4320 story

DeltaRed · Jun 17, 2018

Several years ago(late 70s/early 80s) the local young Farmers club farmed an 80 acre silage corn fund raiseing project.It was plow day.There were many tractors present.My friend had a nice 4320 and a new IH 140(4x18)rollover plow.(his family had 5 4320s) everyone else had 30/40 series Deere,86 series IH.....(newer/bigger tractors).They stuck him in the back of the line because it just an 'old 4320'.He kept having to downshift,throttle back...so......at the end of one pass he just spun it around ,throwed it into 5th dropped the plow, pulled it open and took off. The race was on!No one could catch him,everyone tried.Richard's 'old' 43 beat em all. Seems the harder it pulled,the next gear up and so on.. it just blew blacker smoke and WENT. I think there were a few POed guys there that day,others got a new respect for an 'old' tractor.I love it!!.

lee little · Jun 17, 2018

Thanks for the story DeltaRed. My uncle bought one new and I would love to own it.

JD Seller · Jun 17, 2018

I have owned several that I wish I could have afforded to keep rather than having to sell them to make a profit to pay the bills. I posted about how I had gathered up parts for years but sold it all a couple of years ago. Keep watching for one to catch my eye when I have the green to jump on it.

A JD 4320 could easily be turned up to 175 HP and live if you watched what you where doing. Real common for the dairy guys that used a pull type chopper to have them set at that HP. The JD 4320 was lighter than the JD 4430 and had about the same HP so if you could get the JD 4320 nailed to the ground they would work the heck out of a stock JD 4430.

What I like about them is they are just SMOOTH running. It breaks my heart to see guys at shows with a straight pipe on one. Making a SWEET smooth tractor noisy. LOL

SVcummins · Jun 17, 2018

I had a chrome stack on my 4020 once but I finally got rid of it I?m sure nobody else thought it was as cool as I did to be able to hear it running 2 miles away at 2 am and even with ear muffs it was to loud

Dsmythe · Jun 17, 2018

Thanks for the memories, We had a 4320, 4020, 3020, and a 1020. I loved chopping silage with the 4320 I felt like it was unstoppable. We had a 2 row chopper with a re-cutter screen. Those were the days, Thanks again, Dsmythe

TJV · Jun 18, 2018

It's no wonder why he could out run the others when he only had a 4 bottom plow on a tractor that should handle a 6 bottom plow I guess that's how you make a JD beat the competition.

rustyfarmall · Jun 18, 2018

(quoted from post at 05:08:08 06/18/18) It's no wonder why he could out run the others when he only had a 4 bottom plow on a tractor that should handle a 6 bottom plow I guess that's how you make a JD beat the competition.

Maybe you missed the part about the plow being a 4-18 ROLL-OVER?

jddrawbar · Jun 18, 2018

Did you really have to go there? Hope you feel better.

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