All Time Top Ten Tractors

Today we're going to go through Crazy D, and The Docs favorite tractors of all time.

[@CrazyDEquipment]

Hey guys thanks for watching the video just wanted to say this is really not a top 10 lies this is more of a best of or a favorites list

[@slundgr]

One of the things that would be helpful if you do a Top Ten list is to explain the criteria you used for ranking the tractors the way you did. Was it because of its utility, bang for the buck, number sold, horsepower or if it was revolutionary in design, etc.

[@CrazyDEquipment]

So thank you for watching the top 10 videos or all our videos I highly appreciate that the ranking for the top 10 videos are voted on by the subscribers of the channel so before I do a top 10 video I run several poles on the community page here on KZbin I let you guys pick the tractors by what you guys think most of you have had experience actually running these tractors in the field so I believe that your opinion is probably the best now sometimes tractors win that I think shouldn't even made it on the list lol and sometimes tractors get excluded from the list that I think should probably have been on but it's totally up to you guys in the voting process to pick the tractors that you think should be on the list and where they should be placed

[@slundgr]

@@CrazyDEquipment Thank you for the response. I’m relatively new to the channel so I was not familiar with the process for the Top Ten. Have you done a Top Ten for combines and I just have not seen it? I grew up in the Oklahoma Panhandle in the fifties and sixties so I know about many of these tractors. Brings back a lot of memories. I enjoy your videos.

[@CrazyDEquipment]

@@slundgr no I haven't done a top 10 combine video it is on the list I'm just trying to find a source for information on combines unfortunately we don't have anything out there like tractor data or other such sites when it comes to combines

[@slundgr]

@@CrazyDEquipment I have seen the same thing but thought I’d ask. My dad had an old Oliver drag type combine he pulled with his Oliver 99. I worked for a custom harvester that had Gleaner Baldwin C-II and then G models. I knew harvesters that had Massey Ferguson 92, 410, 510 combines. Some used John Deere 95 and 105 but not as many. Thank you

[@darrelschulte6214]

Very happy that you put the D21 allis on your list

[@chevboy2]

Love the 1066 making the list. That body style IH remains one of the best open air tractors I’ve ever ran. Simple and rugged

[@americasdream1265]

the 1486 was a great tractor

[@DavidMScott-cs8pp]

I sold for a family IHC dealership in the early 80s snd by that time we were into the 86 series and the 1086 was a best buy. We were located 12:20 in flatland eastern Saskatchewan where a basic farm was a minimum of 10 sections or 6400 acres. Deep Tillage Cultivators were generally 40 feet or more and the 1086 at 135 pto h.p. Pulled these like a dream. The IH 914 pull type combine was popular due to it's big capacity and 180 bu tank. Again the 1086 did the job in spades. The 1086 was a pulling champ. Remember a 1086 drawbar type with cab, air and radio was $26,000 Canadian full retail.

[@DavidMScott-cs8pp]

Oops should read ave farm in se Saskatchewan was 10 quarters not ten sections or 1600 acres. I spent a winter in Texas and it rubbed 😅ff on me !

[@ericmartinson7205]

I myself being a John Deere man have aquired many "other" tractor's over the years, but my 3010 JD shits at home and my 700B and 530 case bring in the bacon haying season! They are AWESOME tractors!

[@curtisdowling3773]

The 8n Ford are found everywhere and still being restored and traded in the hundreds which makes them pretty highly rated still today .

[@outcastprojects6733]

I have a list of my most heartfelt equipment,dependability vs Enjoying what they look like can be a stretch with the old iron!Good video Sir!

[@jeffchattin4799]

I have owned many tractors over the last 60 years. My super M is my all time best I had a 4020 for a long time it was a work horse. They all hold a special place in my memories. I can say that very few were true lemons. The worst was a Massey 1080 just couldn’t keep it out of the shop!!

[@slundgr]

I worked for my friend's dad and uncle who had a Case 930 and a John Deere 4020, and I much preferred driving the 4020. Personal preference.

[@jacoblynch9781]

i feel the 1066 and the 4020 are the tractors that everybody loves, because i know a few strict green guys that love the 66 series and i am a red guy but i think 4020s are legendary

[@timwalter9999]

Don't forget the 3020s much better turning radius because shorter with a turbo would keep up with a 4020 plowing with 4 bottom plow spent many years on one

[@Mojave9370]

My neighbor was a diehard 4020 man. He bought a 1066, and soon after he bought another one. He kept the 4020 but it didn't get used much after the 1066s were bought.

[@banjocantrell838]

Thanks for another fine video.. I do like these type videos , but my favorites aside viewing the tractors for sale is all those fine trips out to the farm equipment auctions. . Thanks again to all the crew who made this possible

[@gaspeople]

You hit them all with the 4020, the Super M, the D 21, and the 850. Just thinking about those machines and my childhood sends tingles up my spine. Thank you.

[@davidbalvin8112]

Really enjoy your lists. They bring back a lot of memories. Popularity of tractors are based a lot on what one grew up around and the type of farming in that area. Also a good dealer had a lot to do with the numbers of certain brands sold.

[@kw6828]

Great list but I would have added AC WD45 somewhere on that list

[@amynorrad5854]

Great video Crazy D/tractor doc..Enjoyed it a lot.Belarus 500 series be a nice addition.Folks love them or hate them..Tough/rugged/crude!

[@thomascruff786]

I'm glad you put a Massey Ferguson 65 on this list. Massey Ferguson is my favorite brand of tractor.

[@johncarman6966]

Not so sure on the Case being No.1 but it’s a subjective subject. I never saw many Case tractors in the UK but there were plenty of JD 4020’s. I am biased as the 4020 was the first tractor I worked on when I left school and got an Apprenticeship at a John Deere dealership. Being a spotty, wet behind the ears kid they looked huge. Happy days.

[@frostythesnowdragon3170]

well the ford 850 doesn't have live pto so i'd go with a 860 which does have live pto

[@redneck5356]

I always liked these videos

[@don66hotrod94]

Case 930: Giant motor with four wheels attached to it. Still a great tractor after 60 years.

[@everythingtractors9332]

Wheres the case 970?

[@case8309]

So glad you got a 30 series case on there!!!!

[@chadstrutzenberg9171]

How about you do a list about the best small tractors for a big garden/small vegetable farm!

[@kylebass4635]

Great video!!!!! IH Super M check, Ford 850 check, also Ford 4000 and owning a John Deere D that 502 cubic inch 2 cylender straight piped is like music!!!!!

[@ffjsb]

#8 I would include the standard M through the Farmall 450 as they were basically the same tractor with upgrades. You could also almost include the H's and 350's as a team so to speak. Very stout tractors, with many of them still working.

[@diegocella6791]

If you want to check somting really cool, go and look up the Landini Testa Calda (hot head), was an itaila tractor, i think inter war period, with a massive single cilinder diesel two stroke engine, and to heat it up you actually have a brazier under the head!

[@tatestoytractors5190]

Next time do this 10. John Deere 435 9. Massey Harris 44 8. Oliver OC-3 crawler 7. Oliver 60 6.John Deere R 5. Ford 871 select o speed 4. Case VAC 3. Ford 800 2. John Deere 430 1. John Deere 4255

[@bigcountry6864]

You are the best love your chanal keep it up I like your hat u the man

[@Bald_Cat2007]

If I had a top 10 list my number 1 would be the case International 385 utility tractor. It's kind of a personal reason since it was the first tractor I ever rode. But my second would definitely be a John Deere 4320

[@fnord4494]

where's the mf 135? XD i just love this machine!!

[@actZR900]

I think the 4010. Overshadowed by the 4020 and a few issues but It was the tractor that kicked the door down and put deere to #1.

[@ampatriot]

The 4020 changed the game, the 1066 is the best of it's class.... either was deserving of the 1 spot. They couldn't give that Case away in most areas. Love the videos though.

[@copperhead6132]

The David Brown 30 also has a 2.7L 4-cylinder Kerosene engine.

[@paulwest4697]

All great tractors, I am sure there were many others he sweated over to make his final list.

[@aliskarape177]

930 case was a good pick but what about a 1070 case. Sorry I'm a case guy. Dad was a case dealer from 1949 to 1968ish. We also used them on the farm. Had a VAC, DC, 930, and still use a 1070 today. There is no prettier sounding diesel engine than those big cases.

[@tracey38999]

I'm with the Doc. Perkins diesel all the way!!!

[@ampatriot]

Massey would have been out of business long ago without the Perkins.

[@donburkhead2026]

My favorite tractor is the oliver super 55

[@robertpayne2717]

The John deere 4620 was a great transitional tractor going from generation 1 to the Generation 2 series Roughly 135 horsepower...

[@scottmain7898]

Sorry but I thought the IH 706 was the best tractor IH made.

[@MaclearieFarms]

I swear if he says the 4020 is the greatest tractor of all time

[@thomascruff786]

Allis Chalmers d17 and international Harvester 786 needs to be in this video.

[@7viewerlogic670]

Cool.

[@bobbiebooksh4882]

how do u feel about the m f 165 diesel perkins 4 cyl

[@mechanik159]

Should have added a Ferguson tractor. Without Ferguson we wouldn't have 3 point hitch.

[@track1219]

Some tractors have 2 small front wheels close together. The wheels are at an angle, closer to each other at the bottom. Why?

[@Someguy-gl2rx]

They turned sharper which is kinda silly considering you can use your brakes to turn sharp. It’s called a tricycle front but they tipped a lot easier than the regular wide fronts

[@Matthewwardlow]

My Ford 850 is in your video!

[@CrazyDEquipment]

I hope that's okay I get a lot of my pictures from a website that supposed to be copyright free

[@Matthewwardlow]

Crazy D Equipment I’m not worried about all that. Just thought it was cool to see it in your video.

[@robertpayne2717]

What about IHC 806 BY THE WAY I AM NOT A RED POWER GUY....

[@johnhalter7287]

Most lists skip it and put the weak 4020 on the list, a much weaker and fragile tractor, but the 806 was king of the hill back than. Most are still in use never touched. The 826, was better because of the German diesel but very hard to find. The M was the greatest tractor over all in my opinion. 80 years old and many still running have never been apart.

[@lannyqualls9428]

Where are you located? Do you have a website somewhere listing items for sale?

[@phantomwolf6.7l65]

1955 Oliver shield should have made that list

[@muttcasterline7233]

My favorite IH is the 1566

[@melvinbyrd8609]

Great list still have my grandpa's 1971 Case 570 still pulls the Heston 530 round baler on a few acres

[@ihus9950]

IH 1066 should be #1 👍

[@billfischer6464]

I spy, Bandit farmer's big Bertha in your pics. There is nothing you can't enjoy about tractor videos.

[@johnwiktor8807]

Case dc would run forever!!!

[@thomashaley5284]

Perkins engines: MF put em in tractors and combines. That was the only thing on either one that was reliable.

[@reidhansen7030]

Absolutely the jd 730 diesel...farmal super m...jd 4020 however outperformed by the oliver 1755 in the field...all great tractors.but MM must have one in the top ten...they were the cadillacs and inovators of tractors...

[@duanesharpjr9512]

How could the Ford 1000's series tractor not be in the list we've been running a 2000 for several years a 641 and the latest is a 5610 s All good tractors

[@johnsmith-zr6zj]

Seriously you titled this top ten best tractors. Some certainly deserve a spot on a true top 10 list. Others? Find more than 9 guys on the planet who would buy a David Brown if they could afford anything else. You should change the title because this is really crazy d and Doc favorites. I watch all your videos, some for entertainment some out of boredom. Thanks for the laughs. Love you guys.

[@CrazyDEquipment]

It was supposed to be best of not top 10 tractors that's just the way Scott titled in I agree with you

[@johnsmith-zr6zj]

@@CrazyDEquipment Perkins are good, still can't figure how David Brown tricked perkins into selling to them. Lol

[@CrazyDEquipment]

So I have to ask the question John what is with the dislike for for David BrownI've had a few come across the lot and I always thought they were pretty decentbut I've never had a lot of experience with them either so

[@kennethstanton5407]

David Browns never sold well around here. They were perceived as cheaply built (albeit they were lower priced) lightweight tractors with less thought to the operator than any of the other brands. When Case bought them, we all wondered why. At that time, the engines were below horrible. With only three main bearings, mechanics insisted you could almost smell the crankshafts bending. lol.

[@americasdream1265]

I agree all the way with the Farmall M and the IH 1066 and nobody in the world should ever say the John Deere 4020 should not be on this list. The Oliver 1850 deserves on your list for more reasons than the Perkins engines and if the man there likes Perkins so much the 65 Massey I don't understand why the White 2-155 didn't make the list but still the Oliver super 88 diesel deserves to be on that list. I have no problem with the Allis D-21 on your list but felt like the WD-45 should be there too. There are also several other John Deeres that could be on that list but narrowing it down to 10 is a tough thing to do. Not a big fan at all of the David Brown.

[@MikeBrown-ii3pt]

My father in-law bought his Oliver 1850 new and still uses it for various chores around the place. He's retired from farming but always has something to keep him and Ollie busy. A good friend of mine has a Super MD that he restored several years ago. I'm not even sure that the paint was dry before he put it back to work as his "garden tractor". His "garden" is over 2 acres and, what he doesn't eat, he gives away to people in need. He's also a retired farmer that can't sit still.

[@gregorycalzada5264]

GO TEAM CRAZY-D 🤠🤠🤠

[@MaclearieFarms]

Love me an 1850

[@johnhalter7287]

The 4020 is a pain in the butt, put a pto clutch in one and you would never put it in the top 10. They do sell off lots great and make wheel dealers money if nothing is broke. I would never own one as a tractor mechanic but they do make mechanics money, everything seems harder to fix on them. The 806 was way better, I like the 1066 pick, the 86 was how you screw up a 66. I like the case pick but never as number one.

[@kennethstanton5407]

Very entertaining. Only tractors that would have been on the list up in this part of the world would be the 4020 and 1066. The 930 ? Nope. Those 401 engines were nothing but trouble up here. Sleeve failures. Piston failures. Cooling systems that weren't up to the task after the first 1000 hours. 830s and 1030s were beloved, but the 930 just didn't cut it. Ford 850s and similar always 15 or 20 hp smaller in the field than on paper. ;-) Missing tractors on your list (not sure if this is a list of interesting tractors, or machines that were important to agriculture or something else), but where is the Model D? Or any of the other 2 cylinder variants. And no big tractors? Especially the more modern contributions that had an impact. Pick your favorites from the 200+ hp case 4-wheel rigid frames, plus any of the Steigers including those in other companies' colors, including Ford blue and now the red quadtracs. Anyhow, always neat to see a collection of old tractors like we grew up with, right?

[@kenknapper1315]

Guess I'm old school, maybe you should keep your top ten in the production era with them,the Oliver 70 ,WC Allis,and F20 Farmall built this country

[@stevenherner298]

Doc and I others.1st god bless

[@Fergieboi445]

Do a ferguson tractor in top ten pls

[@paintmax1052]

You have a tractor on the list that isn’t available in the us, you left the John Deere D off the list. I don’t get that one, it’s your list.

[@paulhudson8321]

I like the 135 Massey Ferguson one of the worlds most popular models and made in large numbers. I also liked the 1150 Massey Ferguson first row crop tractor with a V8 engine. They are a nice looking machine. Still bring good money used and look amazing restored.

[@phantomwolf6.7l65]

And 6030 John Deere

[@jeffbaker6941]

Minneapolis Moline M5 should be one

[@gobig1416]

David Brown all the way everyday

[@robertlong7033]

My list in no special order: Case: VAC, 930D even though they we known for head gasket Issues Allis Chalmers D19D 185D 190XT Massey Ferguson: 1100 165D 135D Oliver 1955T Ford 5000D

[@dalegreene3205]

My list: Farmall M Ford 4000 Case 970

[@dalegreene3205]

Oops hit send before I was done Moline G706 Massey 1150 JD 820 JD 4020 A/C WD 45 Massey 65

[@everythingtractors9332]

WHERES THE FARMALL H OR M?

[@1danwinn]

Were the 930’s chain drive?

[@CrazyDEquipment]

Yes the 930 is where chain drive the last of the chain drive Case tractors

[@kennethstanton5407]

I believe only the western ones were chain drive. They didn't have three point hitch. The rest had gears for the final drive.

[@dklarsen1705]

930 Case #1?

[@bkeevers6719]

I would swap the D21 for a D17 as AC's best tractor. More made, more popular, easy to work on, dead reliable.

[@Matthewwardlow]

Is Jr. Mint the same one that works at Car Wizards?

[@CrazyDEquipment]

Yes that's the same Junior man that works for the wizard he's actually my son

[@Matthewwardlow]

Crazy D Equipment I recognized you from Hoover’s Navigator video. Keep making great videos.

[@cbcl63]

Yes my name is Charles from Baltimore I just bought 4 Acres I want to know the best tractor to buy for my 4 Acres

[@Patrick-uu5xg]

Furgenson TO-20

[@jaxsonrhodes5493]

John Deere m

[@johnortmann3098]

No Minnies?

[@eddierags720]

Allis Chalmers WD 45 or D21

[@billsmith8238]

International 140

[@timselk78]

ford 8000

[@ducknorris233]

Firsties!

[@jamesbowsher7729]

1206

[@mejorgy]

Great content Your intro is way too long!

[@CrazyDEquipment]

Yeah that's the old intro we've cut it down some I can't really cut it down anymore without leaving people out LOL

[@mrplough1324]

What about the Fiat 500, maybe you don't have them there in America?

[@CrazyDEquipment]

No we don't but I'm going to have to look it up now

[@biggerbill82]

Minneapolis-moline

[@CrazyDEquipment]

The top 10 video for next month will be minneapolis-moline

[@Yosemite-George-61]

Great stuff ! Tell your friend that I drove a Zanello 4wd articulated chassis with a Perkins V-8 (like a Massey Ferguson 4840) back in the 80's, the noise was awesome ! I put forward two tractors the Deutz A 85 built in Argentina, I spended half my youth in this tractor. Easy to maintain, air cooled diesel 6 had to be careful in sellecting the work speed to make sure the fan blew enough cooling air. Another interesting beast was the Lanz Buldog, in Argentina they called it Pampa... Fun and strange ! Cheers ! pesadosargentinos.blogspot.com/2014/02/deutz-85.html