The Greatest Tractor EVER Made?

[@Chris-tb1er]

Great video ! I like all the 30 , 40, 50, 55 , and 60 series models way more than the newer models !

[@PatrickShivers]

4430 is one of my favorites!

[@rodneydonahue]

I operated a 1988 model 4650 same exact body style cab everything front wheel assist duals all around a great tractor I put several thousand hours on it

[@greenboyatgafarms2250]

That's a Beast of a tractor, love them older tractors.

[@PatrickShivers]

Built for work

[@lifeonthefarm6001]

It is a beast, cheap horsepower.

[@Speedboar]

I really like the audio and video from that shot where the camera is mounted to the front of the tractor.

[@DABFarmPartnership]

Love the 4960 content. It has always been my favorite tractor since the early 90s and I remember when they were on Deere lots new. Picked up our 4960 in 2020 and it was worth the wait.

[@JT-ee1ii]

Greetings from Central Alabama! We are waiting on weather to get our Corn seed in the ground. I appreciate and enjoy your videos. As you mentioned, you can get your wrenches out and fix that 4960! We use older model New Hollands on our Farm, we never call a tech, we are the tech!Again, Thanks!

[@PatrickShivers]

It’s almost impossible to stay in business now if you can’t fix it yourself

[@mikewalter8547]

Thanks Patrick good to see you getting ready. I need to do the same thing and get pre emerge down. lucky us getting a foot of wet wet snow as we speak. maybe next week I can catch up.

[@joshhill5754]

I couldn’t agree more!!

[@nonyadamnbusiness9887]

I see that working tractor restoration is becoming a regular business. Tractor restoration used to just be about antique machines for show. It's easy to see why there's a grow business in restoring working tractors.

[@PatrickShivers]

@@nonyadamnbusiness9887 yep. Manufacturers are all racing to see which one can price farmers out of business first. New combines and cotton pickers are both over $1 million each. New 300+hp tractors are in the $400,000 range. That math don’t add up when you see commodity prices

[@rexregister2963]

Love the way the old 6 cylinder engines sounds

[@PatrickShivers]

Something about hearing a 4755 or 4960 fire off sounds like home.

[@MarshallLanier]

I never had a 4960, but at one point we were running a 4440, a 4450, and a 4955. Oh yeah, and the old reliable 4020. The sound guard tractors had to be the most reliable, bullet proof machines I've ever owned. That 466 engine didn't know the meaning of "quit".

[@PatrickShivers]

If you had a 4955 then you had a 4960. Was it 16 speed powershift?

[@MarshallLanier]

@@PatrickShivers 15 speed powershift just like the 4450. The 4440 was Quad Range. Our 4020 (which we still have by the way) has the old Syncro transmission

[@MarshallLanier]

@@PatrickShivers the 4955 had 3 remotes when I got it in 1990. When we gout our 6 row strip till in 94, we needed all of them. Row markers, lift assist, and vacuum pump on the planter.

[@luisnunes7933]

Hello, Patrick! Oldies are goldies...

[@flytwin1772]

That is the future, as more complex the machine gets as more chance you have the machine is down by a small problem! All new stuff is nice as long as it works, if it´s down you are in deep s...

[@PatrickShivers]

I preach on this often. John Deere’s with a letter in their name (8R360 or 8285R for example) have constant sensor issues. Rarely, if ever, mechanical problems (except for Regin burning up engines). $9 sensors (that JD sales for $98) frequently disable those tractors.

[@jamesh.5709]

@@PatrickShivers Love these videos. My kids are running around using the catchphrase “Today on tha farrrm.” It just cracks me up. Patrick, you ever hear of or run into any “right-to-repair’ issues with newer equipment? Like having to wait on a service tech to come and unlock access to software and run diagnostics for sensors that you or a third party should be able to repair and maintain yourself? These newer complex machines, for better or worse I hear are pretty much under the grip of JD in that regard, and they are cold toward legislation that could give farmers more power to control equipment down times and expenses by fixing something themselves. Any vague and generalized thoughts...lol?

[@PatrickShivers]

@@jamesh.5709 john deere was successfully sued by farmers over right to repair just over a year ago. Even before the suit was litigated there was already a company out of Arkansas that would build/sell you a JD tech laptop so you could “work” on the tractor. MOST of the repairs on newer tractors is just keystrokes on a laptop and then tractor starts back working correctly. Looks awful lot like a racket.

[@johngreer8101]

Love the 4960! Ive always wanted one.

[@robinghunt]

My dad complained about new tech when we upgraded to the JD4440 from the IH966. I think that was 1978 or so and it was the first 100+hp tractor we owned - and air conditioning to boot. Equipment is much better now but we could work on all our machines back in the 70s, we had to, there was no money to send it to town.

[@robinghunt]

The simple build and power of these machines is amazing. Funny the difference between Idaho sand farming and southern clay farming. We only had a couple of fields we ever plowed. Mainly just cultivated soil was all that was needed.

[@PaulBruce-lz1lc]

I love that tràctor.. buddie i was driving through your area a few weeks ago from Miller county up to Baker county and I saw a video of yours but I can't remember which one it was and I laughed so hard when you turned and filmed thatFedEx truck hauling ass by. he was really getting it . I bet you could hear him coming 3 miles😂 away

[@PatrickShivers]

@@PaulBruce-lz1lc *from over 3 miles away. I heard him, realized what it was, stopped working, walked up to front of the store, got out my phone, opened up KZbin shorts, and then waited for him to pass by. It legit sounds exactly like a NASCAR in person. He is a legend around here.

[@PatrickShivers]

@@PaulBruce-lz1lc my cousin drives the train. He said they hear him coming….from inside a running train 😂

[@PaulBruce-lz1lc]

@@PatrickShivers keep up the good work love watching your show we're from over here in Brooks county Thomas county area

[@PatrickShivers]

@@PaulBruce-lz1lc stop in Thomasville Animal Hospital and see Dr. Ward Mills. We grew up together and he is on some of my cow videos

[@PaulBruce-lz1lc]

@@PatrickShivers look up classic 404 part 1 and part 2 my first complete rebuild of an old excavator left behind a pond damn, not much video, but it's a testimony to how good a motor that 404 is after sitting 20 years

[@lifeonthefarm6001]

I bought my 4960 at a farm auction for 24k. It had 800 hours on a fresh overhaul. I had to put a new steering motor in it, a new circuit board , and fix a few gremlins in the lights. I then converted to all LED lights. My hands all love this tractor. Only gripe I have is it’s loud as s$&t in the cab.

[@PatrickShivers]

2nd that on loud in the cab

[@brycekirby1567]

You said it loud clear and plaiin

[@baldydbt1443]

Hey mate you are absolutely correct about the 4960

[@farmingforfunandprofit940]

My Son went to an annual auction in the upstate about 6 years ago and there was an almost NEW unverfurth Perfector selling dirt cheap.....He bought it, used it some and eventually sold it after we had planted all our open land in Bermuda Grass for the commercial hay business......We have a 4255 that has a digital dash that stopped working I Fabricated a 2 guage form fitted illuminated cluster for Oil pressure and Engine Temp that mounts to front cab wall over Dash.....

[@PatrickShivers]

You got the 2 most important gauges! With peanut harvest we have to know the RPM. If the number changes by 10 in either direction it is drastic changes in the picking.

[@chrisfrench8511]

I was bragging about you today Patrick. Great Georgia farmer .

[@PatrickShivers]

Thanks Chris

[@keenankelley187]

Still have a 4560 MFD powershift awesome tractor

[@fischerthefarmeryt2913]

I like your reason for the 4960 but it my option the 8400-8410 would be a better option for me. Just because I could do everything that the 4960 does but I have green star and a heavier built back in a little heavier in the front as well and look just as good.

[@PatrickShivers]

Solid arguments could be made that the 8400-8410s are also the best tractors ever made

[@roziershaun7243]

The 4960 and 4055 perfect tractors

[@PatrickShivers]

I haven’t ran a 4055. I’ll be on the look out for one at the auctions

[@dionwadefarmsllc]

Best tractor on the farm ❤

[@PatrickShivers]

Thanks for watching Dion

[@ernesthouse4706]

I have a cow calf operation in Kentucky I’ve been on the lookout for a John Deere 7810 with a loader I feel like there quality is superior for a cattle operation or maybe I just like the older one too.

[@PatrickShivers]

You’re on the right track

[@MorganOtt-ne1qj]

At my work, a 7810 has been my second home for many years. 740 loader goes on in the fall and comes off in the spring. I've planted, mowed, and bush hogged untold thousands of acres and hours in it. Handles hills and slopes, even with a 15' discbine or 20' bush hog like it's glued to the ground. If you find one GET IT!

[@PatrickShivers]

@@MorganOtt-ne1qj my brother-in-law has a 7820 or 30. It’s in a lot of my peanut videos from previous years. Great tractor

[@MorganOtt-ne1qj]

@@PatrickShivers I can tell you this much: the 7810 doesn't get pushed as much by a JD 450 discbine when turning around on slopes as a 6150R does, and is about even with a 6215R. But my tuckus tells me the 7810 is sticking tighter to the ground than either of the newer ones. When you get on hills and slopes, you have to trust your feel in the seat.

[@chrissauceda2499]

Badass tractor

[@Hermiwalle]

quick question. where are your front fenders for the 60? they add a lot to the look of the tractor.

[@PatrickShivers]

Don’t have them. I know of 3 previous owners of this tractor, not sure when the fenders disappeared.

[@joeappleton9213]

There’s driving a tractor and then there’s being able to use a tractor to its full potential… years on the seat and being able to fix on the hoof , that’s being able to use a tractor can’t teach it …it’s called learned experience 👍good to see you using your tractor nice setup and getting the job done 👊

[@PatrickShivers]

Thanks for watching Joe. What I’ve always said is anybody can be a tractor driver, but it takes experience to be an operator

[@joeappleton9213]

Love watching your videos especially the field views machine in motion and tractor views from the bonnet out in nature .. trying to tame it !😂 Yep that ground looks like some I have .. red boulder clay I call it devils island .. most of farm is black sand hit it with a stick an it’s ready .. boulder clay on the other hand is a different story … keep the vids coming Patrick with the great explanations 👊@@PatrickShivers

[@PatrickShivers]

@@joeappleton9213 where are you farming? We don’t have any hit it with a stick dirt. 😂

[@joeappleton9213]

@@PatrickShivers Lancashire UK , near Southport very fertile ground prob best in UK apart from the glacial clay in a seam that runs parallel to the coastline where the glaciers met the sea 10000 ye@s ago .. one side is peat moss then boulder clay then black sand (mix of sand and peat moss ) I farm PYO pumpkins50k( 20 acres ) sunflowers for cut flowers and summer flower crops main tractor 35x Massey Ferguson ..1964 🤣 and couple MF265s all my mates have John Deeres the new fly by wire ones .. I’m old skool but still turn out the goods 🤣👊

[@PatrickShivers]

@@joeappleton9213 i have a MF 135 and my dad has a MF 165 that his dad bought new in 1965.

[@kenenglish3904]

couldnt agree more, nothing more beautiful than look and sound of a classic iron Horse Soundguard

[@PatrickShivers]

Preach!

[@ruairigoat]

Here in Ireland if your going for the older classics... as jd 7810 or Fendt 824 are classed Kings of the hill but locally here in my area in Derry where livestock farms are the main thing. A Fiat 110 90 are widely considered the pick of the classics but not every man will agree 😂

[@PatrickShivers]

Thanks for the info from the homeland! Fendt has just recently entered the US market so there is no “classic fendt” here, and I have never seen a Fiat tractor in person, but I’m sure there’s at least one of them here in the states

[@ruairigoat]

They were traded under the Hesston brand in North America. Fait was Europe's best selling brand at a time before they bought ford and became Newholland.

[@PatrickShivers]

⁠@@ruairigoatgreat info, I didn’t know that. I have seen a few Hesston tractors. They are pretty rare though over here. Georgia, the state where I live/farm, was originally established as an Irish debtor colony by the crown. King George imprisoned Irishmen that owed taxes to the crown and sent them over here, to a colony named after himself, to work off their debt. There is still a lot of Irish and Scott blood living here today.

[@ruairigoat]

I wasn't aware of that lad.. what the British done in Ireland and many other places would make the hairs on your neck stand straight. "Shivers" name is definitely coming from Ireland.

[@greggergen9104]

According to tractor data, at full throtle the 4960 gets 18 HP Hours/Gallon. That is the same as the record setting 1957 John Deere 2 Cylinder model 730. Most big HP tractors are fuel eaters.

[@PatrickShivers]

I burn 180 gallons a day in my 8530

[@derekmartin2817]

Yeah those 466 were a forgiving engine. The newer engines can do slightly better one efficiency but it cost loads of money and extra components. I never ran 60 series daily. Spent lots of time in 8000, 10s 30 and the 8R.

[@PatrickShivers]

@@derekmartin2817 the original 8400 may be the pinnacle of tractors. Legendary reliability, enough tech but not to much, big comfortable cab. JD at it’s finest moment

[@derekmartin2817]

@@PatrickShivers the 8010 series were very similar but more polished. They shifted much smother. The 8030 series had a much wider torque band than the first serial break 8000 R. 2009-2010 were doggie. The 14-17 270-295 seem ok. The current 8r ride substantially better with cab suspension i plant soybeans with an 8R310.

[@PatrickShivers]

@@derekmartin2817 we’ve done multiple engine replacements at our shop (I think 2 on this channel) on 8295R and 8360R. The John Deere dealer replaced that same 8360R engine for us twice. Regin is burning them up.

[@casperghst42]

Not to forget the right to repair - a new JD can only be worked on by a JD technician. As you said to get someone out to look at something will cost you $500.

[@PatrickShivers]

Yep

[@Adonteaiken365]

I love John Deere and I wish to become a farmer myself ! I grew up on the farm and just fell in love with everything about it . I would love to get a 4960 for my first tractor and hope to get it done very soon just don’t know where to start or how to start

[@PatrickShivers]

It ain’t easy to get in if you aren’t born into it….but it is possible. I’ve seen it done. You will likely have to do custom work to get started.

[@Adonteaiken365]

@@PatrickShivers I appreciate that advice ! Didn’t think of it like that . I’ll do my research and see what’s best for my situation

[@MorganOtt-ne1qj]

60 series - the last of the dumb tractors that took smart operators! Great video, Patrick!👍👍

[@PatrickShivers]

😂Never heard that explanation

[@danielkornegay9752]

Well said

[@PatrickShivers]

Thanks Daniel

[@colefletcher-ox7xd]

Best tractor ever made!

[@richardlong9877]

Best looking tractor ever made too.

[@gibsonclark8300]

I agree 100%

[@mikeboeckerman2481]

Phantom hours being added without dash cluster.

[@Speedboar]

Doubt he’d ever sell it, so it may not matter.

[@PatrickShivers]

🤣I didn’t even think about that!

[@mikeboeckerman2481]

Safe to say you will never sell it any way, I got a 4455 and 4955 I will never part with. Best tractors build period.

[@cjcoughlin5041]

The sound guards with the 466s were awesome, but hard to beat the original 8.1s in the 8000 and 8010s. Lugged better and more lead in the tractor frame in general. See alot of 8.1s that go 12 to 15k hours without being touched. The 466s seemed a little maxed out by the time they wrre cranking 200 horses.

[@cjcoughlin5041]

Then again those sound guards with side exhaust just have a real cocky stance too lol

[@PatrickShivers]

8400 probably is the actual best tractor ever made. Just enough comfort and tech, incredible reliability.

[@lifeonthefarm6001]

@@PatrickShivers That’s funny, I rented an 8400 from the dealer one time when my main tractor went down. It was one of the early model 8400s and I hated it. It felt light weight, the seat felt like a pogo stick, and the shifting would throw you out of the front or back windows practically while shifting up or down in certain gears. I absolutely hated it 😂. They were the new tractors at the time and that cured me of wanting a new tractor until the R series came out. I think the R series tractors are hands down the most productive tractors in the field today in terms of sheer productivity. For simple cheap horsepower, easy to work on you can’t beat the Sound Guard cab Deeres.

[@MarshallLanier]

@@PatrickShivers our current roster has a 8420, 8430, and a early (2009) 8295R, which is nothing but a leftover 8330. They are all good machines, and serviceable. But the 2013 8285R and the 2015 8320R, are just a bundle of high tech wizardry that I, nor my two sons can decipher. If it's anything more than a belt or a water pump or changing oil and filters, we have to rely on Blanchard Equipment. We've dug our own grave with technology, I'm afraid.

[@MarshallLanier]

@Patrickshivers_on_te-legr-am ?????? Okay, I'm in my 60s and a fair bit technically challenged. Are you wanting me, or who, to message you on te-le-gram. And....LOL....what the hell is te-le-gram??? Much past calls, txt message, Amazon, KZbin, or Google and I'm at a loss.

[@Speedboar]

The gorilla tape on the weld from the other video 😅

[@PatrickShivers]

I was wandering if someone would make the connection. 😂. Thanks for watching close!

[@jrmagnum]

Great tractor if it’s above 50 degrees.

[@johngreer8101]

I don't think that 7r 230 would pull with the 4960 though. Watcha think Patrick?

[@PatrickShivers]

Same horse power. I haven’t run a 7r 230 so I don’t know how it puts it to the ground.

[@johngreer8101]

I've never ran one pulling the yard like tillage or anything. Just planting. It just don't seem like as much tractor.

[@jaybeeman3628]

Rolling coal going down the road and you know some Karen going to see it and complain about killing the trees and she can’t breath. What I say to that is. Letter roll!!!!!

[@PatrickShivers]

🤣

[@justlooking2013]

Tape😂😂

[@PatrickShivers]

🤣I was wandering who would notice

[@user-lo6cf3df1x]

no. red power baby

[@peanutsmith1462]

And 4960 you can use it for everything on the farm

[@jackweeks8099]

Just go ahead and say it, you want that land flat as a fart when it comes time to plant!

[@1dadrules]

I'm glad your are bringing the conversation of God into your videos I hope it will touch someone's heart to follow him and have everlasting life. Keep up the good works ,really injoy your content.

[@miketaylor5986]

Can you post contact info for the company that is rebuilding your instrument cluster?

[@PatrickShivers]

All States Ag Parts

[@miketaylor5986]

@@PatrickShivers Thank you.

[@robwar2288]

Yes Deere has gone down hill ever since…

[@holbrook134]

All the best with the peanuts

[@tater357]

It definitely is NOT a Fordson.....Oh wait, there isn't any Fordsons around anymore. LOL

[@PatrickShivers]

I’m recording a Fordson video currently (it’s a long term restoration project). Should be uploaded within a couple weeks.

[@tugboat2739]

Howdy Patrick

[@PatrickShivers]

Howdy Tug!

[@DskPeezyTv]

Can you plant with it too

[@PatrickShivers]

My dad planted thousands of acres with one toting a 12 row stack fold planter.

[@tbishop6726]

Id vote the 8950 Magnum best ....

[@PatrickShivers]

👀

[@tbishop6726]

We have owned a pair of 3020 PS, 4630 PS and an 8960 with 30.5r32 duals but all the yellow wheels are gone now. North Central Pa definitely has no nice JD dealers to deal with ....

[@PatrickShivers]

@@tbishop6726 8960 is a man’s tractor. You mean business when you climb up on that beast!

[@tbishop6726]

Yes, had a 9170 Steiger after the 8960 . Changed operations and sold 700 milk cows and now have some beef and grain farm. Sold Steiger and 4 Magnums last spring, now have 5 Magnums

[@אביבןעמי-ש9ט]

Helo from israel😊

[@PatrickShivers]

Shalom!

[@tommooe4524]

How about the old JD 4440

[@PatrickShivers]

My dad has an open station 4430 (that is in several of my videos) that grandpa bought new. I have stated over and over on this channel that it is one of the top 5 all time tractors. I love Deere from that era

[@brandonthomas-xg4no]

The 4960 is a great workhorse but my favorite is the 4850.

[@thewednesdaynightbiblestudyon]

No DEF and no REGEN.

[@PatrickShivers]

The real number 1 and number 2 reasons its better! What y’all studying this week?

[@thewednesdaynightbiblestudyon]

Luke 14. Did y’all get a gully washer last weekend?

[@PatrickShivers]

@@thewednesdaynightbiblestudyon 3.75” in a few hours

[@thewednesdaynightbiblestudyon]

We got 4”. Some around here got 7”

[@salt-team-six5883]

Is it crappie time> What lure you using?

[@PatrickShivers]

I think we’re already past peak crappie time. If you’re not fishing minnows get that chartreuse or pearl plastic on 1/32 oz jig. 6 pound line.

[@FC-cz6zd]

We were in Columbus last weekend and I'd say you got your rain!

[@PatrickShivers]

South Ga and Lower Alabama are wet!

[@stevenarnold1960]

@@PatrickShivers Wish you could send some to south Texas. We're so behind on rainfall. The last two summers were killers for us and from what I can see this summer isn't going to be much better. Keep up the good work.