Price Check Tractor destroyed

[talbotfcat]

My JD 4520 burnt to ground. It was 4 WD with a cab and a front end loader. I purchase it used from an individual in 2014. It was kept in a barn and perfect. I do not know the year of it and my insurance company wants to know. I have the bill of sale w/ID code, but no year when I look it up. Anybody know where to find out year?

 

[3gunr]

sorry to hear that .how did it catch fire?

 

[Granthol]

Year is very hard to calculate as they aren’t like cars that you can tell by vin. Buying used makes it that much harder as you don’t even know when it was bought new.

 

[talbotfcat]

sorry to hear that .how did it catch fire?

I don稚 know. I was on the road driving it back to my house and I could smell something burning. I got out and a small hose had some fire. In a matter of 30 seconds it was completely on fire. I think it may have been a hydronic hose.

 

[Diggin It]

Sounds more like a fuel line.

Your closest JD dealership would be able to get closer to the year than most, however if this is correct, the 4520 was only made in 1969 and 70:

TractorData.com John Deere 452 tractor information

 

[Thomas]

Can you ask the last owner and where he purchase the JD,maybe dealer has the history still.

 

[RickB]

Sounds more like a fuel line.

Your closest JD dealership would be able to get closer to the year than most, however if this is correct, the 4520 was only made in 1969 and 70:

TractorData.com John Deere 452 tractor information

Or this:
TractorData.com John Deere 452� tractor information

More like what was lost, I bet.

 

[BAP]

Take your bill of sale to a Deere dealer and they should be able to run it and tell you when it was manufactured. Even though tractors don’t necessarily have model years like cars, the VIN or ID number will have a date of manufacture.

 

[arlen4720]

Just give any JD dealer the serial number and they will be able to tell you exactly when it was built.

 

[rmk700]

Somebody might have wrote the year somewhere in your manual if you have the original one.