Selling open station tractors in the land of 4 row planters and sidehill cmbines

Don Slama's John Deere 4230 factory open station power shift.

[@scottschaeffer8920]

This is a guy I’ll do business with. Good dealer, he’s fair, honest, and loyal to good customer service.

[@350moose]

On the progression of farming…I come from an ornery line of Germans.. My great great grandfather once threw a fit because my great grandfather bought a McCormick Deering 10-20 in the middle of the depression. Later on my great grandfather threw a fit when my grandfather added 10 cows and put in a bulk tank instead of shipping in cans. Farming skipped a generation but I’m proud to say my 96 year old grandfather still checks on me in the field with his side by side and shakes his head at pretty much everything I’m doing today. The no till/minimum till concept really gives him heartburn. Lol. Great video!

[@LarryPinch]

This was one of the better videos. Lots of inside dealer know how to

[@jward6677]

Keep these comin Ryan, I love hearing these old stories.

[@kyleblair4764]

When I clicked this video I never intended on watching the full 53 minutes…. Welp I was wrong. Very interesting! Thanks for sharing these stories! Well done

[@waylandwehmeier7671]

My late Dad bought a 4230 cab tractor in 1974 new. It is still on the farm and still going. Farmed many hours in it.

[@davidbriggs1649]

That was the best video I have watched in a very long time. I'm one year younger than Don, and dairy farmed from 1975 to 1997 in south central NY. I could identify with so much of what he spoke about. I wish we could have such a good Deere dealership in our area. Thank you so much for sharing this with us.

[@hillsboroequipment]

I bet you guys have very similar terrain to us in Wisconsin and the driftless area. Thanks for watching !

[@user-qy2bf3mg1d]

60 yr old w TN farmer here, grew up on 4020,4620,4630,8630. I've owned a 71 454 CHEVELLE since 1985. Raced it NMCA. LOVE this video! So much history to be remembered

[@patricklorenz8033]

Bought my first planter from Don in 2020. Great guy and great dealership

[@bestcowboygiddyup]

What a great man to do an interview with. He knows so much about the history and remembers so many details! Thanks for sharing another great video!

[@roberthufcutjr603]

Always wondered what those hooks were for. That's very neat and happy to learn something new

[@hillsboroequipment]

Super cool- thanks for spending time with Don!

[@paulthegreat3521]

Absolutely loved this video. The gentleman you were interviewing, should write a book about his knowledge of all this.

[@fokkerd3red618]

I grew up on a beef and hog operation back in the 60's and 70's. My Dad's main concern back then were contractors buying up farm land for subdivisions. What I see now in the area i grew up, is little subdivisions going in and that isn't a good thing. Some people don't understand that we need land for agriculture use only. Keeping land zoned for agriculture use only is essential to everyone who goes into a grocery store.

[@bradymarx3461]

Not many dealerships out there anymore that are as down to earth as this guy seems to be. Most of the higher ups at these big dealers are so out of touch with the farmer, it’s just terrible

[@dougschmitii6165]

The Deere dealer here in central Illinois sure is out of touch. They act like you shouldn't even be buying parts off them unless your doing $1 million dollars worth of business a year

[@bradymarx3461]

@@dougschmitii6165 I agree. I work at a Deere dealer in southern Indiana. Rarely do they seem to care about the smaller farmer

[@randydutka9302]

Great video im sure he has gd customer base with his attitude toward farming

[@scottberger4196]

This guy is awesome he everything why I'm a farmer and love farming

[@JB-gz2vu]

Our Deere dealer used to be great. Now they own something like 10 dealerships and charges us $100 for after hours parts.

[@Adam_Poirier]

This was excellent 👍

[@nathanalmond8280]

Really enjoyed listening to him. Agriculture has changed so much in my 55 years of living. Grew up on red and green tractors.

[@davidlauman760]

What a interesting you tube for a 74 year old man who grew up on a farm that has not been around a farm since 1983 thanks

[@fastsetinthewest]

Great video. YOUs guys were funny. I started out at age 7 harrowing a field with a Ford 8N. Our 6N had the overdrive. I farmed with John Deere As and Gs. I got mad at my father and went to the neighbors back farm and farmed a month using JD 3010s and 4010s. The 3010 was a piece of junk. The shifters were all bent up. The farmer paid me by check and took out money for social security. I found out way later he never sent the social money into the government. John Deere was junk. We bought a new 1950 Oliver Detroit Diesel. I got drafted in 1967 by the lying government scum people and got blown up. I got back and healed up. I went to the University 70-74 while working in the summer at a John Deere dealer. We got wagons in and my job was to bolt the wheels to the hub. Those hubs were all cross-threaded. More junk. My grandfather was an Allis Chalmers dealer in the 30s and 40s in Lennon, Michigan. Allis Chalmers went on strike and he couldn't get tractors. He sold more combined than any dealer. These equipment companies have really changed hands over the years. Dealers are placed in impossible situations. Rural America now sucks hahaha.

[@ih1206]

I think I could listen to Don tell stories all day. Some great information on this one. Thanks for posting

[@PracticallySquared1]

This one one of, if not the best one yet. So insightful yet down to earth. Fantastic video.

[@ericdaniel7069]

Great stories

[@scottbowdish3249]

The 8230 won’t be running at 50 years old. These computer tractors are nice today, you won’t be able to afford or find parts in 50 years. Love these videos!!

[@wd31981]

Probably depends on what they do their whole life. Put 250 hrs on 4020 each year plowing or pulling a 20’ field cultivator and I don’t think those tractors are as nearly bullet proof as they seem when most have become glorified auger or feed mixing tractors.

[@kelvinrudolph4557]

I had a neighbor with a 4020, and a 4230. He hated the 4230. Said it took 3 gallons more fuel than the 4020 to do the same thing. Also, if a kid walked past it with an ice cream cone, it wouldn't start.

[@jeremycherny2041]

This video was awesome 👌

[@jeffferanec4526]

Thank you both, so very interesting that I could listen & watch for a good long time.

[@milesboehmer9969]

I grew up with the 4010 narrow front and 4020 wide front and no cabs, always had to help my dad put the heat housers on for winter. Now disabled army vet. If it’s green, it’s mean, if it’s red, leave it in the shed ! Lol !

[@MarshallLanier]

I started in 77. Probably the worst time in history to get into farming, but stayed small enough to hang in there and watch people all around me lose everything they had. Foolish spending caused a lot of it. And I learned valuable lessons at the expense of others. And those times are close at hand again and I hope a lot of my neighbors will pay attention to past history.

[@benjames2497]

This guy has some very interesting stories. Grew up on a 4020 diesel n/f, and 4430. Miss them both!

[@davidmorgan8149]

I can’t believe he didn’t order a 4440 best tractor ever made

[@davidkimmel4216]

The interview was great. Thank You for sharing

[@wolfeislandexcavating5426]

That was a different story but still pretty cool to hear Thanks to both of you

[@nicholasbrown7068]

I loved this video, I remember when I used to live on a 400 acre 125 head Jersey dairy farm in the mid 80's (I was born in 1980) we were 100% JD including the hay carriers. 4 tractors back then, 4030 soundguard cab, 2010 gas utility with loader, 1840 mfwd with 245 loader and a big JD 600 Industrial with loader. 336 baler with 40 kicker, 450 Hydra push spreader etc but what I remember the most was in 86 or 87 we got a brand new JD 1327 discbine. And that was a big purchase at that time. Farm is long gone now (fell on hard times), I'm a snow contractor with 4 6M's. I'm 44 and I keep looking for 50 to 100 acres to be able to have a small farm of my own. But land is so high because of most fields are purchased for small subdivision construction.

[@andrewmellon5072]

Hope you get a place.

[@The1850x2]

That guy is very interesting to listen to. Thanks!

[@williammatzek4660]

The first tractor I cultivated on was a row crop 70 on gas. I have a 4010 and 4020 now.

[@nickb8618]

I own a 4230 with a Hillsboro dealership decal. I farm my late fathers 147acre farm with a 4020 4320 and 4230

[@robertthoma5430]

Please keep these coming. Just so much fun to listen too. I could give you a hundred named of guys in clark county if you ever head this way.

[@4320Phil]

I enjoyed this interview very . I have my dads 1977 4230 open and a 1975 4230 open station 😂 Very interesting man.

[@franklackie2469]

Wonderful interview what a great dealer 😂

[@adrian_dickinson]

A great interview/chat That is a nice 4230 tractor.

[@chadedwards3467]

Another awesome video !!

[@CircleTFarms419]

Thank you for these great videos , they are great , keep up the great work 👍🏻

[@stephendekoschak9555]

This was awesome Ryan 👍👍👍

[@ohioplowboyhawk6738]

Great video

[@davelarsen9230]

Great video Ryan!

[@douglassellers7528]

Very good video.

[@mikeboeckerman2481]

Great interview.

[@AnglesideFarm]

Great video, he’s a interesting man. $14,500.00.....was a lot back then.

[@kenwolshan5752]

John deere 450 was the best spreader we ever owned

[@timhuddleson3614]

Best 1 yet love this

[@fastxcr7002]

Love that John Deere snowmobile sign. I have yet to get one.

[@RyanKelly-Wititan2]

I wouldn't mind getting one either

[@jacobfischer5728]

Awesome wish I could buy equipment from this guy hard to beat a dealer like him

[@linkjohn7867]

Love this!

[@anthonylentini6278]

great interview 👍

[@Skyhawks1979]

Had a 72 model 4020 and later 4440's and 4450's. We always moved cylinders between implements. Neglect to take it off and hang on the hook provided and expect a butt chewing from Dad.

[@bigwhane8603]

I bought an open 4030 from a guys collection and he had a bunch of different opens. He had an open fwa 7810

[@RyanKelly-Wititan2]

I saw one on machine finder years ago. Should have bought it

[@John-uc5vn]

Dealers had to make sure ether supply was abundant

[@johnstine330]

Down here in the great state of Oklahoma John Deere forced out all the small really good dealers. I think they could have built a 4440 and a 9600 complete out of their parts room. Still a good dealer but not what it once was.

[@charlesworthfarm7586]

there is a dairy near Marlette, Michigan that run 9 716 boxes.

[@diersirrigation]

Is that Siegler farms?

[@charlesworthfarm7586]

@@diersirrigation , yes it is

[@diersirrigation]

@@charlesworthfarm7586 I watch Kip regularly.

[@scottyirish3231]

Wondering if he knew Bernard Hughes up in Northfield? Knew him quite well.

[@RansomeReed]

This is as American as it can get

[@danw6014]

Sir, i would rather farm with the two cylinder tractors and the 10 through 50 series tractors than any of the new ones. And the 7000 planter is still first rate and those can be updated and rebuilt back to new.

[@dougschmitii6165]

Didn't the 40 series still have the cylinder hooks on them. I worked for a neighbor that had a 4440 and i think it had 2 of them on the back of the cab

[@RyanKelly-Wititan2]

Yes

[@ryanroossinck7431]

Nicely done, sir. Did you do any cold start videos with him? 🤣

[@diersirrigation]

Is that Siegler farms?

[@RyanKelly-Wititan2]

It was too warm, otherwise...................😆

[@kevinsiedschlag429]

Worked at jd when 40 series came out, 42 were not a favorite in my world, took lots of fuel for 100 hp poor starting etc.....

[@farmermatt629]

I’d much rather pay 15% interest for a 15k tractor vs 4 or 5 for a 500,000 $ tractor

[@hammerslammer3006]

Why was there two hooks tho?

[@user-ry2mi5oo5i]

I hear you know my uncle that is a mlsna

[@govegasorgofarmin7942]

Do a cold start *******! 😂😂

[@aaronjarvenpa1743]

What was the name of the tractor dealership

[@RyanKelly-Wititan2]

Hillsboro equipment

[@hillsboroequipment]

We’re here on KZbin 👍

[@dennislaws5187]

He likes John Deeres far more than me, I am 70 years old worked in 3 tractor shops over the years, I learned to hate JD more than any, built by dumbasses best I can tell, ass backward and difficult.