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<p>Dean: We had a G-1000 Moline that would run 35 flat out. <br>
Cecil in OK<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/7/2024 1:46 AM, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:deanvp@att.net">deanvp@att.net</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dean<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Congrats on getting the 3020. I think your
intuition is correct about the 3020 being your “go to”
tractor, As you well know your 620 is one of my favorite JD
Two Cylinder tractors but just in the last couple of years I
too have added a New Generation tractor to the herd. But mine
borrowed the frame from a 3020 and used a smaller engine. It
is a tweener called a 2520. It is Diesel with a Synchro
transmission. Almost everything about it makes you feel a
little safer although it doesn’t have a ROPS which I would
like to add someday when I get rich for some currently unknown
reason. The ROPS has become more important to me after last
August’s tractor accident. One of the biggest differences
between the two cylinders and the NG tractors is their top
speed. The 2520 tops out at 20 MPH and let me tell you the
first time I got up to that sped I was a bit uncomfortable on
a tractor going that fast. And I was on a flat, straight,
black top country road. I think your M goes quite a bit
faster than your 620 so it may not be as profound for you,
20 MPH on a tractor made me a little uncomfortable at first,
I’m getting used to it. <span
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The 3020 has all kinds of bells and whistles to get used to
and play with, What transmission do you have?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">One thing I don’t like is lack of an analog
oil pressure gauge. I don’t like idiot lights especially in
bright sunshine but we don’t have much of that in Washington
state. . The seat is a huge step forward in comfort,
stability and ease of getting on and off. Once I got all the
settings right I was floating on air without bottoming out. My
83 year old body did not like the height of the first JD
standard step getting on so I added another lower
commercially available one. It was a big help for this old
man. I would really like to get the commercially available
steps that are curved, huge, grated, wide and appropriately
incremental that fit right between the tractor and the left
front fender but again may not happen until the stars all
align in the right way, $450 plus is an expensive add-on.
As I get even older it may become a necessity. I’m currently
in the hunt for the two front frame side weights and the first
slab, maybe even a few more slabs because I would like to
display my 3 bottom JD Model 825 Roll-over plow ion it. I
think I have found them but will need to pick them up on my
trip to NW IA this summer. The other accessory I would like
to add, which would be strictly for show, is a front, dual
rockshaft. I may have found one of those too. I have added
dual rockshafts to my 20 series Two Cylinder tractors so I
like the added capability even though I’ll never use it,
Fortunately many years ago I captured several mechanical as
well as hydraulic stop cylinders for the Two Cylinders and
even have a Higher pressure one or two for the New Generation
tractors. The reminds me to caution you to not use the Two
Cylinder Cylinders with your 3020. The 3020 Hydraulic
pressures are sufficiently higher such that they will damage
the two hydraulic cylinders. New Generation Cylinders are
immediately noticeable in that they are painted black rather
than green. However, one has to be careful using only that
indication as a change of paint color is quite easy. The
Tractor Parts catalogs clearly show the Hydraulic Cylinders
that go with each family of tractors. It is all a mute issue
if no lifting is done with the cylinder. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The 3020 and 4020 Waterloo are considered
some of the best tractors JD ever made. The 20 series fixed
most of the birthing problems of the 3010 and 4010. This
Series of tractors put a lot of other tractor brands in a
competitive hole that they never recovered from. Even
International Harvester finally succumbed in the 80’s but that
was more due to poor management than poor tractors. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Enjoy your new toy. I do think it will
become your favorite tractor but you will always want to go
back to the M Hum sound and the 620 distinctive two cylinder
sound occasionally for reliving that era. The 3020 isn’t all
that much newer than the M and 620 when realizing it is nearly
60 years old too,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Dean VP<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Apache
Junction, AZ<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">From:</span></b><span
style="mso-ligatures:none"> AT
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:at-bounces@lists.antique-tractor.com"><at-bounces@lists.antique-tractor.com></a> <b>On
Behalf Of </b>Dean Vinson<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 4, 2024 5:31 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group'
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:at@lists.antique-tractor.com"><at@lists.antique-tractor.com></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [AT] Time to commence tinkering<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The 3020 was delivered this afternoon, so
as time allows I’ll be tinkering with it… changing fluids,
looking into why the rear light works but the front lights
don’t (“check the grounds, check the grounds, check the
grounds,” Farmer would say), getting rid of the calcium
chloride in the rear tires. I’ve got a bit of earth
grading/smoothing to do in a couple of spots back in the
woods, so the tractor’s first actual task will likely be with
a rear blade attached. I’m looking forward to all of it.
3227 hours on the tractor, practically new given its age, and
so far it feels as solid as can be.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I love the older tractors also, like the
Super M shown in this photo and a John Deere 620 parked in
another part of the barn. But I have to admit, as I get
older the level of exposure on those tractors starts to weigh
on my mind a little… I’m increasingly conscious of sitting up
there on the seat with nothing around me, and on the Super M
in particular not much below me except for the ground and
whatever implement I’m pulling. The 3020 by comparison feels
like I’m nestled into a cockpit. Will be interesting to see
how the various tractors get used as the months go by and the
“newness” of the 3020 wears off, but I can imagine it becoming
more and more the go-to tractor. In the meantime, sure is
fun to have a new toy.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dean Vinson<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Saint Paris, Ohio<o:p></o:p></p>
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