HIGH HORSEPOWER Row Crop Tractors from 1983

In 1983 there were seven manufactures of high horse power row crop tractors in North America ranging from 100-190 PTO horsepower. Big Tractor Power heads out in the field to share the sights and sounds of these 40 year old tractors hard at work.
Watch for these classic tractors from 1983:
1. Allis-Chalmers 8080
2. CASE 2290
3. FORD TW-30
4. INTERNATIONAL 5488
5. JOHN DEERE 4650
6. MASSEY FERGUSON 3545
7. WFE 2-155 Series III FIELD BOSS
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[@johnmessinajr.2591]

Thank you for the video! We don't have a 1983 model but a 1980 Ford TW20 fully restored with a mid mount long arm mower for tree limbs and ditches on the farm. I absolutely love 1980s farm equipment! I think the Tw30 in your video along with our TW20 were built in Romeo Michigan??? Sadly Ford moved production over seas for the next generation. Thanks for the video Jason! 😀

[@morganottlii2390]

Loved the TW20! The back up to it was a 9600

[@SimonKL11]

It's very nice to see older tractors at work👍😁 the 4650 and the tw 30 are good looking machines😉👍 Thanks for the video👍👍

[@thomasgrider6697]

I like seeing all of the classic big tractors working the fields..👊😎👊..appreciate the videos.

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching. 1983 was a good year for tractors.

[@rongrose3746]

Brings back memories! Thank you !!

[@justinreiter1400]

Great video. I feed cattle every day with 1983 JD 4450 that my dad bought the year I was born. Very reliable tractor. Crazy to think it has been around for 40 years already.

[@2020Tundra]

My favorite in this video is the International 5488, mainly because my dad had a 5088 and it was a workhorse, doing many different jobs on the farm.

[@davidstout5883]

My favorite is the 3545 Massy Fergerson. I had one wish I had it back. The only four wheel drive you could lock all four wheels differential lock in you could not turn it but it would pull. It would pull more than most 125 hp tractors because it was the biggest after the v8's Massy put in the previous years. I enjoyed the video keep them coming.

[@ericditmer7467]

Wheelbase differences are amazing. Got to love the ride of a long tractor

[@ericyoder6145]

The John Deere 750 drill that the Massey was pulling caught my eye. Used to work on those.

[@nathanalmond8280]

Thanks for sharing the video. Enjoy seeing the older tractors. I was a teenager back then and I remember them as new tractors. I'm an IH man but I have ran quite a few different brands for others and I like them all as they all have good features on something else.

[@danl9334]

you do such an amazing job of finding these wonderful classic tractors at wok, thanks for sharing!!!!

[@brentwyler7168]

I enjoy seeing all the old tractors but the 4650 and the IH 5488 are my favorite. Great video!

[@Thewaywefarm]

Great video, we love our 4650 MFWD All great workhorses!

[@replicasofthepast4756]

This is the best tractor channel on YT bar none! Always appreciate the classic tractors the most!

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you Phil. I appreciate it. I like finding the classics to feature.

[@wingrider687]

Great video... can't wait for warmer weather!!

[@dedrakuhn6103]

What a wonderful series look at the year by year progression of tractors! Nice Job Jason!

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching. I will feature 4wds from 1983 next.

[@robertsumma9157]

Love watching the big horse tractors

[@Blackwellll3066]

Really cool seeing them different tractors that are 40 years old

[@bigtractorpower]

I remember seeing each of these new on the tractor dealers lot. They were ultra modern at the time.

[@Blackwellll3066]

@@bigtractorpower I bet

[@CircleTFarms419]

Great tractors, awesome video, thank you 👍🏻

[@brianzybura8633]

My favorite in this video is the John Deere 4650. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I remember that 1983 was the first year that John Deere offered the 'Caster Action' on their front wheel drives. A local John Deere dealer near me held an evening open house where they presented film footage showing the 'Caster Action' feature. That was 40 years ago this winter and it was held in a town called Glencoe, Ontario, Canada. As always thanks for sharing your video.

[@coryridder1937]

Dad Rhonda? A 3545. It's an 86 model. He's had to do a lot of work to it after he bought it but since then it's been a great tractor. The synchro transmission with the shuttle shift makes loader work a breeze! I love that thing

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

My White 4-225 is an 83 model. I liked Jake's setup at the end. Beautiful machines.

[@replicasofthepast4756]

I liked the big fat front tires on the Ford, made it look like a beast!

[@bigtractorpower]

The TW30 on Diamond Turf Tires is cool.

[@markreetz1001]

What a great video Jason. Not really a slacker in the group! I really liked the John Deere and the Allis 8070. The Case was really hauling the mail mowing hay! 🚜📫

[@brandonwalpole9381]

We have a 4850 currently in operation. Engine has been rebuilt twice. Tractor is great for a back up to our larger tractors. Have pulled IH 7 bottom on land plow

[@theofficialslig6144]

Love the videos man , I’m a farmhand myself an I reckon you should be doing more aerial shots for sure. It’s very satisfying to watch

[@craigsibley8161]

Nice video of tractors from the year i turned 9... It's the TW30 for me 👍👍👍

[@bigtractorpower]

The TW30 is a nice tractor. I just posted a full video on that Ford recently at kzbin.info/www/bejne/jmTNXpaggLV2oNE

[@johnclarkkitner9556]

Love seeing those older tractors. Like A/C and John Deere.

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@Ticky66MN]

What an awesome video! John Deere and White would be my favorites. Thank you.

[@leonardkiprop975]

I love fiat 180-90 and 160-90 , the best1980s tractors fiat ever made i hope one day you can make a video on FIAT .thanks so jason am your great fun from Kenya .

[@jdtractorman7445]

John Deere man myself, so I like the 4650. That Ford TW-30 wasn't even working up a sweat pulling those discs.

[@jamesjolly7406]

👋 hi 👋 from Dexter,Missouri my friend Super amazein video as alAways. Have a super amazein 🌃night. Be safe on 🛣️ roads 🛣️

[@davidbrutscher7508]

You do such a great job.

[@marknicholson2718]

Another great video! About all I remember of 83 is the drought and my crops never maturing. Wet spring delayed planting and then no rain.

[@mfreund15448]

I remember that year too.

[@bigtractorpower]

The early early 80’s were a rough time on the agriculture industry. WFE had to shit it’s tractor factory down for the full year of 1982. Drought is always tough but the 1980’s farming conditions made it worse.

[@gleanerk]

I remember that year ,irrigated tobacco from hilling to finished . The beans wasn’t worth picking and the bean bugs got on the tobacco so more spraying tobacco. Then my dad died in a car wreck . GOD bought me through it !

[@philippriegler9623]

Great video! I like you videos very much! My favorite in this video is the John Deere 4650.

[@cameronbeilke5908]

We had a MF 3525. Definitely should’ve spent the extra money at the time to get the 3545. Back in those days you never thought or planned to be farming as many acres as we all are now.

[@davidschollenberger6871]

That was neat to see bigger tractors doing work in the field back in the day we had 4 different tractor (. Dealerships) brand s 10 minutes from our farm

[@morriswomack9952]

Those tractors regardless of color were well built and built to last... that’s why they’re still around...

[@williamhalpin6713]

Yes it's good to see the era of tractors that I operated. Mostly North American made not over complicated by today's standards. This era easy to service not computerized IPad on wheels. Back then we were Deere dealers and large farmers. My favorite from that 1983-1988 Deere 4450 on our operation. But now looking back I like all those makes of tractors.

[@bobsmith1814]

My favorite is WFE Field Boss III.

[@SomedayTooPulling]

Plowed many acres with a MF 3445 and 6 bottom plow. One of my favorites right up there with Case 1070,

[@AkbarMoncongloe]

Very nice brother ❤️❤️

[@timjorden8329]

Great video That International looks showroom condition!!

[@farmerb4587]

Really nice vid, I don't have any 83s but I got a 1980 Davison brown 1210 that does a lot of work on my place

[@demontrain4438]

Love the last shot of the white 155 and 9700 combine. Do you have any videos of white combines that 9700 was a beast?

[@luisnunes7933]

Hello! Oldies power!

[@Hinesfarm-Indiana]

Awesome video, we have an Allis-Chalmers 8070 with a Cummins 8.3 in it, and we pull a kinze 16/31 bean planter.

[@bigtractorpower]

Very nice. Great planting team.

[@Hinesfarm-Indiana]

@@bigtractorpower oh yeah it works great 👍

[@kolewiebensohn]

1984 was a better year! Then we had the 94 series cases which was the best series case ever made!

[@anthonydevito4450]

All of these are cool, but the IH 5488, JD 4650, and White 2-155 were my favorites. Can’t pick just one!

[@scottpykare801]

Always enjoy watching the older equipment still working hard. My favorite I'd say in this video would be the JD 4650. Great way to start my Sunday. GO BTP 💪

[@bigtractorpower]

The 4650 is a cool tractor. It was neat to catch it with a 1980’s Deere forage wagon.

[@8DeereFarm]

Great tractor and those Deere 716A forage wagons are still the gold standard in my book. Smoothest unloading wagons I've ever used

[@huntercoleman460]

Nice plowing.

[@daehlerfarms]

I run a 83 Allis 8070 FWA. Great tractors

[@bigtractorpower]

Very cool. The 8070 was way ahead of its time.

[@mikekuchinski1086]

We chop meadow hay with a 4960 and 3970 chopper love it good morning little falls MN 💪👆

[@bigtractorpower]

Very cool chopping team. The 4960 is one of the all time greats.

[@poorfatman5317]

Cool video 👍

[@richardrindy345]

Love the videos. One quick point, the first 2-155 is a series 1 or 2. The second one with the 9700 is a series 3.

[@mbury8004]

Again a very nice video ! Regards from germany

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you very much. I like finding the classics to feature.

[@coryfritz295]

Love that Deere 4650!! 💪🏻💪🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@bigtractorpower]

The 4650 and 4850 are cool tractors.

[@frankscruggs4749]

Good video.

[@geraldfriesen1720]

We got a couple 5288's and a 5488 IH. 2 years ago I had to get a snap ring put back on in the Tranny on the 54, so when we were ay the Salvage we found a wrecked front wheel assist, so we made a deal and took it home and made our 54 into a MFWD. Just needs paint now

[@williamgreenway9893]

Hands down the John Deere which I drove got to drive the 4630 to.😊

[@stringbean3898]

My favorite was the 3545 Massey!

[@bigtractorpower]

Great 80’s tractor.

[@404nitro]

This was cool to watch. The last scene was Jake in their combine and his sister in the 2-155 wasn't it?

[@AndreiTupolev]

That John Deere is a very good looking machine. 🚜

[@bigtractorpower]

The 4650 and 4850 were monster tractors in 1983.

[@timnichols9015]

I have a 1983 4850. Key machine in our operation. It steps in when the MX270 is down for repairs ( happened several times)

[@bigtractorpower]

Very nice. A farm I have featured here on BTP has a 4850 they bought new and it has 32,000 hours and is still going strong. I hope to get to film their 4850 this year.

[@joshbakker7541]

I use to have a White 2-155 Field boss that I used to pull a Hesston 4800 square baler.

[@bigtractorpower]

Very cool baling team.

[@joshbakker7541]

@@bigtractorpower I loved the roar of old Perkins, hard to start in winter but an awesome tractor I like the name Field Boss.

[@richardclay7574]

Jason, love the older tractors but was have you heard or know why there hasn’t been any videos from Renner stock farms hope everything is well with them keep putting out your videos

[@jamesjolly7406]

👍👍

[@ArmpitStudios]

White! Plus a White plow and combine!

[@robertburt9071]

Great tractors Was a good year The year got married

[@piperdoug428]

Wow running a discbine with no windows is risky, even the small stones are like bullets

[@almcknight2402]

I have a 1983 international 3088 smallest of the 88 series

[@mathewpennington7049]

I live in the mountains of western NC now from being born and raised in a farming community of Delaware. Only one farm of 227 acres is still in....horrible operation and the builder of huge homes starting at 500k on 1/4 acre lots is harassing him to sell.

[@peanutsmith1462]

That’s the year I was born

[@bigtractorpower]

👍👍👍. It was a good year for tractors.

[@dt-vn5tk]

Hello, Do you know of locations in the US that may be interested in purchasing a 1973 JD 4430. Calling from Canada, sorry to bother, thanks for the videos. Really enjoy BTP. 🚜

[@bigtractorpower]

I do not. Have you tried Tractor House?

[@dt-vn5tk]

@@bigtractorpower no thank you

[@markriegler430]

I wish allis would have gotten the 8095 to market

[@bigtractorpower]

It would have been neat to see the 8095 in production.

[@clinthochrein888]

Gosh, hard to pick one. When we farmed dad had a 1984 Massey Ferguson 285 w/can 2 wheel drive 80 h.p. To which as a kid I thought it was a high horse power back then 😂. Had it until my folks retired from dairy farming in 2001 when we had the machinery auction.

[@jasonw2893]

Have a 285 right now pulls good for it’s size all those tractors are good at leaking oil

[@clinthochrein888]

@@jasonw2893 really, I think there was something with the transmission on those? Always grind even when the clutch was depressed. Course that could be operator error 🥴😁

[@johnmccall8788]

I wish you could have found a better Case 90 series to represent. That thing looks rough.

[@williamgreenway9893]

I drove a 4840 would love to drive a 4640 just see how strong it was.🤔

[@wadepinnon1694]

You would be welcome to come video my 2590 working this spring In southern Illinois

[@bigtractorpower]

That would be awesome. I am a 2590 fan. Please email me at [e-mail]

[@wadepinnon1694]

@@bigtractorpower I enjoy your videos and would love to meet you and let you see what we do here in Lick Creek

[@marcmctier2741]

John Deere 4650

[@thecanadianredneckfarmer]

We own a ji case 2290 and a 2292

[@bigtractorpower]

Very nice. Case tractors are a brand I want to feature more. I hope to catch a 2590 this year.

[@thecanadianredneckfarmer]

Come all the way up to Saskatchewan and you could see a case 1070 Or a 4494 lol

[@littlerougue]

well obviously the ford but that white wasn;;t bad

[@PhilWilburn]

Run a 1983 White 2-75

[@tubbyruston7130]

International gets my vote

[@bigtractorpower]

The 5488 is a stand out. 👍👍

[@truthandfreedom885]

Still do not have enough money for that new of tractor.

[@kirklothert3435]

At least you started the video with the right color tractor. Nothing runs like a Deere. If it ain't green... It ain't mean!!!