4020 and 750 drill

[Fred Iron]

How much power dose it take to pull a 15' John Deere 750 no-till drill? Would a 4020 do it? I am thinking dolly wheels would be a must.

I have been thinking about a no till drill for a long time but wondering if I am going to have to get another tractor to put on it

 

[Bob Bancroft]

I have several similar thoughts, but am thinking just the opposite on the dolly wheels.

I question whether the 4020 is heavy enough to control the drill without the weight of the drill on the tractor. I suppose it depends on how much the tractor is weighted. And your topography.

My 4020 has three sets of rear wheel weights, dry tires, and a light loader on front. So it would be easy to add more front weight.

But, I haven't tried it. Neighbors who have gone from dolly wheels to the two point hitch agree.

 

[Fred Iron]

I have been thinking I want the dolly wheels because I am questioning whether or not a 20 series would have enough lift on the 3 point to carry the drill?

 

[Mike Aylward]

Fred, I have a 750 drill and have owned it for several years. I've pulled it with a '64 4020, a '71 4020 with cab, and a 4440. All pulled it fine but the 4440 does it the best. The older 4020 weighs around 11,500 lbs. and that is as light a tractor as I would want. My tractors are all turned up and 5th gear is top end for pulling the drill with a 4020. If you have hills you will be in 4th. The drill, when full, is said to weigh around 13,000 lbs. You will want a tractor that heavy to pull it (and to hold it back going down hill). My drill is a dolly wheel drill that I added a two-point hitch to. I still have the dolly wheels but can lift the wheels off the ground if I come to a soft spot and need the weight transfer. Keeping the wheels on the drill makes for easier hitching/unhitching. I made the hitch and it is similar (but not the same) to a Maurer hitch. I can now also turn shorter than 90 degrees with the hitch as it makes it much more manueverable. Your 4020 will pull the drill but you need to weight it up. You will like the drill. Mike

 

[J. W. Schwiebert]

The boys have a 15 foot 750 and we can pull it with a 4020 but the neighbors own a 15 foot and one pulls it with a 3020 with duals and the other one a 4030. Both have the dolly wheels (90 +% around do) But this is very flat farmland.

 

[Bob Bancroft]

I guess someone just needs to try it!

Unfortunately both neighbors, on either side of me, have gone from their 15' drills to the big air seeders.

With the few things that I have hauled around on the three point, I haven't considered that to be a limiting factor. Keeping the front of the tractor down was.

 

[tomstractorsandtoys]

If you have hills do not even think about dolly wheels and a 4020.Neighbor bought one of the first 750 drills in our area and pulled it with a 4640 with duals.The first fall he tried turning at the bottom of a steep hill and it pushed the tractor sideways thru a fence and almost over a cliff.His next drill was 2 point hitch.I tried a 10 foot with dolly wheels on my 3020 and could pull it fine but after about two passes thru the feild I went for the 4020 because of the drill shoving the tractor around.I have used a ten foot 2 point drill on a 4020 with no problem but am not sure about a 15 ft.

 

[LonM]

We used to no-till soybeans with a 750 behind a 4020. It had fluid in the inside rears, and duals (18.4-34). It would do it, but our 4240 handles the drill much better. Just be careful going down the road with it.

 

[coonie minnie]

We've used a 4020 on a 10 ft 750 for 20 years. We have the straight drawbar hitch, and loop a chain around the 3 point linksand under the drawbar.

The 10 ft doesn't work the 4020 hard at all, unless the drill is full and you are on a very large hill. The 4020 can pretyyu much go anywhere in 5th, and often 6th around 1700 rpm.

I just traded for a 15 ft with a 2pt, so we will see what happens. I'm guessing the 4020 may work ok, atleast for seeding alfalfa, where there is not a lot of seed weight. If not something bigger goes on there.