I really believe that is honest.

It all works, everything! Serial number is a 1981 model (I think)

Quad Range transmission. I'm done tractor buying the rest of my life. This was my Elanor, for a tractor. Been saving money for years to get one of these. Made in Iowa U.S.A. By Gawd!

Congrats!

Solid tractor. This is the last one I used.

What a hoss!

Congrats, sir!

She'll run forever!

Congrats man, looks great for 40 years old!

I guess you sold the one you had in the classifieds? For the non-tractor folks what's the difference in the two?

nice! always liked the quad range over the power shift. cant be original paint? either way nice looking deere!

Nice! Those are a good improvement over their predecessor.

Congrats. She’s a beaut.

That’s a great looking Deere. I live in older dairy farm country and you see quite a few 4020’s. But I haven’t seen any in that good of shape

Nicely done.

We had one, no cab. Strong tractor though. Great for general use.

They are both in the "Sound Guard" era of John Deere tractors. The body panels all match, the cab interior is all the same. The one I sold is a 77' model. Listed as 130 HP. This is an 81' model, listed as 140 HP. Few things got tweaked on the engine. I didn't need any more horse power. I just needed a more friendly to use transmission. The kicker is, the 77' model could have had this transmission. My theory is, they had extra Synchrorange transmissions on the shelf and used them up till they were gone. Nothing wrong with the Synchrorange transmission for certain jobs. But for all that I am doing with one tractor, a transmission change was needed.

It was painted a year or two ago. That's fine, it passed all the tests I put it through, with flying colors.

I wish I could justify owning a tractor like that. Real nice. I will have to make do with my 59 horse Mahindra. I does everything I need it to do.

Great tractor!

That is a great looking tractor, especially for 1981

Congrats JG! I'm sure you'll get a lot of use out of it.

Would that tractor have come from Norwood? Nice tractor either way. I have owned one. If it would have been a 4wd it would still be in my barn. Probably should have kept it anyway

That is a damn good looking tractor. You called it an Elanor so I hope it serves you well Sir.

Got it in Bogata.

I'll get some duals for it later. I don't plow too often, so I'll just keep an eye out for the right deal.

Personally, I've never needed mechanical front on these. Standing water on black land, hit the diff lock and keep rolling. 2WD front end sure does turn tight on these.

I've got tractors 10 years old with more hours. If that's original hours, good deal!

It should work as long as I want to work. My daughter can use it herself or sell it when I'm gone.