Wow that’s a great way to educate the mechanical class by diving head first into a tractor. Fantastic job you all did!

And now Ted is well known for his hydraulic remote rebuilding. Does a fantastic job at a reasonable price!

I bought that exact rollbar and canopy that is on that tractor in video before it was restored, I knew the pictures were framiliar. I fixed it up a bit and mounted it on my 72’ 4000, can’t beat working in the shade in the summer.

The proper term for the exhaust is MANDREL bending. It is desired because there is no flow restriction in the pipe.

Loved the 3020 and 4020 series!!

Awesome tractor, I have seen them, but never used or ran one, sure would like to. Oh well, I guess I can just enjoy watching these videos for my fulfillment. Thanks for sharing and have a nice week ahead!

I wish my Paint Job looked that good.....

These tractors were designed and built from a whole different mindset from the engineers today. Tractors have never really been cheap. If you work on new equipment and see how cheap the parts are made its obvious they are not designed to last very long. My and my Grandfather tore down a 1953 Catapillar crawler dozer, it was cable operated. I hated to scrap it but it was too far gone to repair for any reasonable price. I still have the crank shaft out of it it only weighs about 500 lbs. That machine in every aspect of its engine transmission and drive assembleys would have easily lasted a lifetime of use if properly maintained. In the early 70s 10,000 usd is about 60,000 todays money. and thats what those big heavy JD tractors cost give or take depending on your options and equipment. If you buy a newer 50-70 hp tractor it is so light it wont actually put the horsepower to the ground with out adding weight! I had to add over 1000lbs to get my 50hp Kubota to ever work right and do what I needed it to do!!!

That's a cool unit., I didn't know that they were 71 HP.

Curious what a 1966 JD 3020 LP power shift what would be worth.

💗💗💗💗💗 Nice Video My Friend 💗💗💗💗💗

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So did you install a different hood without the opening for the upright exhaust or was the hood you currently have the one this tractor was "supposed" to have?

To be for sure it was an orchard tractor can't the VIN number be researched and find out that way? Because it had the smaller rear tires that could have been scavenged and put on the tractor later and the exhaust was in the right place and it had the original roof over the seat instead of being added later or moved later. To me it could go either way being it was originally in Florida that could possible make it an orchard tractor but it's just as possible that the rims and tires were added later as the muffler and roof over the seat could be a modification after it was an orchard tractor. I'd lean more towards it wasn't an orchard tractor and it's more likely the rims and wheels were scavenged off a broken down orchard tractor and added later in its life instead of buying new rubber. I think he wanted it to be an orchard tractor so badly he rationalized one thing into meaning it was, over two things that could have been original saying it's not. Just my opinion. 👍

So I take it that particular 3020 did not have the underslung exhaust. It was what he wanted rather than factory. Customized in other words. Nice restore nonetheless.

Not an orchard. It’s a standard.

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Rated horsepower and rear horsepower was a lie, powershift sucked a lot of power.