Combines JD 4400

[The_Red]

OOPS! I did not make myself clear on that. I was speaking of the deck in front of the door on the combine cab. Sorry. Anyway it appears the engine is stuck. Durn!

 

[JHEnt]

That would be a VERY early 4400. All 4400's were belt drive, no hydros. Its hard to believe that that old of a machine only has 900 orinal hours but I know of a few around like that. Being a diesel is a big plus though early non rotorscreen ones don't bring much money. Most important thing is to blow the radiator out daily on that one especially when cutting soybeans. Check all the belts for cracks. look at the augers to see if they're worn to a sharp edge or not. If it looks in good shape and he's got a good corn head with it then i would think up to $2500 or so wouldn't be too bad. The corn head would also need to be in good shape. A 4 row narrow head around here can bring as much as $2000 by itself but that depends on what the local market is like in your area. Rigid platforms are next to worthless but smaller ones will do an OK job for beans. larger ones are hard to get all the beans cut with. Otherwise I would sugest looking for a good flex head.

 

[lee95]

The 4400 is a great combine but in 50 bu. beans and a 13' head you have to drive awfully slow. Around here you could buy a 6600 or 7700 for the same money and do a lot more acres in a day.

 

[YoungFeller]

I am looking at my options. This will be the first "big" equipment purchase I have made. Dad says he doesn't want to help me on it too much. (Kinda seeing how well I can hold my own I guess) It's funny that you mentioned a 6600, cause the guy has one of them too. (Replacing it with a 6620 Titan 2) He expressed pretty much what you said. The 4400 wasn't cutting it as far as speed goes when he got larger in acres (he runs a 15ft. instead of 13ft.),so he moved up to the 6600. The 6600 is a diesel Hydro, rotary screen, AC, chopper, etc. The big thing with the 66, is it has 1500 more hours on it than the 44. I'm thinking I could probably get it for the same price as the 4400 since that would put it at about 2400 hours. I'll let you guys know what I did tommorow. YoungFeller

 

[mkola]

hi i've been running a 4400 gas for about 20 years now and still look forward to harvest.. our maching still only has 700 hours on it it is a GM straight six gas and no rotary screen. the fan blows out of the engine compartment we clean the rad every day in barley or wheat but there is no build up in soys we run a 13 foot 213 flex head for everything and it does a great job however, it is good that we only run about 2-300 acres of crop a year because it does take time to harvest we do 10 acres of heavy grain or 20 acres of light grain per day i'm in central ontario so our beans are usually in the 25-30 bu_ac range so we can fly along in beans diesel would be a nice addition but the old GM runs well and has lots of power check the framing connections above the drive wheels check the rubber pivot points on the cleaning shoes belts might look dry but a can of dressing will do wonders check the brakes-ours needed a new master cylinder few years back -they are expensive good luck -Mark in ontario.

 

[Toolman]

I run both gas and diesel 4400's. The Diesel is so much smoother than the gas. Cost is a little more, as no one wants gas around here (MN). Just the small farmers like me who cant afford much. I can get 20 acres a day with 45 bu beans (diesel). This year was a little slower with corn as yeild was in the 180 range where we usually get 140-150. Nice problem to have. Gas 4400 (early 70's is worth about 500 - 1500. Diesel (late 70's) worth around 2000-3000. All based on condition and need.

 

[pbutler]

I haven't but I have Ray Steuckles book which gives a lot of settings for things like grasses. I will look in there and see what I can find for you.