Drilling Hay With the 720 Diesel

[@chorton38305]

There are two engines I could listen to all day, both two cylinders and preferable under a load, a Harley-Davidson and a John Deere! What sweet music.

[@allied1394]

I'd sit there and listen to that fine machine run all day to no complaining what a great piece of history I love seeing it in the field doing its thing

[@joetiller1031]

I know guys that used to farm with the ole poppers said after a day in the field you go to bed that night and still hear it popping.

[@concernedcitizen7732]

Hi Wes. I've been watching your videos for several years now and have enjoyed them immensely. I grew up on a farm and used a mix of two cylinder and modern tractors. JD M's to 720's to 3010's to 8650's. I loved farming and the farm life. Those days are long gone as we now rent our farm to a large farmer (farms in excess of 50,000 acres). Your videos bring back a lot of wonderful memories. It looks like Tim was running in 5th gear!!!! He would probably run it in 6th if he could. LOL!!!! Keep up the great work. Thank you....

[@rogerdale65]

My Father had a 720 and a 730 when he quit farming in 1965. The people who bought it when he quit farming had the 720 completely rebuilt, even installed a new drawbar. I believe that was in the 1990's. It had 18 or 19000 hours when it was rebuilt. They even repainted it. Both were excellent tractors in their day, still are as far as that's concerned. Enjoy your exhibition of the 720, brings back memories.

[@tharp78]

Story Time! When I was a kid we owned a 720. Dad always bragged about cultivating 43 acres of corn and only used 11 gallons of fuel. He said the slower the engine bogged, the more power it made. Those 2 cylindar engines were incredibly fuel effecient. Originally it was a narrow front and grandpa bought a wide front at an auction. One of my earliest memories was switching those front ends. Dad was able to hold up the wide front and line up the holes but was a hand short to put the bolts in so he got my 3 yr old ass out there and I put the bolts in. It was painted up sharp but we traded it and some boot for a 4320. Still have the 4320, one of if not the best designed tractor JD ever built. But I wish we still had the 720. It was a pony start. The trick was to shut the fuel off to the pony motor and let it die or the next time you went to start it, it would flood.

[@NichollsSense]

These videos are my favorite. Good people with good machines doing good work.

[@NCBIGCAT56]

I just finished putting new brake pads on my 53 John Deere R. Just remove 3 bolts on each brake housing and take to the bench so you can disassemble them to rivet new brake pads on. Easy according to KZbin. Took 3 nuts off of one side to remove a brake housing and there was not enough room to pull it out. Ended up removing the fenders, the floor board and the lower dash, which are not light. Two hour job turned in to a two day job. Live and learn.

[@silverbullet7434]

Nothing better then the old ones , I can hear the in my dreams of my youth when I worked farming , we had vegetables we took to market in Philly besides huckstering on Saturdays on the streets of Philly. Two model A and super 88 and an M JD . It was our newest in 1949. It's still in use today it would run on two fuels. Gas and kerosene

[@namrayd1976]

Can't beat the old machines tough as nails

[@kevinwillis9126]

love seeing old iron doing what it was made for.. excellent vid wes thanks..

[@AussieMusicRocks]

+Kevin Willis Stop calling Tim "old Iron". lol ... Yeah it sounds great. Two big pots banging away. I know it sounds silly, but todays tractors don't have the personality that the old iron horses did.

[@kevinwillis9126]

+AussieMusicRocks totally agree with you on the old tractor part.. no comment on the tim part. LOL :-))

[@ih1206]

That's a fact them old tractors had personality and style. Treat them right and they'll run forever.

[@philiphilton2121]

I just love the distinct sound of the 2 lungers and the raw power u get from them

[@bobferranti5222]

I love to listen to old equipment working

[@williamj.barnhartjr.3108]

there's no better sound then those old JD's going across the farm

[@vader0ne]

+William J. Barnhart Jr. Got that right

[@79demonfire]

reminds me of my grampas farm in the early 80's

[@williamj.barnhartjr.3108]

I remember riding with my grand pap in the early 70's on his A I wish I could go back to those days and do it again that's when life was good I had a dream of buying all old equipment and farming the old way again

[@ih1206]

Your love for that 720 is the same with me and the 806s and the 1206. Just raw horsepower that just wants to run. I'm happy as hell running one of them most days. Old iron never dies, sure they get a few new parts, but most things need new pieces when they are 50+ years old.

[@bwtupper]

We had a B John Deere, A John Deere, 720 John Deere and a 4010 John Deere. We used the B mostly to pull a hay rake, the A was used to pull the harrow and a trailer for hauling bales. The 720 and 4010 were used for tillage. My Dad used the 720 to pull a 1-row corn chopper. He said that running the 720 and a Case (Don't know what model) they were neck and neck until they came to a slight hill, the 720 would out run the Case. One thing that you learned about the 720 . . . it had the most felt torque of any tractor I drove. The engine would lug way down but if you weren't careful it would die in a heartbeat. Our 720 has a starter motor. It doesn't run anymore because the starter motor won't start.

[@alphaone101]

No greater music to a man's ear then the sound of a big 2 cylinder John Deere especially under a load!

[@thegreatlakespiper3780]

love the old putters...my old 90 year old retired farmer neighbor still has a little JD 330 very cool little tractor....I like the little 420 as well

[@treebutcher4142]

A John Deere 330U just went for $27000 this past Saturday at a auction I was at.

[@thegreatlakespiper3780]

+Treebutcher ya I know those 330's are rare and worth a few bucks

[@CCALlandowner]

Grew up on the JD two cylinder M and MT which were much smaller and the pistons were vertical but hose things could simply pull. Even with weights, traction was a problem. Great to see you using them.

[@MadhouseGaming]

It's good to see the older equipment still being used for what it was made for keep it up Wes

[@Ham68229]

Wes, I've said it for years, the "old iron" JD Johnny Poppers are way better than today's tractors. They aren't big hp but, they are pure torque. That's in how the engine's are built and designed.

[@kandylandfarms9898]

love to hear the sound they make takes me back to raking with the JD 730

[@joshuathewelder24]

I love them old Poppin Johnnies! Especially the 2 cylinder diesels. #Ilovethesmellofdieselinthemorning

[@SteveHolsten]

That sweet little 720 sounds good giving her a good workout!

[@treebutcher4142]

One of your best videos! Makes me want to go home and get my tractors out. You should host tractor pulls at your place.

[@bradlewis1311]

Great video, love to see those tractors work

[@cornypeters428]

love the sound of it it's awesome we have a john deere A and a john deere 830 👍

[@dieselrulesKO]

great video, you can see the wheels pulling the ground up like its at a pull

[@mathman1923]

love seeing the old girls get out to stretch their legs. Great view with you perched on the drill. You know I never was a fan of johnny poppers until watching your channel. (still kind of a Farmall guy though) It's all about the torque and the lead in their britches when it comes to pulling tractors. Those old ones like that were built just for pulling. The newer ones are mulit purpose built, built to run stuff off of PTO and/or have front bucket and the more horsepower is great when it comes to working up little field areas with a roto tiller or mowing or lifting hay. That old gal would outweigh a newer tractor of same horsepower by quite a bit I am sure and the two lungers had huge torque compared especially to the new little four cylinders that they are getting more horsepower out of with turbos and higher RPM.

[@bigtrucker26]

turbos help with horsepower and fuel economy as well, but yes, their main effect is on torque

[@EyebrowsMahoney]

Hell Wes, put me on that tractor I'd work all day no complaints as well. Love those old beasts.

[@Rebel-qi5ne]

love that sound nothing beats the sound of a poppin johnny

[@howardyounger5456]

We farm with two As ,a 720 row crop ,and a m Farmall. the 720 didn't have as much power as the M but comfort of 720 was far better,and the dependability was great.

[@MrJdsusername]

Around here in New York you wouldn't be able to do that with that tractor. Maybe in a flat hay field but no way in a hilly field and definitely not in a field with any kind of cultivation. I envy your conditions. I was shocked by your videos of the 4450 pulling a 22 foot disc and it's only a 2wd!! We pull our 24 foot disc with an 8320. It pulls good, our 8110 is a turd on it and the 8120 does ok. It must be your soil or something.

[@mattphillips4260]

that is something i am bad about i see a john pop i will stop along the roas and just sit there and watch and listen to them really like the sound of them

[@tkguyok]

The John Deere 720, 730, 820, and 830 engines were putting out huge foot pounds of torque.

[@wi11y1960]

We the youtubers live to see your vids Wes. Thankyou for your active posts. BTW? Those hydraulic plugs may be in the mail soon.

[@BornRandy62]

Tim needs a worktunes headset. hearing protection with AM/FM radio built in. They will even keep ears warm in sub zero while pushing snow around. After I got religous about wearing hearing protection I have actually healed some of my service related hearing loss. I used to be that guy standing right next to the grain vac or jack hammer wondering why my ears were ringing.

[@kevinwillis9126]

+Randy J i hade a set of them back in the 80s brilliant invention i think i still have them somewhere i will have to have a look for them thanks for reminding me...

[@BornRandy62]

I started off with the Peltor's and then Work Tunes. 3M I believe has taken them over. This last set is 2 years old. The set before got rolled over by 700 bushels of corn. :) The Peltors lost one side of the stereo feed. I tried to rewire jumper wire to make the other speakers work but no joy. Each new pair has been an improvement. Better noise reduction, better reception on the radio, better speakers in the head set, better padding on the ear pads. ect. The original pair was something like 75 bucks (well spent money IMHO) the last pair was below 50 and I think I have seen them advertised on ebay or amazon for about 35. Ears and Hearing a terrible thing to waste. When I started wearing them around I was getting rude/crude hand gestures from people. Now 10 years later I see more people than not wearing them.

[@kevinwillis9126]

+Randy J my ones are just the run off the mill ones.. i work with cnc machines and the vacuum pump motors are not good for your hearing...

[@payne2086]

+Kevin Willis I worked in a cotton gin when I was 16-21 at my dads gin, now I have the honnor of running one of our combines in the lovely air condition and our cotton stripper in the lovely radio air condition, I would of loved some of these headsets back in the day, ha ha.

[@rog4864]

That was 60 real horsepower back then. The torque those old two banger diesels had was through the roof.

[@douglaslaramie9245]

Tim would only complain if one of his earplugs fell out. LOL

[@paultheisen5290]

Paul from Iowa, appreciate your videos, ya, those 2 cylinders are just tough, and I believe cheap on fuel

[@Lauterbach24]

They held a fuel efficiency record for a couple of decades I believe.

[@Cragified]

58 HP at the belt, wide open throttle of 1,125 rpm is 367 lb-ft at the belt. Just like old traction engines these things were built to pull and pull. They may not be as fast at doing the work hp is a unit of power so it factors time. But in pure force output they aren't weak.

[@dancaszatt9266]

Jealous would love a 720 diesel to go with my 730 and 70 both diesel. Planted a lot of crops with them.

[@jetskier209]

that 720 is so ignorantly loud and i love it

[@paulc8581]

I use the same drill at the farm I work at . love the no till drill..

[@ridragrace]

Them old JD 2 cyl. are great. they measure hp back then at the pto .

[@RandyDarkshade2]

I love the sound of the engine on this 720.

[@gleanerk]

Built to last, made out of real steal. Not recycled beer cans stuff. No push button electronics, fully manual and fixable!!!!That's why they so TUFF!!!!!!

[@B.E.Long.63]

Love the sound of that tractor..

[@bryang9095]

Their great old tractors!!!!

[@EinachserLS]

Awesome! It´s a real shame they never exported these tractors to Germany, I would love to see one of them in the flesh, as it were.

[@ralphnerem5685]

Love the sound of the 2 bangers as my dad called them

[@BernadetteBLL]

Great vid. You have a treasure in Tim! Look after him Wes !!

[@jamiebarbour1348]

I personally don't like John Deere I like Massey Ferguson but to hear the sound of that tractor out of the straight pipe is amazing

[@lannydownum8256]

Great video! I don't think my 3010 diesel would pull that.

[@djonesy597]

Would running the seed drill perpendicular to the spring planting help fill in the gaps between the rows of grass and possibly boost yield?

[@JiHadJoe910]

love the video. Make a video about how this machine works please!

[@keithdalton3004]

Tim look's good doing the work and you watching.

[@MrPhetaste]

just love your vid`s have a problem to sleep at night`s so i gleer at your videos, and learn a hole`bunch off stuff:)

[@heyhey1956]

Wes, Have you heard anymore information from Krone America in regards to them acquiring a Krone 1290 HDP II for you to demonstrate yet?? I thought they would have had one at your place by now!

[@jankotze1959]

+heyhey1956 Hi, me again with my no experience commends, the fact that Krone probably did not show up for a demo, doesn't it say something of their after sale service as well, I mean, they should have been aware of Wes's calls and troubles and the perfect opportunity make name or win clients, seems if they already fails before even start...

[@onelonleyfarmer]

+heyhey1956 monday the john deere is coming to the field on monday morning.

[@heyhey1956]

onelonleyfarmer Wes, Cool bananas be more than interesting to see what you think of the JD baler after using it in comparison to your NH baler Wes, so still no word on the Krone as yet Wes? which leaves me more than dumbfounded as to why they haven't got you a baler for you to demonstrate as yet!

[@Witcher-tm9wf]

+onelonleyfarmer can't wait to see the video on the JD baler. you have great videos that I enjoy watching keep up the good work

[@jankotze1959]

+heyhey1956 Thanks, can't argue on your take on, it makes perfectly sense, I heard about that massive flywheel, so I understand then even if a hydraulic motor start it initially it still require more powerful tractors to keep going? For me it would be awesome if they can bring a New Holland T7 270 or T8 for the demo.

[@treebutcher4142]

Love old tractors

[@jankotze1959]

Very nice, today's tractors, I believe have probably not the power to weight ratio than these old ones, the 4x4 ones will probably pull that drill but the 2 wheel drives will have wheel spin, only my guess, no statemant

[@cmandrell]

all i can say is i want to see more of that

[@ghenry85]

Those 2 cylinder tractors were rated for horse power at a really low RPM , so even thoughit's 60 hp, it probably has the torque of a 80 ish horse power tractor

[@SteveHolsten]

Looking at some of the older videos on this Sunday night. I like seeing the older tractors still getting to do real work here in the 2010's. Does this 720 have an electric starter or a pony motor?

[@caseman7896]

It was told to me many years ago that tractors with 1100-1200 engine rpm had a longer stroke which results in a stronger torque than when tractors had come out with 2200-2500 engine rpm which as far as I know first come to the market in the mid Sixties. I once owned a John Deere gas tractor manufactured in 1965 and had 2500 engine rpm. It was a good tractor although it was hard to tell if it was as good as a comparable John Deere 2-cylinder of similar horsepower. Mine was a 2010.Now maybe I was told wrong that a longer stroke means more torque. At any rate it would be interesting to find out if this observation is valid.

[@tomislavbuza7951]

I love when I see old tractors how work i have old deutz 4006 from 1975 god JD Wess but Not a bit too loud?

[@GaryPClark]

A sound that is good for what ails ya!

[@JoshKilen]

i think the reason for that tractors power is that it doesn't have the emissions crap on it

[@1941pearl]

Doing a fine job!

[@dannywilkinson602]

how do Wes from Andy in the UK that's what you call farming old is best. don't don't get hardly any problems. all these new stuff 2 much electronics on these new tractors one little wire gets worn down an that tractor is nearly down for a day or more. hold is grate.

[@jimmypollack2486]

That's a tough old machine

[@wildcoyote34]

I love that music ,, listen to her pull ,, makes me want to go start mine just to listen to it run ,,,lots better music than listening to the scream of the 8V-71TT in my steiger all day

[@mikdf80]

Isnt it a little to plant? Think it will survive the winter?

[@Dan.Whiteford]

That's mighty impressive how well that tractor pulls that drill despite the fact that it isn't working deep (grass seed doesn't need deep drilling of course!) Would you roll that drilled area at all?

[@ejsayler1]

Keepin it Squatchy!

[@charlesdyer2376]

Ya can't beat an ol poppin john.

[@raven_hawk_1736]

i like the old school tractors

[@mi2tn]

Looks like very little tire slippage on that 720.

[@t.c.bowling1934]

never liked those old johnny poppers. looks like it has earned it's keep. great video!

[@frankjackson5064]

what did you do to the hydraulic system on that 720 to be able to lift that grill? I was around the two loungers and thaught the hydro system was too week to list that newer equip?

[@rustywashermashen1671]

Do you not have to get license plates for your tractors in the states?

[@ericmeyers2122]

Have u ever changed the oil in that tractor since u got it?

[@derrickzenner9300]

I love that tractor

[@earnest3912]

square bales are easier to stack also how many tractors do you have and can you make a video about it

[@samking73]

Does a 720 start with a pony motor?

[@stevenburner1883]

Hook it up to the 3pt disk mower I would love to see if it would be up for that :)

[@steveporthouse8947]

SHE SOUNDS AWESOME, HOW MANY RPM IS IT DOING IN THIS VIDEO?

[@NRFarmON]

you going to plant any corn or beans next year

[@zajacs1843]

Hey Wes towards the end of the video what is that rod swaying on the back of the tractor by the pto shaft can hardly see it just curious thanks

[@johnwallace7465]

I think your talking about the rod that sticks up that you're Hydraulic hoses go through to keep them from getting caught in the hitch.

[@Scott1001001]

Super Cool!

[@MrHevyshevy]

Nice.

[@catap977]

love that sound, I should have been a farmer

[@jamacinnes3140]

One day all of those tractors will be worth something especially the Model A, the 730 Propane as well seems pretty rare Could some of you do me a favour and tell me what you think of my videos, I mate to spam but i reckon some of you might like it and i cant have you missing out on them :)

[@Ivansgarage]

Why not the JD round baler, whats the difference between square bails, round bales? those JD round balers look so simple.

[@catap977]

+Ivansgarage you get more in a bale and more bales on a truck

[@buffranchAB]

+Ivansgarage you never stop all the time to tie a bale, make a 100 more bales or more per day

[@catap977]

yes that too

[@catap977]

I think I said that

[@buffranchAB]

squares are better! that's the big difference

[@Rbnqss]

That sound is just AWESOME. (Sorry, I mena the tractor.)

[@rogerdale65]

Oh, both tractors, 720 and 730 were electric start Diesel ya had to be prepared in cold weather or No Start.

[@beaverrick9789]

Work it Squatch.

[@buffranchAB]

trying to get my hands on a 830 diesel, found one for 12g, the dealin begins

[@justindionne8744]

Awesome

[@rabiit1973306]

can u make a video on safety on the farm i see allot of accidents and i scratch my head and say wtf happen.