You should send these guys history photos and a video!

And binoculars on the passenger seat just in case you want to pass the car in front of you

That's what everyone needs vehicles that get 52 mpg !!

I’d love to see that jewel, thanks for sharing.

Would love to see a video on it as well! Sounds amazing!

One weekend a month and two weeks a year...

@@easydoz1 ha ha, been there done that - never again. lol

Truth spoken. More yet if the equipment has to be trucked to a distant dealer

Exactly my friend... Farmers dont have time to wait for a dealer to take two weeks or more to fix it.. If I cant fix it myself and get back to work to put in or put up my crop, I dont need it.. Leasing is such a pain in the ass anymore, am about to buy some more older equipment, and keep my hard earned money.. ✌♥️🇺🇸

Yeah it straight robbery. I'm glad people are talking about this. This has to be known before somone sinks there ship with a half a million dollar yard weight.

They have a new program where a farmer can buy the software, edl, and computer

Seems like a segway to re-enslave and lose personal rights to own property. In general the electronics industry seems to be more USSR secret where the olden days of purchasing a device with the schematics stapled to the interior case are gone in regards to being a general expectation. Now, there's proprietary firmware, hidden chip processes, software that is licensed and not owned, and some other concepts conning.

Your dads a legend!

No he didn't!

Wasn't there a company back in the day that put 318 Detroits in one of the deeres pretty sure they modified one for John deere for testing

@@rocketsnhotrods9022 no they did it for more power dad put 238/318 Detroit’s in 4020-4520-4620-5020 and some mass. He put 855 Cummins in 8630/8650/8640/8850 he did about 500 of these conversions when asked why he did it he would always say because I can

Thats pretty cool I'd like to have one of them 4020s with that cummins in it

Well it is in California

No worries of emissions

Why? the pre emissions 4045 didnt make half the power of common rail engine

@@johndeerekid8490 ?

California CARB Nazis

Ain't got nuthin negative, buuuuut jealous, just bucket fulls.

Exactly... John Deere is one of the worst companies to Deny right to repair, along with Ford.

How do they get something like this to pass emission standards - especially in California? Because it's a collector's item?

My grandfather has a 77 f100 with a 2 cylinder jd 60 in it. He still drives it.

How do you come up with a flywheel that works?

conversation 🤣

@@bradoliver9475 right,! Any body can do a conversation.

My thoughts as well

I’d say the man that has since retired is the true builder

Yeah seems like it to me too. I had already thought he kinda acts like the guy is stupid!

Arrogance just pours out of the guy in the black shirt for sure.

Look up right to repair associated with John deer you probably have to be difficult to work there

Unfortunately yes

@John Doe I have a feeling that a guy having it done for him wants a modern engine thats gonna be reliable and parts readily available, I'd probably go with an old mechanical engine too but I'd be building it myself

@@Beandiptheredneck I would say the modern engine is more a creature comforts thing than a reliability/availability thing since you can still buy any part for a 1967 JD 4010 at the dealer and there probably isn't a more reliable tractor ever made

As someone who works at a Ford dealership, knows the parts on todays engines, and has seen what it takes for the techs to do what used to be simple jobs, I fully welcome you to work on your own Ford. Let's see how far you get doing a water pump on a turbo 3.5 or cooling hose replacements on a 4 cylinder EcoBoost before you BEG the dealership to do it for you.....

That’s literally all diesel pick up makers. Don’t touch their software.

@slowride55 : Funny you say that, because I had the same problem. In the 1990's, after achieving 2 college degrees, in Ag Business and Equipment Engineering, John Deere pushed me away with their pathetic compensation. 2 years into working for them, it was obvious they just weren't willing to pay a fair wage, so I left. When I later worked for a CIH dealer, pay rates were a bit better, but still not good enough either, and I eventually left there as well. The agricultural industry as a whole suffers from consistently losing good, intelligent people because they all pay substandard wages. It's an unfortunate situation for everyone who loves Ag, but needs to make a reasonable living and refuse to be dirt poor while the corporations continue to line their wallets.

That's the way life is it sounds like they did you a favor

That's how free markets work

@@stevenlharris Is it free market when Apple tells companies not to sell me chips so I can't fix machines? Some guys found the chip in some wall charges so that's how they get them.

@@noahpaulette1490 You'll have to tell me how your inability to get chips from a manufacturer has any relation to working at a John Deere dealer. Sounds more like you take any opening you can find to complain.

404 was one of the best Deere ever built

@@michaelvrooman5681 This 4 cylinder or the 6.8 L would be my choice and the 4 valve makes for a powerful engine with much less weight.

Nice

@Jordon Carlson Yes they are in America! They were used in old Volvo 240, 740 and 940.

@@nicostenfors5690 far as I'm tracking, in the US it was a I6 diesel only sold in the 240 for a couple years in the 80s. They're complete unicorns to find these days.

@@UpToSpeedOnJaguar Yes it's a D24. Found in Volvo 240/740/940 and VW LT vans. A little bit easier to find in Europe.

I've often joked about recycling a Mercedes OM616/617 engine for generator use, myself.

And all the junk electronics that are put into it too huh want to give that props all that electronic bullshit belongs in a barn fire

Shame y'all weren't a new holland/ford family.

Lol, Peace Talks: Remember those old square body early 1970's Chevys and late 1970's Fords? Those were the days.....

Beemer Dodge Ford VW Buick family. It's STRANGE

Just goes to show a feller can have good taste in women but can’t choose his family.

Massy ferg and Cub for life!

Your probably right. I heard something about some guys over at PEC back in the day squeezing a 6 cyl maybe a 7.6 under the hood of a pickup.

If you worked there in the 80s you should remember the John Deere camper chassis program, and the dealer only service trucks that had Deere engines.

@@Chevy4x4dawg Yes. The RV chassis business was sold to oshkosh because it was a financial loser. I never heard anything about the service trucks. probably a myth.

@@gonerydin4225 Best I can remember the RV chassis business was right during the late 80s financial crisis so I am sure it was cut quickly with such a small profit margin. As to the service trucks I worked at a Deere Dealership that had looked into buying one. Also I have seen a brochure for them on eBay several years ago. Now were any ever produced that is certainly up for debate. Like I said it doubled the price and the only benefits were the dealership could work on the engine and that it had a longer life. I'm sure the transmission and other components would have been a warranty nightmare. That said there may have never been any produced.

Thanks for the note.

Janet Renovetz - I have a bunch of fuel filters for your Detroit, if you'd like to have them, let me know.

@@DeanMk1 Contact me through Facebook to see what you have ............and location . When I click on your name , i see no way to send you a private message .

@@danielrenovetz5721 Will do.

your exactly correct, well said ..........

I'm not sure about the one of one part. The only thing that might make it one of one is the engine. But who's to say that exact engine has not been put in a truck before.

@@redwood7121 So as soon as you go find another 69 GMC K2500 with that JD engine in it and a 1000 Allison with 2000 internals and a divorced 203 transfer case, you can call it 1 of 2. Oh and it's gotta have cruise and air too. Better get started.

@@blythkd9017 I'm guessing you've never built anything.? Gmc made thousands of that exact same truck. People have been putting different engines and drive trains in vehicles since the start of cars. Is it one of one because it has a different drive train.? Kind of , not really. You can put any engine in any vehicle. That engine could blow tomorrow and it's a one of one scrap truck.? People have been doing this stuff forever and it's quite possible someone else has built an identical truck with an identical drive train.

@@redwood7121 You're missing the point but you're obviously not going to see the light no matter how much anyone preaches to you. Possible that someone else has built the exact same truck? Absolutely. Likely? Not even a remote chance. And yes, I've built plenty of stuff. Guessing you haven't?

how about a spec with tractor tires on it

But is it workable with all the electronic junk in it

you should find the brochure and show it on your channel!

That would be really cool to see Brian.

bcbloc02 I would’ve been really impressed if it had a 6404T in it!!

What kind of front end is under it to hold the weight of a Deere 6?

..same here. I’d LOVE to do this..but with my ‘04 Ford F-350. ANY truck COULD work…

Are you crazy you can't be serious all the modern technology they've got in that thing is the biggest drawback of it all it's unbelievable why everything's got to be so electronic New age technology meanwhile I get across the country and 7/8 of all the tractors that are built are broke down sitting somewhere because they can't afford to fix them what's wrong with you

Another thing what good is the truck for it's a showroom piece so you'll never get it out in the field to test it to see if it's really worthy of what they claim it is that thing probably wouldn't last a month out in the field maybe sit there but not to work it

Deere was testing their V8 in OTR Tucks.😯

In a dealership, being a mechanic and a technician, go hand in hand!

I'd rather have the original 350 with the 4speed granny gear. I had one and it was a great truck.

This is a work of art. It may not be flashy like a hot rod but the engineering is next level stuff.

So, the tractors with JD engines with 5,000+ hours on them are just flukes?

@buckhorn cortez. 5,000 hours without a tech touching them? No way. I see the mechanics trucks every day here in Bakersfield up and down the freeway. This is why non-computer controlled tractors are bring big money outside of CA.

That’s why I like Case!

@@buckhorncortez I have one with 6400 hrs that has never had anything but oil changes oh yeah one new fuel transfer pump. It is a '93 4039 engine

@@williamdavidson9009 The troubles with this truck will be with the DEF system, the exhaust filters and its regenerations :(

Yeah bc they all breakdown

Yeah I only got 380,000 miles on my Chevy and 285,000 on my GMC original engine and transmission s. Terrible

@@MitzvosGolem1 yeah, you need to bronze those pieces of @#*$ like people used to baby shoes. 🤣

I’m glad someone said it. Must’ve bound it up or the other option is they are full of shit

The 454 they pulled out had them on there last leg, don't remind me that it was a 350 truck originally, LOL

I was surprised at the statement as well, but mechanical parts can fail at any time...considering the truck is over 50 years old and anything could have happened to them in that timeframe, if he said they twisted why do we care what the circumstances were or even question if it could happen???...yes you could say its highly unlikely a 3/4 ton axel would twist but it can happen...its also highly unlikely he just made it up for a bullshit talking point...just enjoy the video and the truck they created and not be so critical...

I totally agree with you on that

Gear reduction my friend. You can turn 480 ft-lbs into 2000+

You would not like the pay !!!

Les was awesome. He could teach you a lot if you let him. The slackers really struggled with him.

Proprietary JD electronic control diagnostics isn't field mechanics...

Unfortunately in the last 10 years, Deere have gone long away from Deere of old. Back in the 1910s and up until the 80s, Deere equipment was built to he worked on by the average farmer. After the last board member who had any connections to the original Deere family retired, the company pretty much said, if the farmer is desperate enough to get the equipment working, they'll pay the field techs as much as possible. In their modern machines, especially the hydrostatic drive machines, they have a counter in the systems to count how many times the owner did not come to a complete stop to go in the other direction, just to say warranty will not cover this. If you're going to buy a John Deere anything, you're better off buying something from 1980s and prior.

@@izzyplusplusplus1004 Sure it is. Any field mechanic capable of working on any brand of equipment is using diagnostic systems like TEXA and others today. JD thinks everything is "proprietary" but that's just not the case.

Good engines just noisy as hell !!!

Exactly, my grand father had the oldest John Deere dealership in Québec since 1940. In 1972 with the 400 and 500 snowmobiles being introduced, the slogan “Nothing runs like a Deere” was on the advertising poster that showed the snowmobile.

And, "nothing smells like a john" came along soon after.

Yes when its being run down by an international

Nothing runs like a Deere with a CAT on its ass... lol

@@HOOSH69 Cat cant a that

I had an 71 International 1300 service truck with a Perkins six cylinder running a straight upright 4 inch exhaust, not that loud but sounded fuken great.

James, you're correct. '67 to '72 was the strongest [best] cab GM [now gm] ever built. In '73 the sheet metal became tin. My friend had a '73 C-10 and on a quiet night he could hear it rusting in the driveway.