Dallas Center IA 515-720-2463 | There were a lot of rumors flying around before the New Generation 10 series came out.
A few that I remember:
They will never do away with the two cylinder. Those four cylinder rumors [or whatever] are being spread by International and the other companies to hurt John Deere.
The only reason they are quitting the two cylinder is any bigger engine would be too wide to mount a cultivator or corn picker.
The new tractors are going to have V-4 engines. Mounted crossways as the two cylinder were. One bank of two will be horizontal as before, the other bank vertical.
The 4010 was quite a tractor. The two things that I think really made it a leader was the closed center hydraulic system and no bull gears.
And I didn’t know a thing about either one at the time.
The thing that impressed me about the 4010 was 80 HP, Then 84 after the Nebraska test. The little 3010 had 55 HP, 59 at Nebraska. That is more power than a 730 Diesel. No way a 3010 would keep up with a 730!!
The Oliver 1800 and 1900 came out just about the same time as the 3010 and 4010.
And I felt the Olivers were bigger. Three reasons: The 1800 tractors in the sales literature had 18.4-34 rubber. All the early 4010 tractors had 15.5-38 tires. And that Oliver cast iron grill sure made for a big looking tractor.
And the third reason, and probably the most important, The Oliver 1800 in the early sales literature was shown pulling a 6 bottom semi-mount plow. The 4010 looked a lot smaller with 5 bottom fully mount. It looked like an over-grown Ford!
But most 4010s had quite a bit more power than most Oliver 1800s
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