[AT] JD 620

Chuck Bealke bealke at airmail.net
Mon Jun 30 20:17:57 PDT 2014


On 6/30/2014 9:19 PM, Dean Vinson 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.
>
> http://www.vinsonfarm.net/photos/620_left_20140630.jpg
> http://www.vinsonfarm.net/photos/620_lf_20140630.jpg
> http://www.vinsonfarm.net/photos/620_right_20140630.jpg
> http://www.vinsonfarm.net/photos/620_rr_20140630.jpg
> 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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Dean,

Other than being a bit poorer for the experience, I'd say you did well 
indeed.  Very nice
tractor and your usual gorgeous pictures.  That is the way to buy a 
tractor and matched equipment
  - sooooo much better than driving to auctions and having to hook 
pieces from different places together.
Notice your neighbor's corn looks pretty decent too.  Suspect you made 
some area friends in the
process and learned bits and pieces of information that will be handy 
later.  Enjoy!

Chuck Bealke
Dallas





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