I bet this farmer's profit margin is a whole lot better. He doesn't have 1.5 million dollars in his field. This is a great tribute to a man who takes care of his equipment.
@Budd Hicks the combine doesn't take the entire corn stalk through the machine. The head pulls the stalk down through it and snaps the ear off only pulling the ear and maybe a leaf or two in.... Head height doesn't really effect that. But I can say that on older heads it's better to have the head a little lower so that the ear snaps off as far back as possible. Because those ears snapping to far out usually bounce out of the head or sit on the snout.
@@33jcut A corn header that runs lower can be helpful in downed corn situations. That's part of the reason why the operation I work on opts to use a non-chopping corn head.
@@jpenny I know it can in down corn. I was just answering someone else who said to run it higher. I don't have down corn but still run fairly low because it's an older head and I reduce loss versus running as high as they had said
I paid $500 for a 444 corn head about 13 years ago and it still does the job. These old machines work great and don't cost much as long as you don't have an ungodly amount to do.
Put in a lot of seat time in those machines. Both 66 and 8820 models. Good combines. My biggest gripe was if the air conditioner quit you were sitting within inches of the engine and hydraulic pumps. No amount of insulation would keep the heat at bay. Glad we didn't have many of those days. I still see those machines at sales go for just a few thousand dollars in good shape. Good machines for the small weekend farmers and you can still get most replacement parts.
When I first started custom harvesting in NW Iowa, my dad purchased a 4400 model, 2nd combine. Drove it for two years then traded it for a very good used 6620 identical to the other combine we had. Can you get a video with a 6620 utilizing a 643 corn head and 16 foot soybean grain head? Your videos take me back 40+ years. Thanks for the videos
Awesome video. I would love to see more like this! I know it’s not “Old Truck Power” but I could definitely sit threw a video on the classic grain haulers like this old Chevy Tandem. I’m probably one of the few that really appreciate them anymore.
There's a channel called "This Farm Wife" and they have a 4 row combine but it's a Gleaner and it still works. Thanks for showing us this older piece of equipment BTP, thumbs up !
The 4420 is a 4400 with neater decals, a black cab, and a hydraulic auger. I have a 79 4400 that the previous owner added a hydraulic swing out auger. The 79s had the 4420 style rotary screen also. Essentially that combine was made from 1970 - 1986. I wonder if any other Deere combine had that long of a run.
I noticed the operator ran the machine with the auger to the crop side. Did he do that to have less issues with plugging the engine cooling air intake?
No it's was simply done as there is no grain cart being ran, so how he ran the machine really didn't matter. Is that simple as opposed to if there was a cart then he would cut the field obviously different.
That's a really nice Chevy 10 wheeler sitting in the field. Dad had two of those set up with air bag tandems that were used as road tractors. We pulled mostly 40 ft. Or longer livestock trailers but we also pulled grain trailers occasionally. 2 mpg at best. Miserable hot in the summer time
That is a good looking 4420. Like your videos. I use one just like that still they’re good little combines and I like that they are all mechanical no computer to mess with.
We considered buying a 4420 at an auction when we were replacing the 4400. We decided they were too similar of a machine and decided to step up to a nice 6620. For no more than we farm, it’s plenty if machine with some room to grow with it too if we’re fortunate enough one day.
You will probably have to guess the lethargic output of the 4420... (which at today's prices cost about one 11th of the price of a modern day S790, auto steer and all other mod cons excluded)
@@Loganlanfear21 I made a mistake when I quoted the S670, I meant to quote the current S790. However, are you having a laugh when you claimed that only 3 4420's could keep up with just one modern day S670?
There were not many of those around here when I was growing up in the 1980's. I don't remember ever seeing one in action. Mostly 6620's and 7720's among a host of Gleaners and a few IH rotaries which were starting to get a foothold..
The newest 4420 is over 35 years old some parts for them are getting hard to find. The 4400/4420 was introduced in 1969 when 100bu corn was a bumper crop. Modern corn yields are a bit much for these small machines. We had a 4400 dad bought in 1979 and back in 2000 I harvested some 200+bu corn with it and I was in low gear running as slow as it would go and was still overloading the clean grain elevator. It was just taking in more corn that that little combine was ever designed to handle. Couldn't make a round without dumping. It took forever to finish that crop and the next year dad traded for a Deere 9450.
Carter Bowe The unloading auger on a 4420 has an over center latching mechanism that locks the auger in the out position. You’d have to get out of the cab to latch the auger in the out position each time you needed to unload, and then again to unlatch it after unloading. This isn’t practical, and you learn keep your auger away from obstacles like trees and power poles when it’s latched in the out position.
They are double crop soybeans. All the soybeans in WKY where this was filmed are double crop planted behind the combine in June when the wheat is harvested. The corn is harvested in late August and the soybeans are harvested in mid October.
Thanks, Jason for presenting classic machines like this one. Am I safe to assume this combine has A/C since the windows were closed? Would this combine use any more fuel with it only cutting 4 rows over a much larger machine with a much larger engine?
Nice video. Love seeing this older equipment doing real work. Could you tell me a bit about the crop rotation seen in this video? The corn is really dried down, great for harvesting. I'm surprised to see the soybeans in the background still as green as they are. Here in Michigan we're harvesting beans right now and the corn is still weeks away from being this dry. Are these farmers planting a long season bean? Is this some of the corn planted in early March you've referenced in other videos? Just curious because what I'm seeing doesn't match my local experiences.
Things have changed. This is tiny by today's standards. To me it looks early 70s in design. Well kept for, the paint and striping still nice looking with good rubber. JD looks good in any field. 🚜👍
Thats all i would have yeah it may take u longer to get over ground but dam u dont need brand new 40 combines in a field with 50 foot headers just to get something done
Holy crap and I thing when is that dip in the field I thought that was the end of it he was going to stick the header right in the ground as a bit scary might’ve freaked out the driver to still that’s one of my favourite combines to see
Really enjoy your channel. We are currently harvesting corn in NC with a jd3300 3 row/30” and snapping deer corn with a jd 18 snapper on a 4430 at low rpm with 1000 pto in the same field I Could send some video, if you would like to send your email.
I bet this farmer's profit margin is a whole lot better. He doesn't have 1.5 million dollars in his field. This is a great tribute to a man who takes care of his equipment.
@Budd Hicks Also, running the header at the height you suggest should allow you to run just a bit faster too, terrain permitting of course.
@Budd Hicks the combine doesn't take the entire corn stalk through the machine. The head pulls the stalk down through it and snaps the ear off only pulling the ear and maybe a leaf or two in.... Head height doesn't really effect that. But I can say that on older heads it's better to have the head a little lower so that the ear snaps off as far back as possible. Because those ears snapping to far out usually bounce out of the head or sit on the snout.
@@33jcut Excellent reply. Could not agree more.
@@33jcut A corn header that runs lower can be helpful in downed corn situations. That's part of the reason why the operation I work on opts to use a non-chopping corn head.
@@jpenny I know it can in down corn. I was just answering someone else who said to run it higher. I don't have down corn but still run fairly low because it's an older head and I reduce loss versus running as high as they had said
These combines were and still are the best built, durable and efficient ever made and the 7720 series for the money!!
The 7720 is one of the all time greats.
Your videos are such a peaceful escape from the hustle of life
The first New combine that my dad bought was a 1982 4420. That machine always did good in corn. Thanks for the video!
This reminds me of my youth. Watching old Deere combines run behind my house for hours.
love this Old Iron,in its day was a big Combine,now,just a pup,but will most likely be running alot more years after the New Machines have quit,
I got a 3300 still on the job at my farm.
I paid $500 for a 444 corn head about 13 years ago and it still does the job. These old machines work great and don't cost much as long as you don't have an ungodly amount to do.
I love seeing the classic machines in the field still getting it done. We run a John Deere 6600 on our farm
I always fell in love with old combined using the small corn headers, they bring a charm i cannot describe
Another piece of history that will be running along time to come . Hope ya keep bringing these hits to us Big Tractor Power !
Wow, That sure brings back memories, We bought a new 4420 the year I graduated..1982 I put many hours in the seat....Thanks for the video.
Very cool. Thank you for sharing.
This combine tells you a story of rural small farmer of the past.
Put in a lot of seat time in those machines. Both 66 and 8820 models. Good combines. My biggest gripe was if the air conditioner quit you were sitting within inches of the engine and hydraulic pumps. No amount of insulation would keep the heat at bay. Glad we didn't have many of those days. I still see those machines at sales go for just a few thousand dollars in good shape. Good machines for the small weekend farmers and you can still get most replacement parts.
When I first started custom harvesting in NW Iowa, my dad purchased a 4400 model, 2nd combine. Drove it for two years then traded it for a very good used 6620 identical to the other combine we had.
Can you get a video with a 6620 utilizing a 643 corn head and 16 foot soybean grain head? Your videos take me back 40+ years. Thanks for the videos
The “old girl” is walking right along in some good looking corn 🌽.Great to watch this.Thanks
Awesome video and just another great example of how Nothing Runs Like a Deere ! ! !
Awesome video. I would love to see more like this! I know it’s not “Old Truck Power” but I could definitely sit threw a video on the classic grain haulers like this old Chevy Tandem. I’m probably one of the few that really appreciate them anymore.
There's a channel called "This Farm Wife" and they have a 4 row combine but it's a Gleaner and it still works. Thanks for showing us this older piece of equipment BTP, thumbs up !
Great video! Nice seeing these old farm equipment working! Thanks for sharing!
Worked on and ran a JD 4400 for a cpl of years. Mostly beans & rye. Great machine. Nothing like 'no-tech'.
No auto steer. No yield monitors. No grain cart. No semis.
I think this is the route to take. Slow down. Simple life. Less stress.
Good looking 4420. Thanks for the video.
They were very good combine
Yes they are. Still are 👍👍
simple easy to work on. love the old school also simpler days for sure back then.
Yes indeed. 👍👍
Nice combine and grain truck great video
Bravo , Classic John Deere 4420 combine. Great combine / Great video.
Good ole combines.
Man we thought those old girls were brute's little did I know great video thanks
Well, at least it has a cabin. When I drove combine in the 70s, it was very dusty, but good visibility.
Awesome video, love seeing these old JD's
Dad and I still use our old 4420.
The 4420 is a solid combine. What crops do you harvest with yours?
Your a brave man standing behind that old of a combine. We had a chopper blade from the back fly out and hit the grain cart
Yes I did. Love your videos. Merry Christmas to you and your family
Good looking 4420. Looks to be taken care of on the outside so I’m sure it was taken care of mechanically also
Nice looking equipment, they appear to be well taken care of and maintained.
Hope the cobs didn't get you too bad on those shots from behind the machine, that takes a good camera man, way to go.
Oldie-goldie!!! Beatiful machine'.
It is a well cared for combine.
@@bigtractorpower ..agree! :)
Máquina top ainda em funcionamento
hes knocking it down 😁
It’s a nice 4420
My uncle had one awesome combine
👍👍
Love those JD 6600 and 7720 Titan II’s. 😊
Great old combine and love the truck he is using 🌽🌽🚜🚜👍👍
The 4420 is a 4400 with neater decals, a black cab, and a hydraulic auger. I have a 79 4400 that the previous owner added a hydraulic swing out auger. The 79s had the 4420 style rotary screen also. Essentially that combine was made from 1970 - 1986. I wonder if any other Deere combine had that long of a run.
We had one used it for years dependable dependable dependable!
I love those machines
Great stream sir love the older stuff
I wish manufacturers still made smaller combines like the JD 4420, for the smaller farmers like us.
I agree. Sadly even if they made on this size we still wouldn't be able to float the price tag they'd attach to it
Nice to see smaller and older combine at work.
That Chevy grain-truck looks so cool 😎
I like finding classic farm trucks as much as classic farm machines.
I noticed the operator ran the machine with the auger to the crop side. Did he do that to have less issues with plugging the engine cooling air intake?
No it's was simply done as there is no grain cart being ran, so how he ran the machine really didn't matter. Is that simple as opposed to if there was a cart then he would cut the field obviously different.
That's a really nice Chevy 10 wheeler sitting in the field. Dad had two of those set up with air bag tandems that were used as road tractors. We pulled mostly 40 ft. Or longer livestock trailers but we also pulled grain trailers occasionally. 2 mpg at best. Miserable hot in the summer time
Very cool machine especially for the price
The 4420 was a popular seller. Good combine.
Was that your dog or the farmers(at about 6:40)? Nice looking dog and combine. Thanks.
That is a good looking 4420. Like your videos. I use one just like that still they’re good little combines and I like that they are all mechanical no computer to mess with.
Old school love it
That's my baby !!
I have a neighbor that still combines his beans and corn with a 4420.
Great video,many memories there I've got a 4400 & 6600
Nice truck
This farm has two classic grain haulers 😁👍👍
At 2:34, did any of the cobs hit you? Just curious.
No not from the 4420 but in did get nailed but the new Claas 7500 and a CIH 9240 this fall.
Thank you.
Thank you for watching.
A definite olde but a goodie combine.
Always great works!
I saw one today that was harvesting corn in a local farm field.
Very nice. What state?
We considered buying a 4420 at an auction when we were replacing the 4400. We decided they were too similar of a machine and decided to step up to a nice 6620. For no more than we farm, it’s plenty if machine with some room to grow with it too if we’re fortunate enough one day.
Upgraded the header to an oil bath chain? Nice...looks like a 893 era oil bath housing...
He may have. I am not sure. This was a very well cared for combine. It was traded last year for a 1993 9500 which is also pristine.
Saw exact model harvesting corn in Santa Clause Indiana. It’s a nice looking old jd for sure
My father in law just “upgraded” from the 4400 to this. Pretty cool to see this. 55k? Brand new back then?
I haven't ever run a combine so I am curious why the head isn't closer to the ground? Won't it miss the ears on the bottom?
The cob is roughly halfway up the stalk. No need to drag bottom to get it.😊
So cool
Very cool! VERY!
Still earning its keep!
Love old Deere's!
What’s the difference between the JD 444 and 443 corn headers
Good question. A 444 is for wide rows 38” to 40” rows and 443 is 28” to 30” inch rows.
Nice video man! There is a nice farm down near us in IL, all IH and its enjoying to whatch them harvest their beans with their 1680 and 1020 head
ha ha ha corn cobs flying every where lol
Very good
I'm not able to drive that fast with my John Deere 4420 how to get that one setup any helpful hints would be appreciated please
My favorite video
I wonder how many 4420's it would take to produce the out put of a modern day S690?
probably 3 if they can move across the field at the same speed. 4 if the S690 is running a 16 row but not sure if it can
@@Loganlanfear21 The maths do not lie! Check out the bushels per minute for an S790..
You will probably have to guess the lethargic output of the 4420... (which at today's prices cost about one 11th of the price of a modern day S790, auto steer and all other mod cons excluded)
The above figures do not take into account the vile expenses of; "inflation"
@@Loganlanfear21 I made a mistake when I quoted the S670, I meant to quote the current S790.
However, are you having a laugh when you claimed that only 3 4420's could keep up with just one modern day S670?
Is this combine more similar in size to the 4400 or 6600 combines that preceded it?
Lowell Walter
Basically a 4400 with some updates.
Nice video as always, I do have a question through what size is the field in this video?
I’ve said before my neighbor has one of these combine ❤️👍🏻✨
There were not many of those around here when I was growing up in the 1980's. I don't remember ever seeing one in action. Mostly 6620's and 7720's among a host of Gleaners and a few IH rotaries which were starting to get a foothold..
What was the smallest in this series? 3300?
Yes it was.
Are these combines still rubost to run and harvest well?
The newest 4420 is over 35 years old some parts for them are getting hard to find. The 4400/4420 was introduced in 1969 when 100bu corn was a bumper crop. Modern corn yields are a bit much for these small machines. We had a 4400 dad bought in 1979 and back in 2000 I harvested some 200+bu corn with it and I was in low gear running as slow as it would go and was still overloading the clean grain elevator. It was just taking in more corn that that little combine was ever designed to handle. Couldn't make a round without dumping. It took forever to finish that crop and the next year dad traded for a Deere 9450.
Is the auger arm stuck open
Carter Bowe
The unloading auger on a 4420 has an over center latching mechanism that locks the auger in the out position. You’d have to get out of the cab to latch the auger in the out position each time you needed to unload, and then again to unlatch it after unloading. This isn’t practical, and you learn keep your auger away from obstacles like trees and power poles when it’s latched in the out position.
That’s a sweet looking old machine. Still runs like a top.
It is a well cared for machine. I need to find a nice 715 now 😁
Small tractor power 💪
Why are the beans still green in the background?
They are double crop soybeans. All the soybeans in WKY where this was filmed are double crop planted behind the combine in June when the wheat is harvested. The corn is harvested in late August and the soybeans are harvested in mid October.
Could the4420 handle a six roll header
My friend has that John Deere
Very nice.
May I make a suggestion BTP ,
Maybe if you made the first comment on your videos it would be easy for us to give you a thumbs 👍
Nice video as usual 👍👍
Thanks, Jason for presenting classic machines like this one. Am I safe to assume this combine has A/C since the windows were closed? Would this combine use any more fuel with it only cutting 4 rows over a much larger machine with a much larger engine?
It does have AC. I am not sure on fuel consumption. I would have to spend time around several machines to compare.
@@bigtractorpower Ok. Thanks for your response, Jason.
Nice video. Love seeing this older equipment doing real work. Could you tell me a bit about the crop rotation seen in this video? The corn is really dried down, great for harvesting. I'm surprised to see the soybeans in the background still as green as they are. Here in Michigan we're harvesting beans right now and the corn is still weeks away from being this dry. Are these farmers planting a long season bean? Is this some of the corn planted in early March you've referenced in other videos? Just curious because what I'm seeing doesn't match my local experiences.
Things have changed. This is tiny by today's standards. To me it looks early 70s in design. Well kept for, the paint and striping still nice looking with good rubber. JD looks good in any field. 🚜👍
Mark Stengel
The styling is basically the same as the 4400 that came before it. Those were out in the early ‘70s, so it should look like it.
1969 the 4400 came out.
Thats all i would have yeah it may take u longer to get over ground but dam u dont need brand new 40 combines in a field with 50 foot headers just to get something done
are them prices for 1982 or 1986,it would be neat to see how much the price changed in them 4yrs.
Can you still find parts for this machine??
Holy crap and I thing when is that dip in the field I thought that was the end of it he was going to stick the header right in the ground as a bit scary might’ve freaked out the driver to still that’s one of my favourite combines to see
It’s a good dip but the farmer knows from farming the field year after year how to work through that spot.
Really enjoy your channel. We are currently harvesting corn in NC with a jd3300 3 row/30” and snapping deer corn with a jd 18 snapper on a 4430 at low rpm with 1000 pto in the same field I Could send some video, if you would like to send your email.
Read description for email .. I don’t get out much.