8V71 in a John Deere

[Chopper Scott]

A pretty sharp looking unit to say the least. I remember the days when farmers did some crazy stuff to get more hp.

[luvrbus]

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

[poppi]

HE he he 

   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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[Dallas]

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.

[WEC4104]

The heck with the photo, I want VIDEO (with sound) !!!

[junkman42]

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

[baker4106]

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.)

[Chopper Scott]

I'd like to hear that baby run also!! I bet it sounds pretty sweet!

[JackConrad]

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