2010 John Deere Tractor

[plowjockey]

I drool over the newer compacts, but can't get the $$ together for one.

Considering an older tractor, but want one with live pto and hyrdo, with reasonable parts availability and durability. Am I asking too much?

Anyway I see some JD 2010 models around, w or w/o loaders and was wondering if these were decent models to look into, and if they can age pretty well, since they are nearly 50 years old. Most I see are gas engines.

Any input appreciated.

[Stephen in SOKY]

My Dad bought one new. Worst tractor I've ever been around. Generally considered by those in the know to be the worst tractor John Deere ever built. Lousy hydraulics. The only plus, and I put in countless hours on the 2010, is that they ride great. The gas are somewhat more highly thought of than the diesel.

[Jalopy]

I had one for about 15 months andthat was too long. It was too big to get in some of my barns at the time and too little and too small horsepower to do much with it. I guess I would reccommend against getting one. JMHO.

[Ramblin Wreck]

Do any of the older tractors have hydro? If I were looking for a good inexpensive compact with hydro in this area, I'd probably be watching Craig's List for Kioti's or Mahindra's. A lot of folks say good things about Bransons too.

[poorboy]

The one I had(2010),Got real deep in my pocket trying to kieep it going. I finally sold it at a three thousand dollar loss and considered myself weel off to be rid of the ----ed thing.This was one of, if not the biggest,the worst mistake John Deere ever put out..

[poorboy]

The one I had(2010),Got real deep in my pocket trying to keep it going. I finally sold it at a three thousand dollar loss and considered myself well off to be rid of the ----ed thing.This was one of, if not the biggest,the worst mistake John Deere ever put out..

[poorboy]

1010 jd was just as bad..3010-4010 much better..

[HermitJohn]

Originally Posted by Stephen in SOKY

My Dad bought one new. Worst tractor I've ever been around. Generally considered by those in the know to be the worst tractor John Deere ever built. Lousy hydraulics. The only plus, and I put in countless hours on the 2010, is that they ride great. The gas are somewhat more highly thought of than the diesel.

I think the only reason people didnt like the diesel was that it was an oddball without replaceable sleeves. Parts hard to get for these from what I've heard. No idea on hydraulics, but dont expect miracles from any tractor that age or older. If you want powerful hydraulics for loader or something you pretty much have to either run pump off front of crank or use a pto pump.

Wasnt this one of first tractors after JD discontinued their 2cyl design with the big flywheel?

[HermitJohn]

Originally Posted by Ramblin Wreck

Do any of the older tractors have hydro? If I were looking for a good inexpensive compact with hydro in this area, I'd probably be watching Craig's List for Kioti's or Mahindra's. A lot of folks say good things about Bransons too.

Would you really want an antique tractor with hydro? I wouldnt. Thats just one huge expensive breakdown nightmare waiting to happen.

Depends what you want tractor for. If you are serious farmer or other user that will use tractor hard everyday, jeesh, no brainer, get a newer tractor set up to make life as easy as possible. Repair bills will be part of the cost of doing buisiness as will the mortgage payments on said tractor.

However if you are a homesteader with little cash and arent going to use a tractor all that much, go for as simple as possible that will do the job and no automagic anything. All cast iron and gears. And older tractors can be upgraded to certain extent. Just recently saw pics of an old Farmall H that had modern heavy duty wide front and smaller diameter wide rear tires so it sat lower. They had added orbital valve hydraulic steering off some old combine. This thing with addon hydraulic pump could handle a modern loader quite well I think.

[texican]

What HermitJohn said.
However, if you're going into row crops, or commercial scale farming/ranching, a JD tractor will hold it's value well. My relatives get new tractors every ten to twenty years. They get what they paid for their old tractor in trade in. Paid 20K years ago, get 20K in trade in... if only all vehicles would do as well.

[Forerunner]

I've no experience with the 10 and 20 models, but I second the notion that JD 3010 and 4010 are dependable machines.
I use my 3010 every day, hard, and I work on it sometimes, but for durability and serviceability, I wouldn't trade it for any of the new models.
The 3020s and 4020s are even better.

Yes Hermit..... the 10, 20,30, 40 and even 50 series Deeres were the new generation immediately following the Johnnypoppers.
My understanding is that their engineering and manufacture were one of the best kept industry secrets of all time. Deere saw the size of farms increasing and knew that more cylinders were going to be required to keep up.

Barring hard facts necessity, I wouldn't go with gasoline in any tractor make.
I like my diesels.