John Deere 420 Crawler in the Snow

[@crosscreekclassics3595]

Great video!! I’m restoring a 420 with a holt blade just like yours but it is the angle blade. I was wondering if you could get some measurements and some close up pics of the cylinders for the blade. Ours are missing and I’d like to find something similar. Thanks.

[@deernutOO]

Great to see the 420C. Used to have one. Awesome.

[@tomjack9632]

Ahh, nothing like the sound of a John deere 2 banger, you have a very nice machine, I have a JD 440, love that old girl..

[@gotwoodinhead6814]

Thanks. They are wonderful machines!

[@gleanerk]

I appreciate you sharing this video, enjoyed watching!

[@gotwoodinhead6814]

Glad you enjoyed. Happy to share!

[@dougcarnahan4228]

Beautiful and strong! Thanks

[@gotwoodinhead6814]

Thank you. I would agree! :)

[@mikejohnson5491]

Dad had a doser and bought a tract loader that had been under water. At first it was for parts. Me and my cousin Todd took it apart in the driveway and moved the parts to the shed. Then pulled the rest down the hill and pushed it into the shed. Then the cleaning and putting it back together.

[@gotwoodinhead6814]

Nice. Did you ever get it running?

[@mikejohnson5491]

@@gotwoodinhead6814 yeah didn't really have to get anything but a gasket kit. Me and my cousin were pretty young but my dad and uncle did a lot of maintain on cars trucks boats farm equipment. Dad had to buy one gear because of a broken tooth, sorta big and it cost more than the tract loader that had been under water. Dads friend had a 3/4 ton truck and we had a heavy duty tilt trailer and used the dozer to push it on the trailer and chained it to a tree and pulled the trailer out from under it.

[@gotwoodinhead6814]

@@mikejohnson5491 Lots of good memories there! I appreciate you sharing. No better way to learn how something than by tearing it apart and putting it back together.

[@mikejohnson5491]

@@gotwoodinhead6814 learned that you can do many things by yourself by doing

[@markdarragh6627]

My father had same crawler,,,with winch,,and it was amazing the work he could do with it! He was an operator way back ! He had 5 acres on Vanc Island cleared it,,pulled logs outta creek,,we fell cedars and pulled,em out to,,his dog would ride up with him,,,hilarious!!!

[@gotwoodinhead6814]

Man I'd love to get a winch for mine someday. They're quite spendy though and usually need rebuilding. There's not many tasks put before the machine it can't do. Havent found a log it can't pull yet! Thanks for the comment.

[@markdarragh6627]

@@gotwoodinhead6814 Yessir Dad an I pulled alotta snag(huge) Maples and fir,, cedars out and away from a Salmon spawning creek!! He was always very careful not to disturb anything along the creek beds too,,where Winch came in handy cause with pulleys and poles he,d LIFT,em out and off to the side!! Had some huge cedars leaning the wrong way too,, i,d clinb up tie off a line,,,he,s set a block and take strain,,pull a bit and we,d cut!! Some close calls but those cedars became the siding for the house,,great times for us both!!

[@gotwoodinhead6814]

@@markdarragh6627 Sounds like a lot of great memories with dad and the dozer! So he must have had a sawmill too?

[@markdarragh6627]

@@gotwoodinhead6814 Neighbor had a portable,,VERY handy guy,,faller too,,helped with the BIG stuff!! Dad rigged up a boom withu prights off the blade,,and could use winch with it too thru a cple pulleys over the roof,,, sold dozer to a young fella with 20 acres on other side of Mtn>,,became good friends too!! Dad did buy a heavier Case but it wasn,t the same somehow,,,didn,t seem near as much fun,,weird!!

[@kentpowell5427]

very nice machine - thanks for sharing

[@gotwoodinhead6814]

Happy to. Thanks!

[@tractortalkwithgary1271]

She really sparks to life

[@gotwoodinhead6814]

Yup. A good running machine!

[@genebonjour5545]

Sweet crawler

[@gotwoodinhead6814]

Thanks! I would totally agree.

[@curtisfoster3328]

I've got a '57 420 also. Don't have a cage, just open seat. I have a 'Holt' blade. I use this machine a couple of times a year.

[@gotwoodinhead6814]

When you need it it sure is handy to have around! Another one we had when I was younger had a Holt blade. This one doesnt have any branding anywhere.

[@joedonahue566]

My father had a series 40 1956 I believe. Ran great for many years logged and firewood on a trailer. It was yellow,with a three point hitch along with a blade on front that you could manually adjust the angle.

[@gotwoodinhead6814]

Yes, I've seen those. Very interesting and very handy machines! Unless someone painted it later, the ones painted yellow from the factory were manufactured to be used by government agencies- county, state, etc. and later sold to the public.

[@joedonahue566]

@@gotwoodinhead6814 No,it was brand new. Sold by JD dealer in Sanford Maine. In the many I have viewed on this site I have not seen one with the type of blade Dad had,and that was as it came to him. I was on that tractor the day he had it delivered. He paid I believe around 2600.00 for it. I sold it in 1993 for 2500.00 A guy wanted it for towing a brush cuter up ski slopes. Had thepins and bushings on the tracks done once,very interesting operation. I so loved that tractor .

[@gotwoodinhead6814]

@@joedonahue566 Very interesting! We put new pins and bushings in one we had years ago. We welded up a jig with a hydraulic jack to press them in and out. It took forever! Do you have any pictures of the old crawler your dad had?

[@joedonahue566]

@@gotwoodinhead6814 Yes just have to find them.

[@rcclassiccrawlers4368]

Nice little dozer. Wouldn’t mind having something like that one day. Not sure what I would use it for but still would be nice to have. 👍

[@gotwoodinhead6814]

One does not necessarily have to NEED a bulldozer to own one. Sometimes it's nice to just go outside and admire it every once in a while 😉

[@inthelandofmilkandhoney457]

Nice working unit 👍

[@gotwoodinhead6814]

Thanks. It has its share of quirks but its a good machine. I love it!

[@freeradical6390]

57 420c with 430 motor out here in Sprague River OR saying hi!

[@gotwoodinhead6814]

Hey neighbor! Im on the west side. Funny, I was in Chiloquin last fall. Is the 430 motor different than the 420? Still a gas 2 cylinder?

[@randyschneider6086]

My father had a JD 40C he used to skid logs to his sawmill.

[@gotwoodinhead6814]

That is awesome! They re great machines!

[@tractortalkwithgary1271]

What a nice 420. I have a friend that has a 40 crawler. His channel name is “Far Away Farm”.

[@gotwoodinhead6814]

Interesting. Ill.check him out! All them older small crawlers are so cool!

[@denjhill]

Johnny Popper. Sounds good.

[@gotwoodinhead6814]

Thanks. Love the sound!

[@JSProjectWild]

Heavy wet snow no match for Johnny Pop!🦾

[@gotwoodinhead6814]

Pushing snow was so much fun it almost makes me wish it snowed more... almost

[@UncleRobsGarage]

I have one!

[@gotwoodinhead6814]

Nice! Do you know what year your is?

[@thomasduffey5059]

Wonderful machine. Gas or diesel? What part of the world is this?

[@gotwoodinhead6814]

Thanks. I am in Oregon, USA. The crawler has a gas 2 cylinder engine.

[@andymoszynski1137]

Gas and I'm in Easthampton Mass.

[@andymoszynski1137]

The problem I have with it I changed the carburetor on it with a zenith carb and now I'm having trouble with it. Any suggestions

[@kardyify]

@@gotwoodinhead6814 👍🏻

[@andymoszynski1137]

Small but it does the job I have a model M 4010

[@gotwoodinhead6814]

What year is your M 4010? Why did you change the carburetor?

[@kevinjohnston4512]

Can you imagine if they made machinery like that.

[@gotwoodinhead6814]

That would be amazing! I would love it if they made simple solid machinery you can work on yourself like they used to.

[@jimjohnson3307]

Father in law has one just like that, spent lots of hours pulling trees from the timber

[@jimjohnson3307]

His has 3 point and pto on it.

[@gotwoodinhead6814]

Nice! Great little machines. Very powerful for their size. I havent found a tree mine wouldnt pull yet. A 3 point would sure be handy!