4020 Fitted With Heavier 5010 Front End

4020 Fitted With Heavier 5010 Front End TRACTORS Conversions Lynden Jenkins says his brother-in-law was frequently breaking spindles on his Deere 4020 loader tractor so he replaced the OEM spindles with the larger front end from a Deere 5010 Jenkins says fitting the heavier axles required reworking that his brother-in-law was able to do with a mechanic’s help Long-time tractor mechanic Hank Wittrok says it’s fair to assume the 4020 spindles were breaking because the operator was using a bucket and loader that were too large for the tractor Deere specifications call for mounting a Deere 148 loader capable of lifting 3 100 lbs or a 158 capable of lifting 3 800 lbs on a 4020 The breakout force of those loaders is 4 700 to 5 000 lbs Wittrok says it isn’t uncommon to mount a larger loader with more breakout and lifting force that could easily crack or break the spindles A Deere 4020 listed at 80 hp had standard spindles 15 125-in long with a 1 50-in shaft and 1 687-in dia wheel mount The 5010 is a 120 hp tractor built on a much heavier frame and weighing almost 4 000 lbs more than a 4020 Standard 5010 spindles are 2 in thick Wittrok says finding a 5010 front end nowadays can be like searching for a needle in a haystack because fewer than 10 600 of those tractors were built In the early 2000’s mechanic Ed Beem of Iowa rebuilt Deere axles and adapted other models to 40 series tractors He passed away in 2009 and it’s not known if anyone currently does rebuilds like those Beem did Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Lynden Jenkins P O Box 171 Freedom Wyo 83120

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