ford 4630

[Anonymous-0]

IS A 4630 FORD THE SAME SIZE AS A FORD 3000 OR MORE THE SIZE OF A FORD 4000? I AM LOOKING TO BUY A TRACTOR TO REPLACE MY 3000. FOUND A 4610 AND 4630 AT A DEALERS LOT SOME DISTANCE FOR MY HOUSE AND WANTED TO GET AN IDEA OF THE SIZE DIFFERENCE IF ANY BEFORE I DROVE THE DISTANCE TO LOOK AT THE TRACTORS. ALSO ARE THERE ANY BIG PROBLEMS TO LOOK FOR ON THE 4630 OR 4610? THE 3000 AS BEEN A GOOD TROUBLE FREE TRACTOR BUT IT IS JUST ABOUT SHOT. THANKS FOR ANY HELP

 

[Bob]

Have you looked over at external_link?

 

[RodinNS]

The 4630 is three or four major revisions forward from the 4000, 3 more HP (55 PTO) and a good deal heavier depending on the options.
Given the choice I'd take the 4630 over any of them, then the 4610 and so on down. I have a 4000, love it and all... but time has caught up to it here. The 4630 will outperform it in many respects.
The 10 and 30 should both be watched for hydraulic problems and steering issues with their pumps and watch the transmission on the 30 if it's got the shuttle. I don't think it's as durable as the old 8x2 that the thousand series had.... but the 30 series still had the 8x2 as a basic spec transmission. That would be fine.
I'd still take an 8x8 over an 8x2 for the shuttle, but if there are any shifting issues or play in the levers, you can expect to spend some major money in there at some point.
The 10 seires has a column mounted syncro shift transmission that I'm not fond of, but it seems fairly durable all the same. It's just got a horrid shift pattern in my opinion.

They're all good tractors, but there's just more things that COULD go wrong on the newer models. There's more systems...
If any of these are/were loader tractors, LOOK AT EVERYTHING, ESPECIALLY THE FRONT AXLE AND IT'S PIVOT.
4630 is still my pick though.

Rod

 

[Bill in IL]

I know of 2 4630's in the family on our farm. Good tractors but we don't put a lot of hours on those in a year. Maybe 100 each. One is FWA the other is 2wd. Have good power on the low end but not impressed at the higher RPM ranges. Shuttle shift in both tractors and they make a good loader tractor cause shuttle is on right loader control on left so you can use both hands. Seems the new tractors in the agco line have everything on the right.