Dad was really excited when I got this head because both of us have wanted one for a long time and he wasnt about to miss it going on the first time and seeing it roll over. We went to lots of sales over the years trying to buy one but they always went for a crazy high price and we both werent going to spend that kind of money to buy one. When I told him I got this one bought for $1300 he said it took you long enough ! LOL He coulnd wait to go over and look at it on the trailer and he was really surprised how good the head is and really cant get over the price I got it for. He was excited to see the 770 too ! He really likes it now that I got it running right and I really wish he could get up on it and run it cause I know he would love it ! Bandit
@@banditfarmer1900 that’s a neat deal you and your dad share. I wish like hell I could get back into farming cause honest to god it’s some of the best times Iv had in my life. I wish I could farm on my own but the price of land and cash rent is outrageous over here in iowa and don’t get me started on equipment
Man I hope I never have to do that again as that was a job and a half to do and took 3 weeks to do! Man that was a job and ended up taking 2 of us a few times to get the belts on. I had to get Jacob to help me get a couple of belt guards back on it, I barely got them off and there was just no way 1 guy could get them back on. But I really ended up with a good combine from all the work and the year I did that I didnt have any brake downs and that was a first ! LOL I sure hope this year is the same way ! Bandit
Nice to see a farmer that doesn't spend 500 k on a combine. From a former small farmer. Looks like a great machine from what you paid for it. Keep up the great videos, nothing wrong with being a small Farmer
Thank You Alan, With what I gave for the combine and putting all new belts on it rice tires and steer tires I had and buying the corn head I have about $3500 in it total and to me this is still a cheap combine for what it is. If I take care of it it will last me 10 or 15 years or about the time I'm done farming and retire. I still just cant believe the number of people who say junk it and buy a new one, These are all the arm chair farmers who dont know squat about real farming and what it really takes to make money on the farm. You dont make money making big payments on equipment that sits most of the time you own it, But good used bought cheap will make you money every time ! Best thing about this is it's all paid for including the farm ! I might be a small farmer but I'll bet there is a lot of the big ones who wish they had it all paid for ! Bandit
As Mavrick would say "You got to kick the tires and light the fire " LOL. Well same thing goes for farm equipment except for the fire stuff, Fire and farm equipment dont mix too good ! LOL I know for a fact if dad could get into the cab of the combine there would be no stopping him ! Bandit
@@jankotze1959 Me and dad both have wanted one of these JD corn heads for a long time but we could never find one we could afford to buy, When I got this one for $1300 we both felt like it was a dream come true and I really wish I had corn to shell so I could try it out for the first time on the 4400, I really wish dad could try it out too cause I know he would be in heaven getting to do it ! Bandit
Taken September 17 2022 , After getting the JD 4400 combine running well its time to get the JD 443 corn head hooked up and rolling over. I honestly can say this was the easiest I ever hooked a head up to a combine and even dad was amazed ! I had bought new chains for the couplers and this will help in the future to make it easer to hook the heads up to the combine but for now it just makes it easer for now, But I got it hooked up and rolling over and it really needs the chains oiled up cause I really dont know how long it has set and by the looks of it its sat awhile so lots of oil its needing right now. A lot went on today getting this hooked up 1550 gas the long 1850 and the 770 came out so I could get the combine out and I did finish the last of the work on the Oliver 770 with checking the oil in the rear end and adjusting the brakes so its ready to go to work ! The JD 4400 is running great now and the corn head is in great shape now and ready to go to work next year, Unless I find some corn to shell this fall ? Why knows what will happen just have to wait and see. The combine is ready to go as is the corn head so now I have ground work to do and I'll get the try the 770 out on a disk ! I hope you enjoyed watching. Bandit
Dad really wanted to see this head go on the combine for the first time, Its been kind of a dream of both of us to get a head like this and I'm really glad I bought it. Had to drive 4 hours to get it but for the price it was well worth it . I'm used to the Gleaner style of hook up and this was oh so easy I got it on the first try, Pull up to it inch in and raise it up and I had it ! Dad said thats the easiest we ever hooked up a head on anything. When he got to the house covered in dust he told mom he worked hard today, Mom just rolled her eye's at him ! LOL But dad will always be the supervisor on the farm ! Cousin Bandit
Nice, I put 26 seasons through the same setup. I bought it second owner. It was a very reliable machine. Parts are getting scarce. Shoup in Illinois is a good supplier. Buy a parts machine if you can get one cheap, lots of changes along the way on those 4400s so it'll need to be close to the same year. I loved running mine. The only difference is mine was a 443 low tin oil bath head. Enjoy. Best regards from Indiana.
I'm lucky that dads old 4400 is still sitting there and it makes for a great parts machine for me, Lucky for me there both first year machines. One is the 700th one built and mine is the 1200th one built and believe it or not there are differences between them, Just goes to show they were making changes even early on on these. One thing different is dads old one has a chain that drives the feeder beater behind the cylinder ware mine has a belt to drive it. Mine had a variable speed pulley for the head that had 2 locator pins in it and was worn and dads had 4 locator pins in it so I put it on mine when I was changing all the belts on it. Its funny how many little things were changed in these machine in the first year of production so I'm glad to have a parts machine sitting there to use as I need it. There good old machines but they are harder to get parts for them. Bandit
Thank You Gregory, I wish I had videoed putting the head on because of it going on so easy, Even dad was shocked how easy it was. After I had spent a day cleaning it out I was really surprised to see all the dust that came out of it , WOW dad got dusted pretty good this time ! Dad was really excited to see this head running for the first time, Both of us have been wanting one of these for a long time but could never get one bought till now. I just wish he could try it out in corn, He would be in Heaven ! Bandit
Well that geos back to years ago when I bought my first 95 back in the 90's, I bought it at auction and drove it to my uncles place that day so I could give it a good going over before the rest of the drive home. It had a hoses to drive a hydraulic reel on it and at the time were unhooked from the head, Well lets just say when I started it up and engaged the machine my uncle and an other guy got covered up with hydraulic oil when the pump blew up from being dead headed ! They were not amused ! LOL ! Bandit
The grain head will have a bolt on each side of the feeder house. If I remember correctly, it's a 1/2" bolt, but it could be 5/8". The bolt is about an inch and a 1/4 long that you can thread into the head. I use a lock washer and a regular flat washer with that. However, on the corn head, the book shows 3 spots to use a carriage boats. The corn head carriage bolt might be the 1/2" bolt. I do remember that they are different sizes and go in different places. The carriage bolt goes from the front down underneath that channel on the bottom of the corn head towards the combine. There's a slot in the middle and one on each side. I never used the 1 in the middle and only bolted it on each side. The bolt sticks out into a hole on the feeder house and I always use the flat washer, lock washer, and nut. Hopefully that all makes sense. Yes, they are easy to take off and put back on. I have a 643 and when running down some of the roads, I will use a header cart and put the head on when I get to the field.
I think the 4400 has like 5 or 6 sets of holes in the feeder house to bolt up the head to and I think there all 5/8" bolts cause thats what I've always used on the different heads I've used on it. This was a great chance to try the head out for the first time and I did it just to get the chains oiled up. I dont know how long it had been sitting in the barn before I got it but from what I saw in it it had been sitting several years easy by the amount of rusty oil I saw after it ran awhile and the chains were really stiff. But they got oiled up and the head got put up on a running gear and put in the dry back in the barn good and oily ! Nothing wrong with a little rust prevention ! LOL Bandit
Raise snouts clean and lubricate and adjust gathering chain tension. Put JD corn head grease in snapping roller gear boxes if needed. Oil chains . Ran one of those for years. Just sold the 4400 and 4420 and all the heads this summer.
I would really rather put this head on the old 95 because I know it will eat corn up ! But the 4400 will do it just as good I think cause I've never run a 4400 in corn before but I have seen plenty of them doing it over the years and they always did a good job shelling and cleaning it. Most all the corn heads I've used were AC corn heads so this is the first JD corn head for me and I got to get used to it and learn about them before I screw something up ! Bandit
Ole pop got a good dusting when you first reved her up 😆, there 2 big bolts that secure the header to the feederhouse, there should be a hole in the bottom of the feederhouse plate on each side and the bolt will thread into the frame of the corn head you may have to clean out the threads some it take a 1 1/8 wrench if I remember correctly
Dad did get dusted pretty good when I started rolling it over, He told mom when he got back in the house he had been working hard ! LOL mom just rolled he eyes ! LOL I did crawl under it and found several sets of holes I can use to bolt it together but I really didnt try to bolt it up simply because its coming off in a few days anyway , I just wanted to get the chains oiled up so it can be put in the barn in the dry. Bandit
@@banditfarmer1900 my grandfather bought a brand new 6600 in 1975 with a 216 grain header and 444 corn header if I remember correctly it was around 28,000 dollars for everything, he ran that combine until he retired in 1992, I bought it from him and ran it until the early 2000s when I bought my first axial flow but they were good machines no doubt
Thank You Jeremy , I figured you guy would enjoy this one and had I know it was going to hook up so easy I would have video'ed it going on but I figured I was going to have some problems so I didnt video it. Dad was really amazed how easy it went on, He said thats almost criminal how easy it went together ! LOL I'm just glad it was ! Bandit
@@jeremyswindell2330 We both have wanted this corn head for a long time and he wasnt about to miss seeing it go on for the first time and seeing it run. Dad miss's being out in the field on the tractor so any opportunity to get out of the house and come over to the barn or field dad is ready to go ! LOL as long as he get a cigar and a cup of coffee ! He will always be the supervisor on the farm ! Bandit
I have a 4400 and Just put the same head on mine's a 36" rows Greasers are under the head And as far as boating the head on I had to fire up the torch and make new holes works fine though and I didn't have to add weight to my combine
I have a set of rear wheel weights off a MF combine I can put on it if I need them but they wont go on the rims no way , I'll bolt them to the frame someplace instead. Former owner had put links between the frame to the axel on both side to take the wobble out of the axel. When I bought it there was no real give or flex in the steering axel it was pretty rigid so I loosened the links up and now its a lot better. This is the first 40 series JD corn head I've ever owned so I got a bit of learning to do on it so I know how to maintain it to keep it in good shape for years to come. Bandit
OK nice I don't know why they won't directly bolt right on mine wouldn't neither couldn't figure it out got tired of messing around I had corn to pick so I made new holes Bean head goes right on bolts on like it's supposed to I have A215 flex head
@@randallodell4888 I bought a book for the corn head off Ebay the other day so its coming in the mail. I got it good and oiled up and its put up back in the barn in the dry. My cousin stopped by the other day and was looking it over before I put it up and he showed me ware a lot of things I needed to look at and ware to grease it. All and all he said the head looked to be in pretty good shape, He got super lucky and bought a 643 in really good shape for $300 at a farm auction ! I never get that lucky ! LOL Bandit
Put you 4 suitcase weights on a bracket in front of the back tires on the frame, spaced out 2-3 feet apart. It’ll make it turn a lot easier and keep the back end planted.
I have a set of MF rear wheel weights I can put on it but if I do they will get bolted to the frame because the back axel doesnt need the extra stress of the weights being on the wheels, Its got the wobbles as is ! Bandit
Well, looks like you got a good head there. I see that it is a "hi tin" model like my 444. My cousin also has a 444 head, but it has low tin. That 443 really seemed to run well, and I think you definitely need to find a neighbor that needs a little help harvesting and try that beast out.
I never really worried about the high tin or low tin heads cause I really never grew enough corn to see the difference in them for me in my conditions. Most of the time its standing good but years ago we had several years ware the corn went down and boy was it a mess to shell, One time I shelled corn with the grain head because it was down so bad ! If it lays down one way you got a chance with the corn head but when it goes down in every direction a corn head aint got a chance , Thank God for a 10 foot grain head ! My cousin has about 50 acres to shell so maybe I take it down there to try it out and see what she does and have a little fun with it ! Bandit
@@banditfarmer1900 I remember seeing the video you did when you used your grain head to take off corn. That was awesome. I've been taking off soybeans the last couple days. My flex head developed a problem yesterday and I thought I had it fixed last night, but I tried it today and after 1.5 times around the 6 acre field, the problem reappeared. So I just swapped out the flex head for my rigid grain head and am using that to finish my beans. Didn't want to take the time to f@#k with the flex head when I could be harvesting. Always something.
@@pagrainfarmer The first time I used the AC corn head I found out real quick the little nubbin ears just got ground up in the header. With a lot of the outside rows being small in ear size I figured well just use the grain head and go slow and it worked pretty good and I found going on an angle made it work even better. I wouldnt want to do many acres like this but it did work pretty good I must say. I used my old rigid 13 foot head but it sure looked funny doing this ! LOL I just watched oliver66farmboys video ware he's talking about his grain head not working right and I know whats wrong with it but he dont want to hear what it is but its an easy fix from what he has said about it. Thats one thing I can say is nice about having 2 grain heads, If the new fancy one goes down the old rigid head will come out and work like a charm but you just got to watch it a lot closer ! I'm getting rain right now and its the first rain we've gotten in the last 29 days and for that we broke a record for the longest stretch without rain ! 5th wettest May on record 4th driest August on record and October as of this morning we have a total of 100th of an inch of rain for the month , We've got more tonight than we've had all month and there is more to come from what they say. I checked my beans today and there are some that are 10% or less and others you can cut with your finger nail , So there all over the place moisture wise, Maybe this rain will help in the dry down and make them more even in moisture. Time will tell. Bandit
To grease row-unit gearbox, the zerk is under the gaerbox. The pipe plug to observe is on top, lined up with corn row. And should take 1/2 inch drive to remove.
This is the first JD corn head I've ever owned like this so Thank You for the information on ware the zerks are at, I'm still waiting on the book I bought for this head to show up. I do know I got to go to Mother Deere for the corn head grease for it or Shoup's , But I got to go to JD for some clips for the drive couplers for the heads and combine. Bandit
Hey Bandit is that your dad there I seen when you when that combine up he got covered in dust LOL let's get her in the field and pick corn wish it was an Oliver or a white but I'll watch Bandit production anyhow yeehaw
Yup thats dad , He really wanted to see the corn head go on and roll over the first time, I still cant believe the dust cloud that came out of it when I rolled it over especially sense its been sitting for 2 years unused ! As combines go I was never a fan of the Oliver combines and I have run a bunch of them over the years, I just never like the engine sitting behind my butt ! Too much noise and way to many vibrations for my likings , I grew up running AC and Gleaner combines and always liked them but after a big blow up with the only AC Gleaner dealer around I switched to JD combines and never looked back. Bandit
I have my dads 6600 jd with a row 30" corn head and i think 12' bean head. Im wanting to keep it even though its not being used but i feel bad it just sits. Just dont plug it with beans...thats a nightmare😄
Oh I know how bad of a job it can be to clean one out thats been plugged up, Not plugged one myself but I've helped a few friends that did and man is ever a dirty job to do ! Bandit
No, This is the one I bought a few years ago. The one at the end of the barn outside is dads combine he sold a long time ago that he was paid for but the guy never came back to get it. So now its a parts machine for mine now and I'm really glad to have it ! Bandit
I had intended on corn this year but you dont plant corn at the end of June and expect to get anything out of it. We'll see how next year goes and I hope to have some corn in the ground just depends on the weather. Bandit
I sure did ! When I saw this the first time I couldnt believe how much dust came out of it, Last time I cut beans with it (2 years ago) I spent a day cleaning it up and out with the blow gun inside and out and to see that much dust 2 years later is like WOW ! Dad said he was surprised as I was by the dust cloud coming out of it but it did clear up pretty quick thank god ! LOL Dad told mom when he got to the house and was all dusty that he had been working hard ! LOL Mom just rolled her eyes at him ! Bandit
Good to see your dad out and about. He looks like he’s doing well. Good to see the 4400 out to lol
Dad was really excited when I got this head because both of us have wanted one for a long time and he wasnt about to miss it going on the first time and seeing it roll over. We went to lots of sales over the years trying to buy one but they always went for a crazy high price and we both werent going to spend that kind of money to buy one. When I told him I got this one bought for $1300 he said it took you long enough ! LOL He coulnd wait to go over and look at it on the trailer and he was really surprised how good the head is and really cant get over the price I got it for. He was excited to see the 770 too ! He really likes it now that I got it running right and I really wish he could get up on it and run it cause I know he would love it ! Bandit
@@banditfarmer1900 that’s a neat deal you and your dad share. I wish like hell I could get back into farming cause honest to god it’s some of the best times Iv had in my life. I wish I could farm on my own but the price of land and cash rent is outrageous over here in iowa and don’t get me started on equipment
Youve done some good work on the 4400, Bandit, especially the big belt replacement job!
Man I hope I never have to do that again as that was a job and a half to do and took 3 weeks to do! Man that was a job and ended up taking 2 of us a few times to get the belts on. I had to get Jacob to help me get a couple of belt guards back on it, I barely got them off and there was just no way 1 guy could get them back on. But I really ended up with a good combine from all the work and the year I did that I didnt have any brake downs and that was a first ! LOL I sure hope this year is the same way ! Bandit
Nice to see a farmer that doesn't spend 500 k on a combine. From a former small farmer. Looks like a great machine from what you paid for it. Keep up the great videos, nothing wrong with being a small Farmer
Thank You Alan, With what I gave for the combine and putting all new belts on it rice tires and steer tires I had and buying the corn head I have about $3500 in it total and to me this is still a cheap combine for what it is. If I take care of it it will last me 10 or 15 years or about the time I'm done farming and retire. I still just cant believe the number of people who say junk it and buy a new one, These are all the arm chair farmers who dont know squat about real farming and what it really takes to make money on the farm. You dont make money making big payments on equipment that sits most of the time you own it, But good used bought cheap will make you money every time ! Best thing about this is it's all paid for including the farm ! I might be a small farmer but I'll bet there is a lot of the big ones who wish they had it all paid for ! Bandit
Great video Don, that kick on the rear wheel of the combine was epic, that is the pass or fail for any car or equipment, we do it all the time
As Mavrick would say "You got to kick the tires and light the fire " LOL. Well same thing goes for farm equipment except for the fire stuff, Fire and farm equipment dont mix too good ! LOL I know for a fact if dad could get into the cab of the combine there would be no stopping him ! Bandit
@@banditfarmer1900 Dad is full of knowledge👍
@@jankotze1959 Me and dad both have wanted one of these JD corn heads for a long time but we could never find one we could afford to buy, When I got this one for $1300 we both felt like it was a dream come true and I really wish I had corn to shell so I could try it out for the first time on the 4400, I really wish dad could try it out too cause I know he would be in heaven getting to do it ! Bandit
Taken September 17 2022 , After getting the JD 4400 combine running well its time to get the JD 443 corn head hooked up and rolling over. I honestly can say this was the easiest I ever hooked a head up to a combine and even dad was amazed ! I had bought new chains for the couplers and this will help in the future to make it easer to hook the heads up to the combine but for now it just makes it easer for now, But I got it hooked up and rolling over and it really needs the chains oiled up cause I really dont know how long it has set and by the looks of it its sat awhile so lots of oil its needing right now. A lot went on today getting this hooked up 1550 gas the long 1850 and the 770 came out so I could get the combine out and I did finish the last of the work on the Oliver 770 with checking the oil in the rear end and adjusting the brakes so its ready to go to work ! The JD 4400 is running great now and the corn head is in great shape now and ready to go to work next year, Unless I find some corn to shell this fall ? Why knows what will happen just have to wait and see. The combine is ready to go as is the corn head so now I have ground work to do and I'll get the try the 770 out on a disk ! I hope you enjoyed watching. Bandit
All went well with the header 👍🏻! Glad you dad could come out and supervise you.
Dad really wanted to see this head go on the combine for the first time, Its been kind of a dream of both of us to get a head like this and I'm really glad I bought it. Had to drive 4 hours to get it but for the price it was well worth it . I'm used to the Gleaner style of hook up and this was oh so easy I got it on the first try, Pull up to it inch in and raise it up and I had it ! Dad said thats the easiest we ever hooked up a head on anything. When he got to the house covered in dust he told mom he worked hard today, Mom just rolled her eye's at him ! LOL But dad will always be the supervisor on the farm ! Cousin Bandit
Nice, I put 26 seasons through the same setup. I bought it second owner. It was a very reliable machine. Parts are getting scarce. Shoup in Illinois is a good supplier. Buy a parts machine if you can get one cheap, lots of changes along the way on those 4400s so it'll need to be close to the same year. I loved running mine. The only difference is mine was a 443 low tin oil bath head. Enjoy.
Best regards from Indiana.
I'm lucky that dads old 4400 is still sitting there and it makes for a great parts machine for me, Lucky for me there both first year machines. One is the 700th one built and mine is the 1200th one built and believe it or not there are differences between them, Just goes to show they were making changes even early on on these. One thing different is dads old one has a chain that drives the feeder beater behind the cylinder ware mine has a belt to drive it. Mine had a variable speed pulley for the head that had 2 locator pins in it and was worn and dads had 4 locator pins in it so I put it on mine when I was changing all the belts on it. Its funny how many little things were changed in these machine in the first year of production so I'm glad to have a parts machine sitting there to use as I need it. There good old machines but they are harder to get parts for them. Bandit
thanks Bandit as always fun
Thank You Gregory, I wish I had videoed putting the head on because of it going on so easy, Even dad was shocked how easy it was. After I had spent a day cleaning it out I was really surprised to see all the dust that came out of it , WOW dad got dusted pretty good this time ! Dad was really excited to see this head running for the first time, Both of us have been wanting one of these for a long time but could never get one bought till now. I just wish he could try it out in corn, He would be in Heaven ! Bandit
Now that you have mentioned it you now have to tell the hydraulic line story. Great vid, keep 'em coming.
Well that geos back to years ago when I bought my first 95 back in the 90's, I bought it at auction and drove it to my uncles place that day so I could give it a good going over before the rest of the drive home. It had a hoses to drive a hydraulic reel on it and at the time were unhooked from the head, Well lets just say when I started it up and engaged the machine my uncle and an other guy got covered up with hydraulic oil when the pump blew up from being dead headed ! They were not amused ! LOL ! Bandit
The grain head will have a bolt on each side of the feeder house. If I remember correctly, it's a 1/2" bolt, but it could be 5/8". The bolt is about an inch and a 1/4 long that you can thread into the head. I use a lock washer and a regular flat washer with that. However, on the corn head, the book shows 3 spots to use a carriage boats. The corn head carriage bolt might be the 1/2" bolt. I do remember that they are different sizes and go in different places. The carriage bolt goes from the front down underneath that channel on the bottom of the corn head towards the combine. There's a slot in the middle and one on each side. I never used the 1 in the middle and only bolted it on each side. The bolt sticks out into a hole on the feeder house and I always use the flat washer, lock washer, and nut. Hopefully that all makes sense. Yes, they are easy to take off and put back on. I have a 643 and when running down some of the roads, I will use a header cart and put the head on when I get to the field.
I think the 4400 has like 5 or 6 sets of holes in the feeder house to bolt up the head to and I think there all 5/8" bolts cause thats what I've always used on the different heads I've used on it. This was a great chance to try the head out for the first time and I did it just to get the chains oiled up. I dont know how long it had been sitting in the barn before I got it but from what I saw in it it had been sitting several years easy by the amount of rusty oil I saw after it ran awhile and the chains were really stiff. But they got oiled up and the head got put up on a running gear and put in the dry back in the barn good and oily ! Nothing wrong with a little rust prevention ! LOL Bandit
Raise snouts clean and lubricate and adjust gathering chain tension. Put JD corn head grease in snapping roller gear boxes if needed. Oil chains .
Ran one of those for years. Just sold the 4400 and 4420 and all the heads this summer.
I would really rather put this head on the old 95 because I know it will eat corn up ! But the 4400 will do it just as good I think cause I've never run a 4400 in corn before but I have seen plenty of them doing it over the years and they always did a good job shelling and cleaning it. Most all the corn heads I've used were AC corn heads so this is the first JD corn head for me and I got to get used to it and learn about them before I screw something up ! Bandit
Ole pop got a good dusting when you first reved her up 😆, there 2 big bolts that secure the header to the feederhouse, there should be a hole in the bottom of the feederhouse plate on each side and the bolt will thread into the frame of the corn head you may have to clean out the threads some it take a 1 1/8 wrench if I remember correctly
Dad did get dusted pretty good when I started rolling it over, He told mom when he got back in the house he had been working hard ! LOL mom just rolled he eyes ! LOL I did crawl under it and found several sets of holes I can use to bolt it together but I really didnt try to bolt it up simply because its coming off in a few days anyway , I just wanted to get the chains oiled up so it can be put in the barn in the dry. Bandit
@@banditfarmer1900 my grandfather bought a brand new 6600 in 1975 with a 216 grain header and 444 corn header if I remember correctly it was around 28,000 dollars for everything, he ran that combine until he retired in 1992, I bought it from him and ran it until the early 2000s when I bought my first axial flow but they were good machines no doubt
nice video bandit, looking good
Thank You Jeremy , I figured you guy would enjoy this one and had I know it was going to hook up so easy I would have video'ed it going on but I figured I was going to have some problems so I didnt video it. Dad was really amazed how easy it went on, He said thats almost criminal how easy it went together ! LOL I'm just glad it was ! Bandit
I think your dad really enjoyed being out there. Very awsome!😁
@@jeremyswindell2330 We both have wanted this corn head for a long time and he wasnt about to miss seeing it go on for the first time and seeing it run. Dad miss's being out in the field on the tractor so any opportunity to get out of the house and come over to the barn or field dad is ready to go ! LOL as long as he get a cigar and a cup of coffee ! He will always be the supervisor on the farm ! Bandit
Good to see your dad out and about !
I have a 4400 and Just put the same head on mine's a 36" rows Greasers are under the head And as far as boating the head on I had to fire up the torch and make new holes works fine though and I didn't have to add weight to my combine
I have a set of rear wheel weights off a MF combine I can put on it if I need them but they wont go on the rims no way , I'll bolt them to the frame someplace instead. Former owner had put links between the frame to the axel on both side to take the wobble out of the axel. When I bought it there was no real give or flex in the steering axel it was pretty rigid so I loosened the links up and now its a lot better. This is the first 40 series JD corn head I've ever owned so I got a bit of learning to do on it so I know how to maintain it to keep it in good shape for years to come. Bandit
OK nice I don't know why they won't directly bolt right on mine wouldn't neither couldn't figure it out got tired of messing around I had corn to pick so I made new holes Bean head goes right on bolts on like it's supposed to I have A215 flex head
Like I said not many grease and they are underneath the head close to the feeder house
@@randallodell4888 I bought a book for the corn head off Ebay the other day so its coming in the mail. I got it good and oiled up and its put up back in the barn in the dry. My cousin stopped by the other day and was looking it over before I put it up and he showed me ware a lot of things I needed to look at and ware to grease it. All and all he said the head looked to be in pretty good shape, He got super lucky and bought a 643 in really good shape for $300 at a farm auction ! I never get that lucky ! LOL Bandit
Put you 4 suitcase weights on a bracket in front of the back tires on the frame, spaced out 2-3 feet apart. It’ll make it turn a lot easier and keep the back end planted.
I have a set of MF rear wheel weights I can put on it but if I do they will get bolted to the frame because the back axel doesnt need the extra stress of the weights being on the wheels, Its got the wobbles as is ! Bandit
Well, looks like you got a good head there. I see that it is a "hi tin" model like my 444. My cousin also has a 444 head, but it has low tin. That 443 really seemed to run well, and I think you definitely need to find a neighbor that needs a little help harvesting and try that beast out.
I never really worried about the high tin or low tin heads cause I really never grew enough corn to see the difference in them for me in my conditions. Most of the time its standing good but years ago we had several years ware the corn went down and boy was it a mess to shell, One time I shelled corn with the grain head because it was down so bad ! If it lays down one way you got a chance with the corn head but when it goes down in every direction a corn head aint got a chance , Thank God for a 10 foot grain head ! My cousin has about 50 acres to shell so maybe I take it down there to try it out and see what she does and have a little fun with it ! Bandit
@@banditfarmer1900 I remember seeing the video you did when you used your grain head to take off corn. That was awesome. I've been taking off soybeans the last couple days. My flex head developed a problem yesterday and I thought I had it fixed last night, but I tried it today and after 1.5 times around the 6 acre field, the problem reappeared. So I just swapped out the flex head for my rigid grain head and am using that to finish my beans. Didn't want to take the time to f@#k with the flex head when I could be harvesting. Always something.
@@pagrainfarmer The first time I used the AC corn head I found out real quick the little nubbin ears just got ground up in the header. With a lot of the outside rows being small in ear size I figured well just use the grain head and go slow and it worked pretty good and I found going on an angle made it work even better. I wouldnt want to do many acres like this but it did work pretty good I must say. I used my old rigid 13 foot head but it sure looked funny doing this ! LOL I just watched oliver66farmboys video ware he's talking about his grain head not working right and I know whats wrong with it but he dont want to hear what it is but its an easy fix from what he has said about it. Thats one thing I can say is nice about having 2 grain heads, If the new fancy one goes down the old rigid head will come out and work like a charm but you just got to watch it a lot closer ! I'm getting rain right now and its the first rain we've gotten in the last 29 days and for that we broke a record for the longest stretch without rain ! 5th wettest May on record 4th driest August on record and October as of this morning we have a total of 100th of an inch of rain for the month , We've got more tonight than we've had all month and there is more to come from what they say. I checked my beans today and there are some that are 10% or less and others you can cut with your finger nail , So there all over the place moisture wise, Maybe this rain will help in the dry down and make them more even in moisture. Time will tell. Bandit
To grease row-unit gearbox, the zerk is under the gaerbox. The pipe plug to observe is on top, lined up with corn row. And should take 1/2 inch drive to remove.
Take out the top plug, put a golf ball on the hole, stop putting in grease when the golf ball rolls off.
This is the first JD corn head I've ever owned like this so Thank You for the information on ware the zerks are at, I'm still waiting on the book I bought for this head to show up. I do know I got to go to Mother Deere for the corn head grease for it or Shoup's , But I got to go to JD for some clips for the drive couplers for the heads and combine. Bandit
@@farmerbill6855 Well I just so happen to have some old golf balls I've found in the field so this sounds like a good idea to me ! Bandit
Hey Bandit is that your dad there I seen when you when that combine up he got covered in dust LOL let's get her in the field and pick corn wish it was an Oliver or a white but I'll watch Bandit production anyhow yeehaw
Yup thats dad , He really wanted to see the corn head go on and roll over the first time, I still cant believe the dust cloud that came out of it when I rolled it over especially sense its been sitting for 2 years unused ! As combines go I was never a fan of the Oliver combines and I have run a bunch of them over the years, I just never like the engine sitting behind my butt ! Too much noise and way to many vibrations for my likings , I grew up running AC and Gleaner combines and always liked them but after a big blow up with the only AC Gleaner dealer around I switched to JD combines and never looked back. Bandit
I have my dads 6600 jd with a row 30" corn head and i think 12' bean head. Im wanting to keep it even though its not being used but i feel bad it just sits.
Just dont plug it with beans...thats a nightmare😄
Oh I know how bad of a job it can be to clean one out thats been plugged up, Not plugged one myself but I've helped a few friends that did and man is ever a dirty job to do ! Bandit
is that the one from beside the shed?
No, This is the one I bought a few years ago. The one at the end of the barn outside is dads combine he sold a long time ago that he was paid for but the guy never came back to get it. So now its a parts machine for mine now and I'm really glad to have it ! Bandit
Planting corn next year?
I had intended on corn this year but you dont plant corn at the end of June and expect to get anything out of it. We'll see how next year goes and I hope to have some corn in the ground just depends on the weather. Bandit
Dusted him out
Just a we bit ! LOL When dad went to the house that day he told mom he'd been working hard, Mom just rolled her eye's and said Ya Right ! LOL Bandit
U dusted your dad out
I sure did ! When I saw this the first time I couldnt believe how much dust came out of it, Last time I cut beans with it (2 years ago) I spent a day cleaning it up and out with the blow gun inside and out and to see that much dust 2 years later is like WOW ! Dad said he was surprised as I was by the dust cloud coming out of it but it did clear up pretty quick thank god ! LOL Dad told mom when he got to the house and was all dusty that he had been working hard ! LOL Mom just rolled her eyes at him ! Bandit