How funny siid modding just announced one of these for FS19 and I get a year old 8960 vid from BTP in my notifications! You tube strikes again! As always thanks BTP! Even if I’m a lil late to the party on this one! 🤣🇺🇸
I am trying to release a video each day. I have not even shown half the spring corn planting I filmed yet. The 8010/8020 are the big GM machines. I stated in the video there were 8 John Deere models that were not Deere powered. The 8020 and WA-17 and WA-14 are cool 60s Deere 4wds.
My son has an 8960 exactly like this , plenty of power out of that Cummins but they've had plenty of hydraulic issues last few years , nothing runs forever without some problems!! We're in West Central Illinois also, probably not to far away. That Miller disk is a real plowing machine if that's what you need! Thanks for bringing us the "vintage" stuff!!
Another great one. Love seeing the unique equipment. Surprised to see and offset harrow in land that lays that good. But to me, you can't beat them in our small, terraced, and extremely rolling hills.
BTP when I finished watching this video, I was looking through the recommended videos on the right hand side of my screen. There at the bottom was a video from 2013 of a JD 8960. It was very short (1:35 min.) and also had a combine with a Shelbourne header. I must have missed it when it first came out. Same tractor?
That was a fun day in the field back in 2013. The S690 combine on that Shelbourne was brand new. It was the second year the S600s were on the market. The 8960 in that video was working in Western Kentucky. Unfortunately the farm that had the 8960 in the wheat harvest video was completely destroyed by a tornado. They retired from farming. The Shelbourne in that 8960 video was recently shown again here on BTP on a 9670STS combine the video vacuuming up 42ft of wheat.
+bigtractorpower Very nice and informational video. I happen to be using this exact model of tractor in Farming Simulator 19. Nice to see the real deal.
Hi. I have made videos on the AC 440, 8550, 4W305 and MF 5200 that are narrated. I do have videos posted from several years ago of a 4W220, 4880, and McConnell Marc 1000. If you put those model numbers in UA-cam search and add bigtractorpower after the brand and model number they should be easy to find.
I spent many hours on one. Ours was turned up a bit to around 450 hp. Wasn't much it wouldn't pull. No electronics to speak of and you can fix them with a handful of wrenches.
generationll he’s not saying that those early 60s models had Cummins engines, he’s just saying that there were tractor models in the early 60s that didn’t have John Deere engines. In this case it was Detroit.
I was saying there were 8 tractors that did not use a Deere engine. You are right the 8010/8020 were GM powered. The WA-17 and WA-14 are the other 1960’s Deere 4wds that were not Deere powered.
The 60 and 70 series do not match the styling of other tractors from Deere. I was not a fan of their look when they first came out. I liked the 30/40/50 series better. Today I really like their classic look.
I have filmed a bunch of machines. I have not been able to share all the 2019 corn planting yet and hay season and wheat harvest are rolling by now too.
Your channel is one of my favorites! I love your narration with specifications, history, etc along with actually being able to listen to and watch the equipment at work. Thank your for not sound affects or music. Just the "music" of that stuff a work in the fields.
@@ChiefAUS Hell, in the 70s I was taking hay with a Allis Chalmers tractor with one front tire. Boy when I hit them woodchuck holes did that front end jump up. But the farm I lived and worked on had a 5020 and that was one of the biggest tractors in the area. Unlucky for me my stepfather bought his own farm and the farm and equipment was like that from the Green Acres TV show.
@@freedomring4813 Good memories. I grew up on WD-45 and D-17 Allis Chalmers tractors. But by the 70 & 80s I was in the US Army for 22 years. So all these tractors are new to me. Thanks for bring back the memories.
I always liked the design of this tractor. Too bad they didn't make one compatible to a Steiger Tiger or Versatile 1150 I would seriously think about buying one..
Whilst the newer JD artics may get the job done quicker, I'm more partial to the early 70s style 7520 and the successor 30 Series models introduced in 1975 - they just look 'right', whereas the one in the video appears 'unbalanced' due to that long nose and squarer bonnet. Purely a subjective view of course. Perhaps the longer 'nose' pushed the centre of gravity further forward and as a result, there was more wieght over the front drive axle, with less need to hang any extra 'suitcase' wieghts off the front of the machine.
When the 60 series was announced in the fall of 1988 I remember think what did they do??? I grew up with the 20, 30, 40 and 50 series then the 60s were such an odd change. They did not look like the other John Deere 2wds and they never did. I think of the made the 60 and 70 series look like the 8000 2wds released in late 1994 they would have had a bolder look. The 8960 is a Sound Gard II. Over the past 30 years the look has grown on me. I really like them now.
Good afternoon Sir. May I ask the size of this tractor and why do you prefer this tractor for this operation? Specifically I want some information about how to choose specific tractor for an operation. Thank in advance 🙏
I got a 4AA powered 32'nd scale for christmas one year with pto and three point hitch. She was top of the pops back in the day. Had to pop the hood to put the batteries in.
Man. I feel sorry for the worms! Wouldn't 1 pass be enough? Seems like overworking the soil to me. Love the video, thanks for all your hard work. UK Farmer.
It was so wet this year they had to work it up to dry out the soil. Many fields were unplanted because it rained every day. They had to plow up this soil in hopes of drying it and planting same day because more rain was on the way.
The Kinze re-Power is an 8970. John Kinzenbaw the owner of Kinze built it. It’s a cool tractor as it looks like a big John Deere 8400. The 8x60 and 70 tractors are nice tractors but their styling never matched any other Deere tractor.
Thank you for watching. I am never know why I get dislikes unless a person shares their thoughts witch I wish they do. Constructive criticism helps improve the videos. Some people may dislike a video because it’s not their favorite brand. I try to cover every brand. Two people always dislike every video I make in the first five minutes so I guess they do not like BTP. You can’t please everyone but I enjoy starting farm machinery.
@@bigtractorpower those two instant haters are actually your two biggest closet fans that haven't realized it that's all😂😂😂 As a Kiwi that has spent his whole life on farming, growing up on dairy and then spent many years custom cutting driving a Claas foragers (several versions) and also two years farming in ND on 10000 acre plot and now a heavy diesel tech I find your videos 3xcellent, I am green blooded at heart but can certainly appreciate all colours as let's be fair no one colour is perfect, they all have positives and negatives. It's so nice to get the history on all these older machines that I saw and heard about when I was in the states but to get the technical data and hear them in action is just the icing on the cake. Full credit for all your hard work and I would more than love to discuss with the unawakened followers why they dislike your work. Full support from New Zealand buddy✌🙏
bigtractorpower Big tractor I love Seeing Farm machinery in action👍🏻 so what do you do I enjoy very much😊 I get to see country in other states 😎 because I ride around South Jersey farmland and check out all the farmers in their time😊 so take care and have a happy Fourth of July🇺🇸
How funny siid modding just announced one of these for FS19 and I get a year old 8960 vid from BTP in my notifications! You tube strikes again! As always thanks BTP! Even if I’m a lil late to the party on this one! 🤣🇺🇸
Ain’t a bad rig in fs19 eitehr
Man, BTP you are turning out the videos!
I love it. Enjoy watching all the videos.
John Deere used the screaming Jimmy Detroit in the 8020.
I am trying to release a video each day. I have not even shown half the spring corn planting I filmed yet. The 8010/8020 are the big GM machines. I stated in the video there were 8 John Deere models that were not Deere powered. The 8020 and WA-17 and WA-14 are cool 60s Deere 4wds.
I drove an 8960 in Moree, Australia for the duration of the Gulf War in 1990/91. Disc ploughing just like this one.
My son has an 8960 exactly like this , plenty of power out of that Cummins but they've had plenty of hydraulic issues last few years , nothing runs forever without some problems!! We're in West Central Illinois also, probably not to far away. That Miller disk is a real plowing machine if that's what you need! Thanks for bringing us the "vintage" stuff!!
I like finding classic and vintage farm machines. That is neat your son has an 8960. What implements does he run on his 8960?
Mainly pulls a 30 ft Turbo Till and a 16 knife NH3 toolbar both of which aren't big loads but we have some pretty big hills! Thanks for the reply!
It doesn’t matter what other video I’am watching,when BTP pops up I switch to it immediately. Thanks again 😎
Brent Farrow lol I do this too!
I appreciate your enthusiasm for BTP videos. 👍👍
The farm to my north has the 8760 that I posted about in the last video B.T.P.,it's a great machine and is in the same condition as this 8960 is in.
The 60 series are nice tractors. I have a friend that bought an 8760 this year.
@@bigtractorpower I'm more then sure he is very pleased with it.
Beautiful tractors I’ve driven an 8760 before and these tractors are such beasts
Cool tractor man
It is a solid machine.
Yea
WHAT A BEAST ......... now I know what i wish for christmas :-) nice find BTP thank you
Thank you for watching.
Another fantastic video showing a great John Deere tractor
Thank you for watching.
Another great one. Love seeing the unique equipment. Surprised to see and offset harrow in land that lays that good. But to me, you can't beat them in our small, terraced, and extremely rolling hills.
It’s nice land but heavy soil. Lots of ruts from a wet harvest. The offset disk is a fast way to cut up and dry a wet field.
Another great video with some classic big iron!
Thank you for watching.
Nice vídeo it loos beatiful.
I like finding classics like this 8960.
BTP when I finished watching this video, I was looking through the recommended videos on the right hand side of my screen. There at the bottom was a video from 2013 of a JD 8960. It was very short (1:35 min.) and also had a combine with a Shelbourne header. I must have missed it when it first came out. Same tractor?
That was a fun day in the field back in 2013. The S690 combine on that Shelbourne was brand new. It was the second year the S600s were on the market. The 8960 in that video was working in Western Kentucky. Unfortunately the farm that had the 8960 in the wheat harvest video was completely destroyed by a tornado. They retired from farming. The Shelbourne in that 8960 video was recently shown again here on BTP on a 9670STS combine the video vacuuming up 42ft of wheat.
@@bigtractorpower Thanks for the reply. That was some video.
+bigtractorpower Very nice and informational video. I happen to be using this exact model of tractor in Farming Simulator 19. Nice to see the real deal.
👍👍 Very cool. I always hope BTP can help FS players.
Another good video!
Thank you for watching.
Is there any chance of finding and reviewing MF or Allis Chalmers 4WD articulated tractors?
He has done Allis Chalmers. You would have to go back through the videos
Byron Glover look for the MF5200 and the Allis “SuperBeast”. BTP did videos in both.
Hi. I have made videos on the AC 440, 8550, 4W305 and MF 5200 that are narrated. I do have videos posted from several years ago of a 4W220, 4880, and McConnell Marc 1000. If you put those model numbers in UA-cam search and add bigtractorpower after the brand and model number they should be easy to find.
I spent many hours on one. Ours was turned up a bit to around 450 hp. Wasn't much it wouldn't pull. No electronics to speak of and you can fix them with a handful of wrenches.
👍👍. Thank you for sharing
Does anybody use a drag and cultipacker to finish the soil anymore for planting?
Yes they do. I have a 6030 on a cultimulcher on the way to share.
Have you done any work to your 4 wheel drive IH4786
Yes I have. Stay tuned. It made a cameo appearance in the IH 4568 video I posted a few weeks ago.
What models in the early 1960s had Cummins engines.Both the 8010 & 8020 had Detroit Diesels.
generationll he’s not saying that those early 60s models had Cummins engines, he’s just saying that there were tractor models in the early 60s that didn’t have John Deere engines. In this case it was Detroit.
@@easchit Thats what I am saying
generationll oh ok. Lol. I guess I need to read more closely
I was saying there were 8 tractors that did not use a Deere engine. You are right the 8010/8020 were GM powered. The WA-17 and WA-14 are the other 1960’s Deere 4wds that were not Deere powered.
Miller made heavy disk 👍
It really worked up the ground nicely.
This has to be the worst looking JD made, just my opinion
Vanila Kung well your opinion is worthless
@@noahranker4133 c'mon bud, dont speak ill of the blind, lol.
The 60 and 70 series do not match the styling of other tractors from Deere. I was not a fan of their look when they first came out. I liked the 30/40/50 series better. Today I really like their classic look.
Those Miller disks are HEAVY, and do a good job cutting.
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We are also working with one and he’s great!
You have been uploading a lot thanks
I have filmed a bunch of machines. I have not been able to share all the 2019 corn planting yet and hay season and wheat harvest are rolling by now too.
Love these older JD models
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Yep
best ever
Very nice JD and watching the disk work as well. 🚜👍
It’s a nice tillage team.
Your channel is one of my favorites! I love your narration with specifications, history, etc along with actually being able to listen to and watch the equipment at work. Thank your for not sound affects or music. Just the "music" of that stuff a work in the fields.
Thank you for watching. I think the best music is the sound of the machine at work.
@@bigtractorpower yep. Music to my ears too
One of my favorites
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Putting the Cummins in there was the best thing they did!
There's 2 dares to someone out there with lots of money and a big workshop is, put quadtracks on either a 8960/8970 and a BigBud.
I have seen pictures of an 8970 converted to four tracks in the late 90’s.
Neighbor to my parents have an 8960. Love watching it working ground growing up.
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Wasn't there a JD 8060 series that used a Deere-branded Detroit Diesel 60 series engine?
These tractors arent...OLD ...as many say on here ,when you are 59....LOL
How about when you are 72 like I am. These are new tractors to me. lol
@@ChiefAUS Hell, in the 70s I was taking hay with a Allis Chalmers tractor with one front tire. Boy when I hit them woodchuck holes did that front end jump up. But the farm I lived and worked on had a 5020 and that was one of the biggest tractors in the area. Unlucky for me my stepfather bought his own farm and the farm and equipment was like that from the Green Acres TV show.
@@freedomring4813 Good memories. I grew up on WD-45 and D-17 Allis Chalmers tractors. But by the 70 & 80s I was in the US Army for 22 years. So all these tractors are new to me. Thanks for bring back the memories.
I hear you. I remember these tractors lined up new on the dealer lot.
I always liked the design of this tractor. Too bad they didn't make one compatible to a Steiger Tiger or Versatile 1150 I would seriously think about buying one..
A KTA-1150 class John Deere 4wd would have been a monster.
I grew up on that tractor. Thanks for sharing.
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Whilst the newer JD artics may get the job done quicker, I'm more partial to the early 70s style 7520 and the successor 30 Series models introduced in 1975 - they just look 'right', whereas the one in the video appears 'unbalanced' due to that long nose and squarer bonnet.
Purely a subjective view of course.
Perhaps the longer 'nose' pushed the centre of gravity further forward and as a result, there was more wieght over the front drive axle, with less need to hang any extra 'suitcase' wieghts off the front of the machine.
When the 60 series was announced in the fall of 1988 I remember think what did they do??? I grew up with the 20, 30, 40 and 50 series then the 60s were such an odd change. They did not look like the other John Deere 2wds and they never did. I think of the made the 60 and 70 series look like the 8000 2wds released in late 1994 they would have had a bolder look. The 8960 is a Sound Gard II. Over the past 30 years the look has grown on me. I really like them now.
Now that's what I'm talking about...
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I Got one of these 8960's in farming simulator 19 and it is a beast love your videos
We have a 8960 and it’s the best tractor we have
👍👍 Very cool.
Good afternoon Sir. May I ask the size of this tractor and why do you prefer this tractor for this operation? Specifically I want some information about how to choose specific tractor for an operation. Thank in advance 🙏
Is there a purpose for the flat edge on the rear outer gangs disc blades?
To reduce Berming between the passes of the disk.
@@bigtractorpower Ah, makes sense. Thanks!
Probably my favorite big 4x4 articulated John Deere tractor I love the extended nose off the front axle and that fantastic sound
The 8960 is a great tractor.
nice
I got a 4AA powered 32'nd scale for christmas one year with pto and three point hitch. She was top of the pops back in the day. Had to pop the hood to put the batteries in.
I have that model too. It came with a pto powered barge wagon and flail spreader. 😁👍👍
Great John Deere footage, not sure I'd heard of Miller, but that's a nice disc
Miller also built disks for Sperry-New Holland.
Man. I feel sorry for the worms! Wouldn't 1 pass be enough? Seems like overworking the soil to me. Love the video, thanks for all your hard work. UK Farmer.
It was so wet this year they had to work it up to dry out the soil. Many fields were unplanted because it rained every day. They had to plow up this soil in hopes of drying it and planting same day because more rain was on the way.
@@bigtractorpower Thank you for taking the time to answer. I appreciate every situation is a little different.
I’ve seen an 8960 or 8970 Kinze repower with an expanded hood 8000 series hood.... I would love a video on that.... great video Jason
The Kinze re-Power is an 8970. John Kinzenbaw the owner of Kinze built it. It’s a cool tractor as it looks like a big John Deere 8400. The 8x60 and 70 tractors are nice tractors but their styling never matched any other Deere tractor.
An you maybe get a video on that?
John Deere 💚👏👍👍
Thank you for watching.
Those Miller discs are a beast!
We have a 22,3 ft one and it does a great job! (The 8345R pulls it pretty well)
Very cool. An 8345R is nearly reaching the horse power of the 8960.
@@bigtractorpower yep, with the power boost it gets to 370 (if I remember correctly).
It amazes me why 19 conservationists even bother to click the video just to dislike it. Awesome work
Thank you for watching. I am never know why I get dislikes unless a person shares their thoughts witch I wish they do. Constructive criticism helps improve the videos. Some people may dislike a video because it’s not their favorite brand. I try to cover every brand. Two people always dislike every video I make in the first five minutes so I guess they do not like BTP. You can’t please everyone but I enjoy starting farm machinery.
@@bigtractorpower those two instant haters are actually your two biggest closet fans that haven't realized it that's all😂😂😂 As a Kiwi that has spent his whole life on farming, growing up on dairy and then spent many years custom cutting driving a Claas foragers (several versions) and also two years farming in ND on 10000 acre plot and now a heavy diesel tech I find your videos 3xcellent, I am green blooded at heart but can certainly appreciate all colours as let's be fair no one colour is perfect, they all have positives and negatives. It's so nice to get the history on all these older machines that I saw and heard about when I was in the states but to get the technical data and hear them in action is just the icing on the cake. Full credit for all your hard work and I would more than love to discuss with the unawakened followers why they dislike your work. Full support from New Zealand buddy✌🙏
Sweet tractor can't beat a Cummins engine
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Awesome looking machine..getting the job done!
Thank you for watching. This was a tractor I have wanted to film for quite a while.
Great machine!
Thank you for watching.
when the tractor is working what is the fuel consumption per hour on this chore
I am not sure. A modern 9420R doing a job like this would be around 20 gallon an hour.
seeding its loosely about 5acres a gal
Good video sod buster
Thank you for watching.
Nice video
Thank you for watching.
Love the old Deere... 👍😍
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Thank you for watching and commenting on so many BTP videos.
bigtractorpower Big tractor I love Seeing Farm machinery in action👍🏻 so what do you do I enjoy very much😊 I get to see country in other states 😎 because I ride around South Jersey farmland and check out all the farmers in their time😊 so take care and have a happy Fourth of July🇺🇸
Miller made heavy disk 👍 Taylor-way also made a good heavy offset.
👍👍. I would like to see a Taylor Way and a Rome disk.
Don’t like Cummins engines
Why? They are about bulletproof.
Not what I was raised on I am a John Deere Chevy guy Chevy from the Kolbeck side and John Deere from the Spindler side
The was a Chevy C65 offered with a John Deere engine. I have a Deere brochure on it.