I occasionally worked for a neighbor as a teenager in late 70's & early 80's in the southern Red River Valley. We were a "red farm" but when I was hired out to help the neighbor (haha) I did like driving his 4840. He used it to pull a 40' press drill, which was huge in those days. I generally drove his 4840 at harvest pulling a grain cart which was ahead of the times. Great tractor!
Watching and listening to this brought back a flood of memories from my childhood. The “48” was our big tractor on the farm. I learned to drive on that thing. Spent MANY hours behind the wheel!!
Nice weather for getting things done. Made more hay and most of it went from the wagons onto trucks. The rest of the week not looking good for hay. I like that 4840.
I used to ride on the toolbox next to my Dad. Our tractors didn’t have cabs. When I got older and my sister and I got bigger one would on the toolbox and the other on the back holding onto the seat. #supercleangiveaway. Great video!
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i trick to help is shut the back windo and block the back of the side windos so the air goes in one side and out the other i find that helps to keep it cool anyways nice video :)
Nice tractor does your buddy lives close by and is he also a dairyfarmer and you guys have Nice wheather thanks Mike have a good day greetings from a Dutch dairyfarmer
Nice of you to help a neighbor out. My grandfather back in the day when he was farming did a little horse trading like you just did. Nice old iron there, made with American steel. How do you like your cordless impact? Does it have all the torque that you need? Have thought at different times of getting one.
Just curious Mike ,not putting down your equipment or anything like that. But is those disc wings supposed to be that flexible and flopping around like that? I've only got experience with either small discs with no wings or the exact opposite ,really big ones like 32' with wings that are as big as the main section. Just seems like it should be quite a bit more rigid to me anyway. And again, if it's just wore out or something I apologize and I don't mean to pick your equipment apart or nothing like that!. I'm used to farming with wore out equipment lol. That's all we have ever had to use on my Dads farm so I know how it is lol. How did you like that big horse? When I graduated H.S. i went out to Texas that summer to work on a harvest crew and that was my tractor I ran pulling a 850 bushel A.L. grain cart with a 4840. I thought I was big shit after growing up using 50 - 60 hp open station tractors all my life. Spent a lot of time in it and put a hell of a bunch of hours on one. I liked it but again I didn't have much to compare to at that time anyway. 165 Massey and a 460 Farmall are little out of its league hahaha. Definitely could have used more gears for sure. Never got to run the newer 15 speed Deeres but they had to be a big improvement. Well thanks for another good video! Talk to you later.
Thank you, I'm glad you liked the video. The 4840 was cool to drive but I did miss the 4555. The 8 speed powershift wasn't as bad as I thought it would be
Farming Fixing & Fabricating, I wouldn't think so. The wings have no wheels and only go one way as I view video. And that's up and out of ground as I view it. However JD may have designed it that way. I'd be compelled to secure it ridgid. And JD would void any warranty. Oh well, such as it is.
Anyone who knows what they are looking at can tell that the disk is in the ground. If they were only in the ground and inch like you claim, then you would still see the tire tracks left by the tractor and disk
Horsepower wise they are similar. Our 4555 is turned up to 200 pro horsepower. I like our 4555 better because the 4840 was a little too light in the front being a 2wd
That was my 1st time running one of those and it wasn't as bad as I thought, however, I'd much rather have the quad range or 15 speed powershift. My buddy told me when shifting from 7th to 8th to definitely use the clutch or it will throw me through the window
@@thehampsteadboys3713 Our 4055 and 4555 have the 15 speed. I like them. Did you mean 4440? The 50 series was the 1st series to come out with the 15 speed powershift so the 4450 would have had it
@@mikep7810 sorry it had a quad range. I'm 14 and my dad bought our 4455 the day I was born and he was looking at a 4450 before. Guess I must of not been listening when he was telling me about the 4450
@@thehampsteadboys3713 You don't have to be sorry. I was just curious. The quad ranges aren't bad transmissions. My dad is looking for one now with a quad range
I occasionally worked for a neighbor as a teenager in late 70's & early 80's in the southern Red River Valley. We were a "red farm" but when I was hired out to help the neighbor (haha) I did like driving his 4840. He used it to pull a 40' press drill, which was huge in those days. I generally drove his 4840 at harvest pulling a grain cart which was ahead of the times. Great tractor!
Definitely a great tractor
Watching and listening to this brought back a flood of memories from my childhood. The “48” was our big tractor on the farm. I learned to drive on that thing. Spent MANY hours behind the wheel!!
It was pretty cool to get to use the 4840 for the day
Sweet john deere I never get tired of watching the Iron horses
It was good to be able to make some laps with my buddy's old 4840. Good old work horse
This is my all time favourite tractor
It is a pretty sweet tractor
Beautiful tractor
Thanks. Definitley a beauty
Love it that what country boys do
Thanks Patrick
Nice weather for getting things done. Made more hay and most of it went from the wagons onto trucks. The rest of the week not looking good for hay. I like that 4840.
Glad to hear you were able to get things done. We beat the rain and got everything chopped
Nice of you to help out a neighbor
Thank you. They help us out too
Wow! Brings back memories of my childhood! Good video.
Thank you. Glad to being back memories
Those engines were one of the best Deere ever made in my opinion
Yeah you gotta love those engines. I've heard the 8.1L 496 was a great engine too
Love the 40 series the 4440 4640 and 4840 are my favorites
My buddy has some really nice John Deere tractors
Good ole iron horse right there mike
Yeah it was pretty cool to make a few laps in the old girl. It would be cool to have one in the fleet
I used to ride on the toolbox next to my Dad. Our tractors didn’t have cabs. When I got older and my sister and I got bigger one would on the toolbox and the other on the back holding onto the seat. #supercleangiveaway.
Great video!
Thank you April, great story. You are entered in the contest
Thanks Mike! 😀
Nice tractor. We have a 4430 with duals. Super nice cab on that tractor
Thank you. Its definitely a nice tractor. Its my buddy's tractor
@@mikep7810 no prob
When I ran this for a week running a grain cart for wheat, this was absolutely perfect
They are nice tractors
@@mikep7810 the one I use had the power shift and we had to replace the alternator on it.
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Nice video mike
Thank you Scott
Pas mal ton john deere 4840 et c'est costaud aussi ça le John Deere 💪🔥
Merci. C'est une vraie belle machine
It's alway good to keep the "Good Neighbor" account in the positive. Nice video! GB.
Thank you. My buddy has helped us out a lot so I was glad to return the favor
Great video mike. Can’t wait for the chopping videos. Have a great day!
Thank you. Just chopped yesterday so I have to load the footage and put it together
No worries, tillage is super great to watch. All your vids are interesting. I'm IH too, happy cropping!
Glad you enjoy them. I just don't want to bore people by showing the same kind of videos
Had a brand new 4455 in 1992 lovely tractor
Those are great tractors
mikep7810 yeh bloody site better than the 6250r’s that we currently have
Keep making the videos mate I love it
@@gerryr1893 Thank you, i appreciate it
Great vid looks a good tractor 🚜
Thank you. I wasn't sure how I'd like the 8 speed powershift but I came away really liking the tractor
i trick to help is shut the back windo and block the back of the side windos so the air goes in one side and out the other i find that helps to keep it cool anyways nice video :)
Thanks Connor
When introduced in 1977 the 4840 came standard with Sound Gard Body & 8-speed powershift.Has he go the ac fixed on it yet?
I'm not sure, this video is a few years old and I haven't ever used it since then
Nice tractor does your buddy lives close by and is he also a dairyfarmer and you guys have Nice wheather thanks Mike have a good day greetings from a Dutch dairyfarmer
Yes he is a few miles away and is also a dairy Farmer
Nice of you to help a neighbor out. My grandfather back in the day when he was farming did a little horse trading like you just did. Nice old iron there, made with American steel. How do you like your cordless impact? Does it have all the torque that you need? Have thought at different times of getting one.
Love the cordless impact. When I bought it my dad said no way is a battery tool powerful enough and now he always reaches for it
Upstate NY looks like VA....except where there is lots of shale.
It's a really beautiful state
Would be nice to know where you are doing
You want to know where I'm doing? Or you want to know what I'm doing?
Very good
Thank you
Just curious Mike ,not putting down your equipment or anything like that. But is those disc wings supposed to be that flexible and flopping around like that? I've only got experience with either small discs with no wings or the exact opposite ,really big ones like 32' with wings that are as big as the main section. Just seems like it should be quite a bit more rigid to me anyway. And again, if it's just wore out or something I apologize and I don't mean to pick your equipment apart or nothing like that!. I'm used to farming with wore out equipment lol. That's all we have ever had to use on my Dads farm so I know how it is lol. How did you like that big horse? When I graduated H.S. i went out to Texas that summer to work on a harvest crew and that was my tractor I ran pulling a 850 bushel A.L. grain cart with a 4840. I thought I was big shit after growing up using 50 - 60 hp open station tractors all my life. Spent a lot of time in it and put a hell of a bunch of hours on one. I liked it but again I didn't have much to compare to at that time anyway. 165 Massey and a 460 Farmall are little out of its league hahaha. Definitely could have used more gears for sure. Never got to run the newer 15 speed Deeres but they had to be a big improvement. Well thanks for another good video! Talk to you later.
That’s not wore,the wings are designed to move like that to follow the contour of the ground.
Thank you, I'm glad you liked the video. The 4840 was cool to drive but I did miss the 4555. The 8 speed powershift wasn't as bad as I thought it would be
Thanks Andy. I wasn't sure
Farming Fixing & Fabricating, I wouldn't think so. The wings have no wheels and only go one way as I view video. And that's up and out of ground as I view it. However JD may have designed it that way. I'd be compelled to secure it ridgid. And JD would void any warranty. Oh well, such as it is.
Remember when ya had to do that with a 4 way lug wrench?
Yeah those were the days. The impact was a great purchase
Yes sir I have one too
They are time savers that's for sure.
Yes they are sir use my DEWALT all the time
love my Milwaukee
No down pressure on the wings?
The wings are designed to move like that to follow the contour of the ground
Yeah ours stayed locked once they were extended. That 4840 is a great tractor, we also had the 4640 and a couple 4020’s. All great machines
How about putting the disk in the ground
Anyone who knows what they are looking at can tell that the disk is in the ground. If they were only in the ground and inch like you claim, then you would still see the tire tracks left by the tractor and disk
End of the day nothing but love for you guys I love farming I appreciate you guys hard work
@@LyndonHarrison-on3fh Thank you
First time useing a dual tractor
No I've run duals before
How does that 4840 compare with your 4555 in terms of power and torque? Thank you for sharing. I always like to sound of a John Deere 6 cylinder!
Horsepower wise they are similar. Our 4555 is turned up to 200 pro horsepower. I like our 4555 better because the 4840 was a little too light in the front being a 2wd
havent seen anything posted in a week
Maybe he just got real busy with the nice stretch of weather
hi mike louder the better i see andy posted comment do u know what happen to his u tube
What do you mean? What happened?
S*** when I was doing that crap we had to use a four way...
Those were the days
@@mikep7810 ...And all the tractors were open station tractors...
@@williamriley2528 Nothing like getting to the end of the row and getting a face full of dust!
@@mikep7810 I don't know... I think I'd rather be in an open station than a cab with broken air conditioning...!
Any tractor can pull the disk a inch in the ground a 100 horsepower tractor can do the same job
Thank you for proving the point that in this video the disk was in the ground a lot deeper than that seeing how it is making a 4840 work hard
Look pretty beefy with 900’s on it😂
It's a real nice tractor
I've heard bad things about those 8 speeds
That was my 1st time running one of those and it wasn't as bad as I thought, however, I'd much rather have the quad range or 15 speed powershift. My buddy told me when shifting from 7th to 8th to definitely use the clutch or it will throw me through the window
@@mikep7810 my 4455 has the 15 speed and we were looking at a 4450 with the 8 speed but the 4455 was better and $15,000 dollars cheaper
@@thehampsteadboys3713 Our 4055 and 4555 have the 15 speed. I like them. Did you mean 4440? The 50 series was the 1st series to come out with the 15 speed powershift so the 4450 would have had it
@@mikep7810 sorry it had a quad range. I'm 14 and my dad bought our 4455 the day I was born and he was looking at a 4450 before. Guess I must of not been listening when he was telling me about the 4450
@@thehampsteadboys3713 You don't have to be sorry. I was just curious. The quad ranges aren't bad transmissions. My dad is looking for one now with a quad range