Deere 5020 Repowered With Detroit Diesel Engine
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Back in the late 1960's I bought a Deere 5020 used at a farm sale and promptly repowered it with a V-8 71 Detroit diesel engine that came out of a semi tractor. The tractor was originally equipped with an in-line 6-cyl. 130 hp diesel engine which I thought was too small. This is a big, heavy tractor and I knew that it could handle the extra power. I had a machine shop in Council Bluffs, Iowa, do the actual work. They equipped it with big dual mufflers that were designed for a semi tractor. The mufflers are painted black and really look nice against the tractor's green and yellow colors. Over the years I've used this tractor to pull a 45-ft. field cultivator, 25-ft. Kewanee disk, and 12-ft. dozer blade. The engine has a lot of torque at low rpm's and responds very fast. I paid $2,000 for the tractor and $3,500 for the engine.
The tractor now has about 1,900 hours and I'm considering selling it. (Gerald L. Wheatley, Wheatley Mfg., Inc., Hwy. 92 West, Massena, Iowa 50853 ph 712 779-3418)
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Deere 5020 Repowered With Detroit Diesel Engine REPOWERED EQUIPMENT Repowered Equipment 23-5-36 Back in the late 1960's I bought a Deere 5020 used at a farm sale and promptly repowered it with a V-8 71 Detroit diesel engine that came out of a semi tractor. The tractor was originally equipped with an in-line 6-cyl. 130 hp diesel engine which I thought was too small. This is a big, heavy tractor and I knew that it could handle the extra power. I had a machine shop in Council Bluffs, Iowa, do the actual work. They equipped it with big dual mufflers that were designed for a semi tractor. The mufflers are painted black and really look nice against the tractor's green and yellow colors. Over the years I've used this tractor to pull a 45-ft. field cultivator, 25-ft. Kewanee disk, and 12-ft. dozer blade. The engine has a lot of torque at low rpm's and responds very fast. I paid $2,000 for the tractor and $3,500 for the engine.
The tractor now has about 1,900 hours and I'm considering selling it. (Gerald L. Wheatley, Wheatley Mfg., Inc., Hwy. 92 West, Massena, Iowa 50853 ph 712 779-3418)
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