Love the 4400! Just found your channel and I look forward to more. We have a 4400 in mint condition used for small grain. See it in action from last August on our channel.
I’m thinking about trying corn on our farm so I want to watch your videos about rebuilding the corn head. Might be a future project if I can find one around here.
@@Rollinghillsfarmsmn There's a lot of the 4 row units around. Tractor house, Craigslist, and facebook marketplace would be some places to start. couple of things to look for are gathering chain drive sprockets. Get one with the hex drive not round. hex's are cheap to replace and round ones are not available. Also make sure that the one you get has good gear boxes. They are replaceable and get-able but are very expensive even for a used one. All the rest of the stuff is common and relatively cheap. I did mine for under $2000.00
happy new year bob i live in ohio to my dad farm 150 acres for over 25 years with two jd 55 and a 95 he quit 2009 sadly though he died 2021 were hopping a better 2022
Nice, I put 29 seasons through a '74 4400. I loved that thing. I was always sad on that last pass. Retired four years ago or I'd still be running it. Looks like your trailer has 10,000# axles on it. Better check with someone though. Best regards from Indiana.
Thanks for watching, Farmer Bill! The more I use mine, the better I get at running it. As for the trailer, I have put 15000 lb +/- on it and have had no problems.
Be careful with that trailer. 325 bushel will weigh 18,200 lbs. Those are probably only 7,000 lb axles so legally you cant weigh more than 14,000 including the weight of the trailer.
@@BobontheFarmOhio We have a gravity wagon that holds about 300 bushel and its a real load behind a pickup truck. Your trailer will be much better atleast you will have some weight one truck. We have tandem axle gooseneck trailer and legally we can only haul 10,000 lbs on it. We tried hauling a wheel loader that weighed 14,000 and the trailer blew a tire and the tires were almost new.
@@TheJohndeere466 Pulling gravity wagons on the road always has made me nervous. All of mine are old and rickety and wander around on the road. I feel a lot safer pulling the trailer. 2 loads today running 40 -45 mph loaded and straight as an arrow. Empty was highway speed.
@@BobontheFarmOhio My son and I combined about 110 acres for the neighbor with our 4400. Now we need to do our own corn. I figure we will have about 2000 bushel that we will have to haul in gravity wagons. Our is still pretty wet though. The last time we tested it, it was testing 25
Hey Bob,,,,nice to see people breathing life back into these older machines. Keep up the great work.
I do what I can. Thanks!
Nice
Thanks for watching!
Turn on the electric clutch before engaging the separator will increase it's life. Idle it down before engaging will keep your belts happy.
Thank you for the suggestion. I am still somewhat of a novice with this machine. Thanks for watching!
wow i wanna own the same gooseneck trailer someday so i can haul a lot easy, just like you said.:)
It has been a game changer for me. Thanks for watching!
Wooooowwww😮😮😮😮that machine looks very beautiful inside the cab, like new one.
You can't be looking at my combine! LOL! Thanks for watching!
Love the 4400! Just found your channel and I look forward to more. We have a 4400 in mint condition used for small grain. See it in action from last August on our channel.
I will check it out! Thanks for watching!
I’m thinking about trying corn on our farm so I want to watch your videos about rebuilding the corn head. Might be a future project if I can find one around here.
@@Rollinghillsfarmsmn There's a lot of the 4 row units around. Tractor house, Craigslist, and facebook marketplace would be some places to start. couple of things to look for are gathering chain drive sprockets. Get one with the hex drive not round. hex's are cheap to replace and round ones are not available. Also make sure that the one you get has good gear boxes. They are replaceable and get-able but are very expensive even for a used one.
All the rest of the stuff is common and relatively cheap. I did mine for under $2000.00
happy new year bob i live in ohio to my dad farm 150 acres for over 25 years with two jd 55 and a 95 he quit 2009 sadly though he died 2021 were hopping a better 2022
Happy New Year to you also! I think 2022 almost has to be better. Sorry about your dad. Take care and thanks for watching.
Nice, I put 29 seasons through a '74 4400. I loved that thing. I was always sad on that last pass. Retired four years ago or I'd still be running it. Looks like your trailer has 10,000# axles on it. Better check with someone though.
Best regards from Indiana.
Thanks for watching, Farmer Bill! The more I use mine, the better I get at running it. As for the trailer, I have put 15000 lb +/- on it and have had no problems.
Saludos bob👍
I herd Winkler tire over by Seville has those odd size tires still
Good to know. Thanks!
If you still end up getting pcs of cob, slow your cylinder speed a touch
Yes sir! I will keep that in mind for the next time I use it in corn. Thanks and thanks for watching!
Be careful with that trailer. 325 bushel will weigh 18,200 lbs. Those are probably only 7,000 lb axles so legally you cant weigh more than 14,000 including the weight of the trailer.
The great thing about this trailer is that even if I only haul 200 bu at a time it will save me a ton of travel time.
@@BobontheFarmOhio We have a gravity wagon that holds about 300 bushel and its a real load behind a pickup truck. Your trailer will be much better atleast you will have some weight one truck. We have tandem axle gooseneck trailer and legally we can only haul 10,000 lbs on it. We tried hauling a wheel loader that weighed 14,000 and the trailer blew a tire and the tires were almost new.
@@TheJohndeere466 Pulling gravity wagons on the road always has made me nervous. All of mine are old and rickety and wander around on the road. I feel a lot safer pulling the trailer. 2 loads today running 40 -45 mph loaded and straight as an arrow. Empty was highway speed.
@@BobontheFarmOhio My son and I combined about 110 acres for the neighbor with our 4400. Now we need to do our own corn. I figure we will have about 2000 bushel that we will have to haul in gravity wagons. Our is still pretty wet though. The last time we tested it, it was testing 25
@@BobontheFarmOhio It would really help to alighn the front wheels on your wagons.
Use run 2500 acres of corn and 1000 acres of beans a yr with my 4400 great combine till it broke down. Lol.
Wow! I bet you really racked up the hours! Thanks for watching!
Not much difference then 3300
i know that they use at least a few common parts, so they must be a pretty similar design. Thanks for watching!