JOHN DEERE 7520 Tractor Plowing

[@aaronfarr4753]

My oldest cousin bought one for his farm in southern Ny in 72. I was three and can still remember my first ride in it. Later in the 80’s I got to operate it plowing and discing in the spring and running a forage harvester chopping corn for silage in the fall. Hands down I still think it was the greatest tractor I ever got to run in the field. Straight from the factory His had the big singles not duals and he never changed that. Last I checked, this past spring now 52 years later than the day it was delivered it’s still working the same farm using the same equipment since the day it was new it has just gone from father all the way to grandchildren behind the steering wheel of it now. It somehow never got too small for that farm and never let them down. They have always kept it in perfect order and it has repaid them by becoming known as old reliable #3. Old reliable #1 being a 1959 730 and old reliable #2 being a 1964/65 4020 with powershift transmission. All of which were bought brand new and always kept and still regularly used on the same farm.

[@bigtractorpower]

Wow what a great history. That’s sounds like a tractor I would enjoy filming. Could you email me at [e-mail]

[@truthandfreedom885]

My Dad bought the first 7520 out of John Deere out of Casselton ND in 1972 for $22,500 . My uncle bought one the next year and had to pay $33, 000 for it because of demand. It was happening again , look how the price of equipment jumped recently. BTW, I still haven my uncle's 7520. It's in great shape for its age and just put new radial tires on it.

[@curtiscains8533]

Thats an impressive simple yet very strong 4 wheel workhorse. The craftsmenship of the technology of the 60's and 70's was superior that today. Thats why that tractor is still running today.

[@user-snowman5]

Love that style of farmin gearshift levers and black smoke, old iron that plowed the country and still goin

[@bigtractorpower]

1970’s cool 😁

[@Hinesfarm-Indiana]

Oh yeah nothing like rollin coal lol 😆

[@AhTechus]

Good video, but the discussion on agriculture technology felt a bit brief. More in-depth coverage would be awesome.

[@Oscartomashernandez]

😱😱😱

[@Oscartomashernandez]

Muy bun tractor

[@RichardS-qh8mi]

My favourite sound in the late summer/ early autumn is that of big rig tractors ploughing in the distance - without our farmers we’d all be starving. This era of big tractors is the best for me - no computers, no fly by wire or AI, just the skill of the ploughman setting the depth, throttle and pace all day and night long. Magic.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Hard to beat the clearance of the 588. Great plowing video!

[@bigtractorpower]

Oliver and WFE built some of the best plows on the market. I would like to find a 10 bottom FORD version for my FW30.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

@@bigtractorpower sent you an email

[@Thewaywefarm]

Thank you for the shout out Jason! Glad you are showing our 7520 doing what it was designed to do. Keep up the great work!

[@anthonyhengst2908]

It is very satisfying watching the ground getting turned over by this tillage team.

[@ScottPykare]

A really awesome 4wd back then. That 6 bottom is giving her a go.

[@truthandfreedom885]

We had two 7520s in the mid 1970s hold 8/16 and 10/16s with them without any trouble. You need some weights on the front of that tractor and a little less moisture. Does seem to be having a go Rollie Pullen six bottoms in my opinion

[@kevinfox5068]

I'm an old fashioned bugger ,I much prefer a plow or in England we spell it plough fitted with skimmers as well as disc's so the skimmers start to turn over the stubble then the breast or mole board turns the lot over and there is no rubbish shown on the surface ,the down side is you have to drop a gear otherwise the plow is prone to block up in there lays the skill of the tractor man, I enjoy looking at a freshly plowed field where the stetching is marked out correctly using a conventional plow and all the stubble rubbish is buried or the manure, but plowing is an expensive operation so I suppose most farmers prefer direct drilling, with the weather the way it is now you do need to get on and off the field as quickly as possible. Great video as always Jason many thanks Kevin Fox, England.

[@marks_sparks1]

Excellent video. John Deere & a mouldboard plough is always a winner for me. The farmer had those ploughshares set good - little to no stubble showing

[@Mr9501]

Awesome footage!…love seeing the older equipment…

[@404nitro]

IMO, the 7520 is one of the coolest tractors JD has made. I'd love to own one in nice shape some day.

[@martymartin2894]

First one I've seen and I agree

[@debi5292]

We used the same tractor and plow. Only we had a seventh bottom on the plow. The 588 plows had an issue with the center beam bowing down in the middle in tough conditions. Very reliable tractor without the issues of the 8630 and the junk front frame that flexed the engine block and caused engine failures.

[@kygreenskeeper8326]

I could listen to that engine all day... Awesome Jason

[@bigtractorpower]

It sure has a strong sound.

[@jimyeske8498]

We had a 4620 turbo with a 6 bottom plough. We originally had a normally aspirated 5020. The 4620 was a much better tractor! Surprised how much the 7520 was struggling for traction where the ground was damp! Looks like he had his depth control set a bit optimistically! Thanks for sharing, love the old stuff!

[@stephenwest2476]

That's still one of my favorite models

[@SimonKL11]

That's such a mean looking machine😄💪 the plowed ground looks great😉👍 nice video once again👍

[@DB_Cooper727]

Dad’s friend pulled a Harrell 6 bottom switch plow with a 1979 AC 7080. That was something to see!

[@bigtractorpower]

Very cool. The 7080 was monster power in 1979.

[@DarrenShaw-ev5tb]

Allways loved the 7520 ! - Looked very Menacing with a dozer blade hanging off the front ! Thanx Jayson

[@GentilesNantungane]

❤😮😊😅🎉😂😮❤❤

[@OldIronFarmToys-eg8tz]

The 7520 Is a very cool tractor 🚜 😎 👌

[@martymartin2894]

That's a lovely rare tractor

[@agridronefly]

Great video! Nice John Deere

[@nytechteacher7432]

Wet conditions, love the styling. I plow my garden every year in the finger lakes of NY. Tried a cover crop once but found the ground would not dry out due to heavy clay north of Canandaigua Lake. It is also more fun to plow with my JD 40S

[@Anterjitsinghdhillon]

awesome im from india punjab im farmer is well. thanks for bring this kind of videos for us. keep it up love too watch more. God bless you much love from punjab

[@markreetz1001]

Nice tractor. It doesn't smoke and it sounds good!

[@wendellhagg3511]

Nice Setup !! H.

[@craigsibley8161]

Great ploughing video 👍👍👍

[@GaryEvans-lt2pn]

Old school farming at its best.

[@bigtractorpower]

I agree.

[@robertyagel2157]

Work horse's in there day good to see there still going love it

[@Blackwellll3066]

Sweet tractor plowing for sure

[@kristianpothof6859]

When i see those green stripes in the field i wonder how much wheat the combine spilled at the back... awesome tractor it is! Never seen one of those here in europe

[@Autigers2013]

I had one of these tractors when I was a kid!!!

[@Hinesfarm-Indiana]

Ya don’t see a lot of those tractors. Awesome classic 👍👍

[@bigtractorpower]

It was great to see a 7520 doing the job it was built to do.

[@Hinesfarm-Indiana]

@@bigtractorpowerfor sure

[@AkbarMoncongloe]

Nice video brother ❤❤❤

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you.

[@diegograndov5078]

Hermoso tractor es como el hermano mayor de mi 2420 soy fan de la linea 20 son los tractores mas lindos, muy lindas imagenes felicitaciones por el video.

[@rickyjohnson4767]

I used to drive a 7520 here in Tennessee it was 8 speed. I pulled a 8 row disk. that was in my early days.

[@brent9393]

At 22 mph that’s moving for that old girl. We got a 7520 with the high low, it’s almost spooky

[@vancrawford4064]

I was real sure that was what you were doing. Keep up the awesome work.

[@martinhiemstra5067]

I drove a JD 7020 when I was a kid pulled a 7 furrow JD plow. Even that tractor could pull that plow apart had to take it easy on it. Load hot but generally a decent tractor. Splitting them to replace clutches was a nightmare luckily a mechanic at a dealer who screwed up a job previously had to split it.

[@19661650]

Oliver White & IH Best plows ever made. Always pulled by a Oliver or a White on the farm.

[@tugboat2739]

Howdy bigtractorpower

[@Stevenjohn6855]

I always like to plow when I was younger. My father said you could make a hill flat with a plow as much as you moved the soil.

[@aboutthefarmer]

Beautiful friend support

[@Oscartomashernandez]

Muy bun tractor

[@jamieebersole6755]

Oliver, which turned into White, built the colorblind plow. Most of our plows are Oliver's and we still use them sometimes

[@jaysonaakre6074]

A few of my earliest farming memories were riding with my dad in a 2-135 white and a 549 plow configured almost identically to that one. The 2 point on land hitch seems pretty uncommon

[@artieshuster8013]

Retired now but when I did moldboard plow it was with 7405 deere 2 wheel drive & 4 bottom 508 white plows

[@bigtractorpower]

Very cool with a 7405.

[@davepayne586]

old tractor but still does the job.

[@samb7652]

Green strips... volunteer?...was this field baled?

[@WyattWilson-e7m]

Did you know John Deere stop making plows last year

[@bigtractorpower]

Yes in August 2023. I just ran a quiz including the 3710 plow in the Big Tractor Power KZbin community section a few days ago. John Deere no longer offers a moldboard plow but they do offer switch plows for cotton and peanut farmers.

[@EiEiKhine-s7x]

Yes

[@williamgreenway9893]

4840pulling 6-20" plows and walking the dog with them!😮

[@bigtractorpower]

The 4840 is a good tractor.

[@williamgreenway9893]

@@bigtractorpower yeah, I drove one

[@justgonnaskedaddle6715]

So I have a question about two way/rollover moldboard plows versus one way moldboard plows. Is there a difference in application/use or is it more personal preference? I realize the one ways have disks, but wasn’t sure about reasons for use.

[@davidschollenberger6871]

It’s been a long time since I plowed a field we Notill an do some chisel plowing have a jd 4 bottom 2500 hillside hitch plow

[@brentkelsay3439]

Nice. Seems like there's a little slippage, which ain't necessarily a bad thing

[@popswrench2]

WHITE plows turn and break up so nicely . i think first working articulator i saw was in field was former Munson farm 8430 . miles liked to pull rpm just below 1500 , and go FULL to show some Fog , now and then .... show for we teenagers 😅

[@clarencetrice4442]

those 😊😊 tractors are from the 197OS I still can remember them when I was a kid now U don't see many of of them no more and there was some that was 2OO HP 😊😊 OMG 8 22 2O24

[@jaxenwatson6238]

I like the 7520 nice older four wheel drive tractor.

[@bigtractorpower]

It’s a great part of John Deere history.

[@jamesbarbour8400]

Could be just my eyesight, but this tractor seems to be sitting nose high - are the front tyres the same size as the rears ?

[@martymartin2894]

Definitely looks that way, makes it even cooler

[@jti2007]

When under a heavy load the rear wheels have a tremendous amount of weight transferred to them. A typical 4WD tractor has 65% of the weight on the front wheels until you load it up then the weight is close to 50-50% distributed. Also, the rear wheels are following in the ruts caused by the front wheels so it looks like it’s nose high.

[@samb7652]

​@@jti2007good answer!

[@jeffmcguire5660]

There may be some wear in the articulation joint.

[@jimbailey7997]

👍👍

[@poorfatman5317]

Cool video 👍

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching this cool classic.

[@piperdoug428]

ironically theres one of those JD 4 miles from me here in Manitoba, think it's got issues but dont look serious, would love to add it to my two AC8550's

[@williamgreenway9893]

We pulled 6 bottom 20" pretty deep with a 4850 front wheel assist tractor 🙄. With a 5" chrome straight which I also pulled a 27'8" international disk with.And it walk the dog with it !

[@bigtractorpower]

The 190 hp 4850 is a cool tractor. It can get the acres covered.

[@williamgreenway9893]

@@bigtractorpower yes it was

[@gabecompton235]

How much oil does this machine take

[@jdtractorman7445]

A little slippery in places. You can see it digging in and moving along.

[@Rightwinger1982]

Once again I notice overinflated tires. Need more bars on the ground.

[@vancrawford4064]

I cant believe you didnt show any footage of that big Oliver plowing in the back ground.

[@bigtractorpower]

Saving the 1955 for a separate video. Stay tuned.

[@gonerydin4225]

The 7520 came out the same year I started working at Deere Waterloo. Glad it's still working and I am not. lol

[@MidwestFarmToys]

Wow why is that pulling so hard?

[@bigtractorpower]

WFE plows are heavy duty. The 7520 is only 175 hp.

[@LarsDcCase]

Your red soil must be more difficult to plough. Here, we have black soil. I have pulled 6 -18teens with a 1070 Case with no problems.

[@mr.allnut650]

The surface seems to be wet. Therefore problems with traction. Maybe the tractor weighs not enuogh.

[@paulofrancisco565]

👏👏👌👌👍👍🚜🚜💪💪🇧🇷

[@evangoodlock1]

Random comment

[@matthewsturm9170]

Watching this video while sitting in a 7520. Sadly, it is hooked to my grain cart & not a plow. ☹️

[@bigtractorpower]

Any seat time in a 7520 is good. What grain cart do you run? My hope is to own a John Deere 650 cart for my 8850 some day.

[@matthewsturm9170]

@@bigtractorpowerIt’s a Brent 774. Any seat time is great, but tillage would be a lot more fun. Got to run an 8850 a bit in my younger days, it was a monster. But my favorite 4wd will always be the Panther III.

[@arzamumma1202]

Using moldboard plows is pretty much in the past. Why here ???

[@bigtractorpower]

This field was tiled after wheat harvest. They plowed to smooth it out. The rest of the farm’s fields are strip tilled. Plowing is also helpful for getting a clean seed bed for green peas. This field was seeded into oats for a cover crop after it was plowed.

[@richardharris2061]

Do you know anyone who do bulldozer work with a four-wheel l drive free work

[@RealJohnWayne]

Beautiful Tractor! Too bad he didn't have a John Deere Plow. "Nothing Runs Like A Deere" 🦌 👍 🇺🇲

[@bigtractorpower]

From my observation of plows over the year WFE/Oliver plows turn the ground over the best of any brand. This same farm has a John Deere 2500 plow on their 6030 in this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/iqKsgJimqZ5slaMsi=BAQvSL_z42DEnAlo

[@ArmpitStudios]

Yeah, that's one of JD's better looking articulated tractors. Only the WDs were cooler.