I Bought A John Deere 4020 Powershift Tractor!

For the past year I've been searching for a John Deere 4020 Powershift with Side Console, and 2 SCVs. I had a hard time finding one at a good price. Earlier this Summer one came across FB marketing place in So. Minnesota and I went to purchase it right away. It's been an awesome tractor!
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[@andrewsfarm]

Please keep the cab on it. The cab protects the components from the sun and rain. And it also adds to the look of the tractor. Personally, fit an aftermarket AC to the cab, and make sure you have a heater for winter😂.

[@willblackerby9055]

I agree. Keep the cab and put an ac /heater on it. 😎😎😎

[@Landon4803-v9n]

Yeah but it looks dorky with the cab

[@30acreshop_time]

@@Landon4803-v9nno it doesn’t 😂, this is the classic look for the 4020s that were built in the late 60s to 70s. Almost every tractor build from 68’ to 72’ had this cab on it. And it does look good.

[@alexmikhael5061]

TENT the windows.... AC up on top... keep it coool and warm and run run run ;) well does it really need to be the SNOPLOW... BUT eh depends on how it starts in the sno eh? HAVE AN AWE SOME EVERY THING!!!!!

[@alexmikhael5061]

@@Landon4803-v9n but... that's where ya put all the new LED LIGHTS to SEE THE EDGE OF THE FIELDS right? ;)

[@brendanleis6411]

That’s a really nice tractor. Before you decide whether to keep the cab or not, I’d suggest looking up the serial number and seeing if you can find how it was originally configured. Some things won’t be right if you take the cab off, like the decal placement of the 4020 number, which should then be moved to behind the engine. Also, those fender are integral to the cab, so you’d need to get fenders as well. While that isn’t a Deere cab, it is extremely close to the factory cab option we had on our 4320, so I’m thinking it was still a factory option, or dealer install, even though it was made by another company. You should wear hearing protection in there though. The noise levels are actually louder than without the cab and much higher than safe levels. I’m sure your ears were ringing after using it so that is your sign that hearing protection is needed. Beautiful tractor and congrats on the purchase.

[@wyatt12358]

Hiniker made cabs for JOHN DEERE, OLIVER, INTERNATIONAL, AND MOLINE they were not bad.

[@whjerts]

The first factory cabs Deere offered were made by Hinson I believe.

[@brendanleis6411]

@@whjerts that’s the name I couldn’t quite come up with. I knew it wasn’t a Hiniker on that tractor and that’s why I thought it might be factory option.

[@derrickzenner9300]

That's a factory cab

[@whjerts]

@@derrickzenner9300 factory cab, but built by Hinson.

[@GriswoldFarms]

Sweet tractor! But I'd recommend not shifting from forward to reverse without the clutch, just cause you can doesn't mean you should. It is really bad on the transmission and we've had to put 2 in our 4020 because of it. Just my 2 cents

[@AalijahMoss]

Same on Ford 8830 tractors

[@brockrodgers1134]

People here since he started farming 👇

[@Jeremiah_324]

ive been here since fs17 👍

[@oklahomaman2000]

@@Jeremiah_324 same here

[@brockrodgers1134]

@@Jeremiah_324 haven’t been here that long… i believe since fs19

[@karlwolf8703]

What a beautiful tractor! My father’s first new tractor was a 1966 4020 with power shift. I was in the 6th grade and put 100s of hours on it. I loved that tractor! It had an Excellent add on cab but no ac. My vote is keep the cab. You’ll never regret buying this tractor. All best!

[@darrinmiranda7408]

Keep the cab. Put an ac unit on it. Old school tech cool

[@bboy9232]

Bro it has ac

[@themeepingmeeper]

​@@bboy9232no it doesnt

[@adamhemmelgarn3300]

Keep the cab, my grandpa and uncle have one with the cab and in the summer they take all the windows/doors off, but like others are saying, it will also protect the cab components

[@Wieselerfarms]

Yes definitely keep that cab on especially since it is in such good condition

[@waynejones5239]

Add ac

[@Darkergoat]

Keep th cab

[@peteparker7396]

Still have my Dads 4020 that’s identical to yours. It was the first tractor he ever bought brand new. I will never ever sell it. Haulin hay is good for you! New holland bale wagon makes it even better! The only problem with baling small bales, especially with a Deere is if you’re not on the ball watching as your windrow thins or gets bigger, it will bale odd sized bales. Gotta watch it as it goes ion the pickup head to make sure there’s an even flow. It’s not bunching up or it’s pulling the windrow apart. Nice, even flow. I still bale about 5k

[@buroakridgehomestead5995]

Keep the cab. You have one without a cab already. It’s nice to have options. If you need to use something when it’s cold out, the cab will be awesome. If it’s hot, use the open station machine.

[@thomasvogelgesang667]

Keep the cab on it. Helps to keep away skin cancer. You two guys are great at starting your farms. You guys rock. The young boy “ Came on driver” had me laughing.

[@wendymangas5973]

Keep the cab add some fans in the corners, the cab keeps the sun, wind and rain out plus I'm not sure about how much noise it keeps out. The safety factor also just like the young kid riding along while you were bailing, he is not going fall off-out of the tractor. I know this from personnel experience when I fell off a tractor fender luckily I didn't get hurt, but could have bin terrible .

[@brandong8623]

Keep the cab and put a.c. unit on top!! Plus the cab looks sweet

[@jameswest332]

Keep the cab Put an after market AC unit on it plus a heater for winter. Those 4020's are a good machine !

[@africk-p5b]

Leave the cab on it, makes the tractor look better. Really a nice looking tractor!!!

[@jaredstivers]

Uncle Buch got some Competition. Nice tractor, Grant. Now you could run the Mower/Baler on one 4020 and Rake / Tedder with the other one. If you guys goes with a wheel Rake in the V Style and a decent 2 pull type Tedder, (Older models don't use Hydraulic, so can be pulled by smaller tractor, We currently pull our two row Tedder with a 230 IH or 40 John deere. That would increase your hay operation and baling operation). With that cab on the 4020, i would recomend a Tar River, Plastic 3-point Dry box Spreader. They run new about 900, but would be good to run loose/Pellets fertilizer/Grass Broadcast over your grass and corn field in the spring or fall and using the other tractor to disk or Cullipact the seed and fertilizer into the ground

[@randybedker1584]

Keep the cab make it look nicer. Plus helps keep stuff looking better inside.

[@robertmiller8336]

I don't remember which one of our 4020 or 4320 had the power shift or if they were later models with the side console for hydraulics. They were both great tractors. IF the cab is in good shape, keep it. While you are not dealing with animals in winter, it is nice to be out of the wind. I am sure you can add an aftermarket heater and cooler. Side note, if you don't want to exit the cab really quickly, as in falling on your face, come down backwards. (facing the interior of the cab.

[@whjerts]

4320 wasn’t available with power shift. And all 4320’s were side console.

[@southpawred7172]

The side console started with the 1969 models.

[@panders55]

Leave the factory cab on it and fix the ac unit.

[@user-hv3fo5fh4o]

You'll definitely want to put a handle bar on the Power shift side like you have on the pto side. Will make shifting a lot easier. Nice tractor, cab is in great condition.

[@Jundt22]

Keep the cab Grant. Trust me you will regret it after you take it off.

[@Roboticus_Prime_RC]

Nice, Grant! Keep the cab. Fix or install AC. That boy is an animal! One quick tip for doing small squares. Dont just use your arms to lift them over your head. Pick up the bale, then use your knee to boost them up. Use your arms to add to the momentum after you knee it. It's much less tiring that way.

[@ethanrepine8862]

Grant looks like you have some hay/alfalfa fields now. If you don't plant them to corn or soy beans I suggest getting a haybine or discbine(your choice). Great looking 4020, now you just need a 4440 to get the two best tractors John Deere ever made.

[@tristanfarms]

Beautiful tractor! congratulations!Sounds like you need to grease the hitch on the gooseneck

[@zacharyvollmer9874]

Leve the cab on a take the door off trust me it males a difference also if it's after 1971 model you can add ac to it if its a 1969 or 1970 you can also add ac just have to do some modifications also sove insulation in the dash keeps alot of the engine heat out also you should buy a 4520 or 4620 also we have the same cab on are 1966 4020 we just modified it so it fits

[@billmoore_n5z]

Keep the cab, it will keep the sun off of you better than a folding canopy. It also makes it safer for people riding with whoever is driving. I have seen the cut snake hanging out of a bale while hauling hay.

[@evansfarms7961]

I’d definitely keep the cab on for hay work! We ted all our hay with our 4020 with a cab and we get good air flow with the fender windows open

[@dakotaracebrown]

My dad’s first tractor, when he started farming, he bought a 4020. He told me the first thing he did was take the cab off. He always told me it was way cooler that way. He had the previous version with Syncro Range transmission. It always seemed like a puzzle when I drove his 4020. Great tractor he still has it. Doesn’t use it as much. Also back to the cab. I’ve seen some guys get the yellow umbrella. I always wanted one for my dad’s tractor to keep the sun off. It would be the best option.

[@dlsmith1961]

I agree with everyone else about the cab. I think down the road you would regret taking it off. It provides shade from the sun, protection from the wind and with the windows all out you have really good air flow. I also have to comment on how good a worker Ty is. That young man hung right in there with you guys pitching & stacking hay. That's a hot and dirty job and he took it in stride. Good to see these days.

[@Jundt22]

Now you just need a 4440 ❤️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@Brandonrm1]

I have one and I love it

[@ethanrepine8862]

Two of the best tractors John Deere ever made, the 4020 and the 4440. We had a 3010 on the farm when I grew up, then my dad sold it and got a 5410 among other John Deere tractors.

[@tgunnsgaming]

I think you should keep the cab on for sure.

[@ColtonRunge]

I’d love to see the cab stay on grant ! the dust levels will stay way down , and I hope you plan on pulling one of your wagons with it this fall looks like a really clean tractor !

[@joejohnson8490]

Keep the cab, fix the AC

[@JohnnieSummerlin]

I would leave the cab on in the summer if at all possible. Put you some fans in there to move air for, you need to keep as mush sun off you as posible

[@MrPrincebade]

I thought that farm yard looked familiar. Came from one of my relatives. Looks like you guys are getting your use out of it. Hope it treats you well!

[@ggibson793]

Keep the cab. You can take the windows off in the hot weather and it will keep you nice and shaded. Then in the cold you can put the windows back on and run that heater to stay not so cold

[@TylerWolta]

Instead of taking the entire cab off, just take the windows off. That what my dad and I did on our 2520 John Deere. It works REALLY well.

[@BizzaroTractors]

You guys need to get some hay bale hooks. Also, I would keep the cab and find an a/c unit for it.

[@O.KFarmToysdeutzallis6275]

keep the cab on it. It looks great. The only things I would do is put led lights on it as well as the 8110 and combine. I would also paint the mufler or put a chrome stack on it

[@CuriousEarthMan]

I'd keep the cab if it was mine. Of course you do what you feel is best :) Great video! Nice to see Spencer healing and young Ty helping out! Great drone footage. Drones are becoming par for the course in capturing the action. The 4020 looks esp. sweet after Spencer washed it! Thanks again and I'm looking forward to your next one! (video OR tractor lol)

[@Mark-km7uo]

Great tractor ! I have the same one but an earlier model ! What you can do is take the front, sides, and back off and use the ROPS and roof ! Deere used their canopy and added the rest to make a cab !

[@ethacker6682]

keep the cab as it is in good shape.. you will be happy on a rainy day.your big deeres will be used for the high hour jobs with low sound and ac. you can run with the doors off in summer on the 4020

[@gillesmeurs300]

keep the cap (built ac in it)

[@Lightboxs123]

24:32 in my opinion I would have left the cab on.

[@MarcusAbitz]

Please keep the cab on! That’s a factory Stopler cab. They were an option from John Deere you could also get an Henson cab from Deere from 69’ to 72’

[@alexmikhael5061]

totally cool!!!! not a bad fiddyfooter!!! :) not a bad fiddyfooter at all!!! :) I AGREE WITH THE OTHERS ABOUT FIX/REDO the air con (upgrade to the new wutever kit??) but KEEP THE CAB, cuz like UV RAYZ AND MELLONOMONOMOMNONINA!!! TINT those winderz.... and up top out a RV AC UNIT or something awesome up there to keep ya coooooool out there int he hay... hay hay farrrrmer!@

[@JoinMyAdventures_YT]

Awesome rig grant, hope to see you at the farm progress show

[@The_Carpetonic_Musketeer]

Always loved 4020s with cabs, especially how farms work's 4020

[@tonyserbousek8367]

My dad had one of these with power shift. I learned to drive a tractor and disc a field in it. Thanks for sharing this

[@maxroy3644]

Keep cab and fix the ac

[@TWinkler02]

When we got our 4020, we took the cab off. It’s more noisy with a cab actually, and hotter like you already said. The fenders don’t seem to be the most secure without the cab though. I quite like the look of the tractor with just a canopy. Also, look up the “grove conversion” for those SCVs. They’re much nicer couplers to use and never leak. The standard ISO conversion doesn’t seem to last more than 500hrs without needing new seals.

[@taylorj9920]

That 4020 starter and fire off sure brings back memories We ran 4230 and 4020s when I was farming growing up

[@mattwilson9311]

Keep the cap if you especially going to bail with it. Plus if you’re gunna auger grain in or out of bins it’ll be nice. Rewire with new lights is all that I’d do.

[@cedricbroussard8738]

I would keep the cab bc it will keep the inside in awesome shape!!🙏🙏

[@garywaxler7866]

Keep the cab. It'll be good for shade. Get a short piece of square tubing & bolt a magnet to one side & a 12v fan to the other side. The square tubing acts as a handle & the magnet allows you to stick it to any place in the cab with metal. Cheap solution in the absence of ac. I usually have mine blowing on the front-right side of my face. Portable, easily positioned, & only limited by the availability of 12v outlets.

[@randybedker1584]

Tye if hook the bale closer to the end when you pull it will lift the end of the bale slide easier. Just a suggestion from an old man who did a few bales when younger.

[@austinmorrow2714]

Like you said, you don’t need two 4020’s. Keep the cab, and use the one you want to, at that time of year.

[@DWHALES]

Keep the cab, if you want more air in the summer just pull out the gasketed glass.. best of both worlds 👌

[@jeffwotherspoon3867]

Yeah keep the cab or you will have many extra issues with all the components, such as rusting out, electrical short outs, seizing or out right breaking, exposing to the elements is never a good plan

[@fordfalconfordayz]

you should leave the cab on it and put air con in it then it will be a ripper 👍👍

[@alysonjeffrey6930]

Looks better with the cab on. Keep the cab!

[@theconsolesimguy3170]

That lil guy put in a hard day's work, hopefully yall treated him to a nice dinner and some good pay

[@geedubb2005]

Tyler is a good hand and eager to work. You guys are a good influence to him.

[@LandensFarms]

Take the cab off put a canopy on it for shade but get a kit that you can put on it that blows hot air from the engine to the operator we have one on our tractor and it work’s awesome and it comes with hard plastic windows to help keep cold air off of you and I see you using that tractor a lot more in the summer than in the winter

[@chrisheinen9628]

If you did keep the cab. How bout Tinting the windows?

[@MagnumCamNZ]

Keep the cab on it. Makes it more user friendly 👍🏻🚜🇳🇿

[@OldIronFarmToys-eg8tz]

Good bye I love the powershifts Especially in the 4020s

[@911buckfeverr]

Do like cane farmers would do with old John Deere’s and allis charmers down here in Louisiana. Remove the windows for summer use and when it gets cold enough put them back on.

[@frankg5466]

Now add a 4020 with 4wd and duals, you will have the 3 models all different from each other

[@Backintimefarms]

Not fs22

[@Truth_hurts459]

Keep the cap and tint the windows 5% 🔥🔥

[@kivettmilton2996]

Keep the cab it keeps everything dry and its part of the look of the tractor just get the ac fixed...and its protection for the operator from the heat,cold, dust, bugs...

[@jls1045]

That's a clean, beautiful JD 4020. It's a classic. This brings back so many memories of driving a 4020 as a teenager, back in the 60's in Indiana. I loved that tractor! We also baled hay, using a smaller JD 2010 to pull the baler. You can't beat the smell of newly mown hay. Stay safe! Love from TX.😊

[@user-fc6wi4iz7s]

Keep the cab and restore it for a show tractor. If you do take the cab off keep it so you can put it back on someday when and if you paint it for a show tractor. There are not too many 4020 with cabs restored

[@6thGenFarmer]

Love the new addition! I have only ever driven shuttle shift 20 series tractors but the family has a 4230 with a 8 speed power shift. Nice tractors

[@user-ql4jm5nr4t]

put some big wide floaters on the front

[@Liams-lever]

You should put a big chrome stack on it

[@loisgustafson1558]

Absolutely not!! It will cease to be a 4020 factory tractor. It will just look....dumb! All those tractors shown on utube with chrome strait pipes look as dumb as a young kid with pants ready to fall off! Ron

[@fx_tra-der]

Hey I am new subscriber 😊 Yeah keep it that cab ❤ Can u please update your discription (please fill it with like where are you from, which crops you cultivate etc)

[@damienodonohue1327]

Excellent tractor, factory Hinson cab,dual remotes& 3point linkage, and side console, the holy grail here in Australia!!! ie, keep the cab!!!

[@wags3016]

You'll want to keep your power take off lever linkage for your valve adjusted up to proper specification. I forget exactly what the spec is (should be in the operators or deere tech manual), but it will keep your actuator pistons from pulsing and taking the o-rings out. You'll have oil coming out of your bell housing and you'll have to split the tractor to put those new o-rings in.

[@patrickburgmeier7902]

I have the exact same tractor. Been driving it since I was 12 😊 keep the cab on it. Also standing at the rear of the tractor and facing it, the left hydraulic remote, you can add a power beyond block to it, so you can add additional grecian hydraulic valves like I have to run a front-end loader. My loader is a jd 158 loader. It's alitte much for the front axle. The jd 148 loader is recommended.

[@samjohnson1344]

Keep the cab on it. You will regret not having it. It’s safer and more comfortable.

[@paulheim5389]

Personally I think that cab looks as good as the tractor and I’d probably keep it.

[@jacobcarry163]

Nice buy Grant!

[@1striperon]

My favorite tractor. Plowing, baling, cutting corn silage, it was such a joy to work it.

[@_lucas_1k_]

100% keep the cab. Sweet tractor Grant

[@brendanleis6411]

If you can find a 4320 in that shape, snap it up. Same as the 4020 but with a heavier rear end and more power with the turbo charger.

[@levesquejp4964]

Keep the cab you could install a good old style fan or 2 for hot weather before ac that was the way to go

[@vincentnowakowski509]

Keep the cab! Fix the AC you won’t regret it.

[@boofer875]

Ran one here in Northeast Mississippi around 1968. It was new and no cab. Loved to pull square bales on trailer on gravel road. Just before dark I'd power shift up and watch the smoke roll. They also had Farmall 756 and 856. I live about a mile from the grandson who inherited one of those. He said it's never been rebuilt. You done good.

[@brandonparker6670]

Can you tint the windows to help with heat?

[@shaygold2438]

I would keep the cab. Yes it may get hot in there but you can always buy a cheap rechargeable fan and mount it somewhere in the cab. Plus the cab will help keep you protected from the sun plus skin cancer is not a fun thing to deal with.

[@Pep8691]

Beauty tractor!! Keep the cab it would be a mistake to remove it. You guys are going to get good at mechanicing with two 4020's around. That is a good thing

[@rcwayt4020]

Nice tractor! I just replaced those return line boots on 4230! Awesome video

[@user-km4dw7lu2y]

From old white haired farmer took my cab off kept rops and top nice shade and not so much noise. Took fan off top and covered with plate steel used rtv to seal it. Sharp tractor. I have 1 4010 and 2 4020

[@mr.rubber_duck]

Personal cabs a bit to much but roll bar isn't enough they make a roof that bolts onto the role bare supper nice for airflow and gives you shade and keeps the rain off also what are the chances your really doing a hole lot of work in the winter with a 4020 id really suggested a you get a semi and a grain cart for 8110 or get something like a 4630 and get a cart for that and just run your wagons on 8110

[@heatherhartman7992]

Keep the cab plz

[@jimbreedlove1342]

Keep the cab add ac

[@bboy9232]

Take the cab of the seat and plastic starts to rot and the foam John Deere design that tractor for the cab so it nice just fix the ac then it's nice

[@kev1227200141]

keep the cab. you can put ac to it.