A pretty sharp looking unit to say the least. I remember the days when farmers did some crazy stuff to get more hp.
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Not telling my age but I remember when Deere came with a Detroit Diesel the first Deere crawler tractor I had a 271 DD engine.Fwiw Deere and DD have always had close ties till M/B bought the co Deere did the casting for years on the 71 series and along with the 50 series that didn't work out for either Co. good luck
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Lets see I have a 1972 4620 DJ w/ a tired engine (never been overhauled)
Sounds like a nice winter project to me :) straight pipes and all :)
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I had to look twice at that picture.
We had a 4020 at a farm I worked at in the 70's that had been repowered with a 6V71T because the original engine had blown, the DD was sitting all lonesome in a wrecked truck bed, and being winter, the boss had to find something for idle hands to do.
I won't say it was a great puller after that, but it sure beat the heck out of what the 4020 4WD would do originally.
Later on, our neighbor bought a Versatile tractor that came originally with a Cummins 903. Later on he built it back as a 903VT and promptly started breaking equipment with it.
The heck with the photo, I want VIDEO (with sound) !!! :D
Luvrbus, I have a John Deere 440ICD crawler loader with a dd 2-53 that is 32 horsepower. It has cleared just about 70 acres of north florida oaks and hickory's. It is strong for such low horselower. If I can I will get the wife to post a picture. John
We have a John Deere 435 running around in our part of Michigan. It came with a 2-53 DD and is neat sounding at tractor pulls. Also Oliver used DD's in some of their older tractors.(990 etc.)
I'd like to hear that baby run also!! I bet it sounds pretty sweet!
there are 2 Olivers that pull at the Florida Flywheelers Antique Tractor Pulls that have DD engines. The 2-53 is governed at 3400 and the 3-53 is governed at 3600. No matter where you are in the park, you know when those tractors make their run. Boy, do they sound sweet! Jack