JD 1010

[Fritz Maurer]

I had a 2010 Diesel come in for hard steering a few years back. Several shade tree guys tried to work on it…. one of them even plumbed the loader pump through the steering which resulted in a stripped pump disconnect clutch.
Putting the gauge on it revealed that the tractor hydraulic pump was sucking air somewhere which required a tractor split. There was a 1” cup plug missing from the suction manifold just above the oil level on the front of the H-L-R transmission.
Could steer the tractor with one finger after the plug was replaced.
That was a nice little yard tractor, I hated to give it back to the customer.
Had to be careful with the shift lever , as the gate was worn out on the dashboard, you could go from high to reverse if you were careless, and get thrown over the dashboard.

 

[Pete76NYPa]

For sale near us ..... Tell me the good, bad and ugly. Decent little hunting club tractor? About as powerful as an 8n? 4ft bush hog? 5 ft box blade

Nothing good to tell you; engine issues, transmission issues, parts, not even some weird off color paint job can make a 1010 attractive to anyone except someone who needs one to fill a hole in their collection...and even they wouldn.t run it, for fear it would break.

 

[Lumbersawyer]

I had a 1010 crawler loader. Worked the snott out of that machine with no issues. Overhauled it once, and rebuilt the under carriage once too. I would not hesitate to own a 1010 again but have no need now for a tractor that new or small. I prefer to collect un-styled tractors.