[AT] Of the 10 worst tractors, two were made by Fiat. 4 were from brands eventually acquired by Fiat.

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The Dubuque designed and built 1010 and 2010 suffered some serious birthing problems starting with the hydraulics. The 1020 and 2020 cleaned up most of those problems. Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy Tablet
-------- Original message --------From: Howard Fleming <hfleming at moosebird.net> Date: 2/13/19  12:14 PM  (GMT-07:00) To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com Subject: Re: [AT] Of the 10 worst tractors, two were made by Fiat. 4 were from brands eventually acquired by Fiat. 
    I was working at a John Deere dealership in the mid 70's, the 2010s
    were NOT liked by the mechanics (to put it mildly.....).
    
    Howard
    
    On 2/12/19 5:37 PM, John Hall wrote:
    
    
      
      The little 2010 Deeres are bashed even on the 10/20 series
        Deere Facebook forum. Those guys in that group are the real deal
        on that series, helped me with technical info when I rebuilt the
        4020 last year. Very little BS there, so if they say those are
        junk, I believe them.
      Dad is 88, spent from 1968-1991 working for an IH dealer. He
        never cared for anything IH had with a 2 point hitch, nor did he
        like the brakes (or lack there of) on the 400/450.
      My grandmother bought a new 3010. It was probably the worst
        tractor to come here, but it was also the most abused. It was
        just too small to be the big tractor. Being the first diesel, it
        took some getting used to--such as don't use too much starting
        fluid--they busted a piston trying to pull start it and using
        too much ether. Of course most folks regard the entire 10 series
        as lead off batters for the homer the majority of the 20 series
        hit.
      Really hard to pick out the 10 worst. A lot of time it was only
        1 or 2 things wrong with a model, other times it was just NO
        dealer network. Basically if it wasn't IH or Deere, everyone
        here regarded you as a lesser farmer if your tractor was another
        brand with a dealer hours away.
      John Hall
      
      
      
      
      On 2/12/2019 12:47 AM, James Peck
        wrote:
      
      
        Two of the 10 were made by Fiat. Another 4 were from brands eventually acquired by Fiat. Amazingly jd has 2 of the 10.

Massey Ferguson had a dud. They used a Cat engine. Should have stayed with Perkins.

http://www.brushcountryfarm.com/2018/05/10worst-tractors-of-all-time-i-enjoyed.html

https://harryferguson.blogspot.com
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