219452, which puts it two-thirds of the way
   through 1958 production according to the serial number range in Dean
   VP's
   excellent earlier email. The check I wrote tonight makes me the
   tractor's
   second owner. The first owner is 88 and moving a little slowly these
   days,
   having recently recovered from a broken hip, and can no longer climb up
   on
   the tractor--so is rather reluctantly letting it go. He told me this
   620
   was the last one sold new from the John Deere dealer in New Carlisle,
   Ohio,
   in 1958, and it's been on his farm about four miles from my place ever
   since. It was his main tractor for only a few years, bumping down to #2
   when he bought a 4010 diesel.
   I took with me Dean VP's list of things to check on, and found the
   following:
   - No fenders, front rockshaft, or external air cleaner.
   - No automatic fuel shutoff in the fuel line, and the fellow didn't
   remember
   there ever being one there although he couldn't say for sure.
   - No cracks, welds, or oil or water leaks that I could see.
   - No play to speak of in radiator fan; maybe 3/8" movement at the end
   of the
   blades.
   - Complete 3-point with original top link and sway blocks. Lift arms
   picked right up and held my weight without seeping down after I shut
   the
   tractor off.
   - Live PTO and single two-way Power-Trol hydraulic outlets.
   - New batteries, in the original dual six-volt configuration.
   - Float Ride seat seems pretty comfortable, certainly not all collapsed
   and
   hard.
   - Few and minor dings in the grill screen and sheet metal. Paint is not
   original but not new. Front tires are okay, rear tires are excellent.
   - All the gauges work. Original owner said the hour meter broke at
   25,000
   hours and he had it replaced right away, and the "new" one still works
   and
   reads about 19,000 hours so he says 44,000 total is pretty accurate.
   - He said he had it overhauled by the John Deere dealer (same one he
   bought
   it from) for about $3000 ten or twelve years ago when he retired from
   farming, and it's been only very lightly used since. Most recent duty
   was
   powering his Winco pto-driven trailer-mounted generator when commercial
   power went out in a storm.
   - Starts right up and sounds good.
   In addition to the tractor, he was selling a heavy-duty John Deere rear
   blade, a 3-point Woods rotary mower, a 3-point sprayer, and the
   previously-mentioned Winco generator. All looked to be in excellent
   condition. By way of example, the Woods mower and the sprayer are both
   in
   the barn, each under custom-fit dust covers. (I didn't know there were
   dust covers for brush hogs). The rear blade is in the garage next to
   the
   Winco generator, which was hooked to the 620 when I got there. The 620
   has
   seen a few nights outside in its lifetime, but only a few. I didn't
   think
   to ask the fellow about the stuff wrapped around the ends of the rear
   axles,
   but now that I look at the pictures I think it's likely packed with a
   bit of
   grease to keep the axle ends from rusting.
   As it happens, I've been actively looking for a brush hog and planning
   to
   buy a rear blade, and I'd been reading up on Winco generators since my
   place
   is already wired with a transfer switch. I wasn't planning to buy a
   sprayer but got caught up in the excitement. (Dammit). Anyway, it'll
   all
   be coming home with me over the next few days, and barring rain this
   weekend
   I'll be easing into some mowing along the farm lanes. Wahoo!
   Dean Vinson
   Saint Paris, Ohio
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References

   1. http://www.vinsonfarm.net/photos/620_left_20140630.jpg
   2. http://www.vinsonfarm.net/photos/620_lf_20140630.jpg
   3. http://www.vinsonfarm.net/photos/620_right_20140630.jpg
   4. http://www.vinsonfarm.net/photos/620_rr_20140630.jpg
   5. http://www.vinsonfarm.net/photos/620_lr_20140630.jpg
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